Willis/Conroe - Lake Conroe, TX

March 1 and we are camped in the Castaways RV Park on Lake Conroe. The first night we camp in a temporary spot, as we need to take the house to have an axle looked at. The next day, we drag the house to the service by only to find out that they can't work on it. They suggest somewhere else, and we make an appointment for Friday.

We took a drive to College Station to visit the George Bush (elder) Presidential Library on the A&M campus, and are able to have dinner and visit with our good friend, Kathy.

On Friday, we drag the house to Odom Trailer Sales, who agrees to order a new axle for us.

On March 8, we moved to the Thousand Trails park at Lake Conroe. We also go for a visit to the St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary for Cathy's birthday (she insisted!). She was thrilled to get wolf kisses on her birthday! This sanctuary is bovernment approved for wolves and wolf-dog hybrids, and they currently house about 14 animals.

We took a drive to Livingston, TX where our Escapees home park is located. We got the tour of the facilities, whick includes the mail forwarding center (huge!) and the park, which has camping, RV's, houses, and the CARE facility for assisted living in your own RV. Got a hug from member #1, Ann, who founded the club with her husband Joe. Joe recently passed away, and Ann is living in her house on the grounds. We also tried to get our TX driver's license in Livingston, but weren't able to. (long story best relayed in person).

Steve took himself on a tour of the Texas Prison Museum and the Sam Houston Statue in Huntsville. He got to see the electric chair.

We ate dinner in Conroe at the Sticky Ribs BBQ! Highly recommended with huge portions!

We also took a drive to Washington on the Brazos, which was the first capital of the Republic of Texas. They had a nice museum in the state park.

The next day was our first "pickleball" lesson from new friends, Mark and Laurie. The game is a cross between ping-pong and tennis, and played with a wooden paddle and a whiffle ball. Supposedly the next big thing in the RV parks! Was kind of fun.

Drove the house to the shop again to have the new axle put on. The cat does not know what is goin on with all of the packing up, hitching up, driving 30 minutes, unhitching, wandering around in the truck, etc... Fortunately, no "surprises" from her!

We rented a car for our drive to Lincoln for Cathy's Dad's 80th birthday. We drove straight through with no problem, and the cat seemed ok with the new wheels.

We were able to catch our nephew Nolan's ballgame while we were there; he was catching that game. Had Dad's bithday dinner at his favorite restaurant, Red Lobster. We celebrated Nolan's birthday at Buffalo Wild Wings, and sister Julie's birthday at brother Bob's house.

We were also able to spend some time with Steve's side of the family, with dinner out, and a celebration of great-nephew Daniel's second birthday!

Back to Lake Conroe via Kansas City, so Steve could have his hearing aid fixed and Cathy could get her eyes checked. It is not fun getting older; and it's expensive!!

Came back to Lake Conroe, only to find our computer crashed! Were able to purchase a new one, have all the stuff moved over, and then got to finish the dreaded taxes!!!

On to San Antonio...