Author: Mike Pekrul

We left Carlsbad NM this morning, from Coyote Flats RV Park. Not much to brag about there, but it was clean, in a good location, and a good price. Other than that, it was an RV parking lot. 🫤 Headed north in a 40 mph cross wind, being blown all over the road, until we…

Last night, prior to what set off my Grumpy Old Man rant about changing times, Susanne and I went to the Carlsbad Community Theatre and enjoyed a play. I have loved live theatre, even long before both of my kids got involved in it. Sometimes there’s talent, sometimes not so much, but there’s always joy…

I hate Daylight Savings time. It’s an antiquated system that may have served a purpose once upon a time, but now is just annoying. PICK A TIME AND STICK WITH IT! It doesn’t matter if we pick Daylight time or Standard time, just pick one! Yesterday we drove from Central Standard Time in Texas, crossed…

We left Guadalupe River State Park and the central Texas hill country yesterday and headed west. Well, more northwest, but whatever. Drove through lots of hills and even what I’d call mountains for a while, but all of a sudden it got flat. Like crazy flat. Maybe WAY off in the distance I can see…

Nothing ground breaking, nothing earth shaking, nothing much blog worthy. Just living life. We take walks on some of the many trails here, we go sit by the river and read or people-watch, we look for wildlife, I took care of some of the many maintenance items on my list. We went to breakfast at…

We went to San Antonio yesterday afternoon. Visited the Alamo, one of the key places in Texas’ fight for independence from Mexico. The grounds were beautiful and they do a good job of explaining the history before and after the battle. One of the docents inside the church, Miguel, does a fantastic job explaining and…

Moving day, leaving Blanco Tx in the rearview mirror, not sad about it. Short move day, less than an hour today, and to a much nicer area. We checked it out earlier this week, and as we were driving through the countryside, we found these guys… The Scimitar Horned Oryx. Just running loose, wild and…

It was raining and freezing all morning, and I finally got stir crazy enough to just go make the best of it. Walked out the door and almost fell down the stairs. They were covered in a slick coat of ice. So was the truck. Drove to Pedernales Falls State Park nearby. AWESOME place, if…

Sometimes it looks like the right move. On paper it looks good and online it looks good, but then reality hits and you wish you had done it differently. And no, I don’t mean retirement or this trip, those are still fantastic. 🤩 Blanco State Park in Blanco TX. Meh. Not impressed. Not going on…

OMG it’s cold out there. Again. Temperature has dropped almost 40 degrees since yesterday. Low of 22 this morning and supposed to be colder tonight. We (mostly) finished up the front propane tank yesterday, and I switched to the full back tank before bed, so we didn’t run out overnight. Used almost 25% of a…