March 4, 2011 we headed west on I-10 toward Arizona. Spent one night on the way at KOA park in Van Horn, Texas. The KOA is close to I-10, had very large pull-through spaces. We were on our way to Benson, AZ to visit friends Bob and Phyllis. We hadn't seen them for several years and were looking forward to a visit with them. The pictures above were taken during stops in Rest Areas on I-10. The first was in New Mexico, very flat country, but interesting area provided for travelers get out of the sun. The second picture was taken while we stopped just inside Arizona in the Texas canyon. The rocks were enormous and I was later informed no matter where you travel in Arizona you can see mountains. We surprised our friends Bob and Phyllis after arriving at the Cochise Terrace RV Resort in Benson AZ. Really nice park, with large pull-through spaces available. It is also a Passport America park, with very reasonable rates, and lots of amenities. It was close to I-10 for site seeing, but far enough away that we did not hear traffic. 
During mid February through first part of March, we made a trip to Waco VA Hospital for Ted's once every three month checkups. During our stay in Waco we had lunch with cousins, Edith, Weldon and Bobbie and visited with friends Carline and Wade before returning to Marble Falls, TX. We were glad to find our renewed passports in the mail. Now we can travel outside the U.S. should we decide to make plans for a cruise to the Caribbean again. On 3/1/2011 we left Marble Falls and traveled to Parkview RV in Concan, TX. This was the first place we have visited that our Verizon phones did not have service. It was strange being disconnected from the world by phone or laptop for 3 days. We had a nice visit with my brother and his wife who lived near that area before leaving for our next trip West to Arizona. The Parview RV park did offer wireless service at a discount, but we decided to rough it for three days. They are also a Passport America park and offer very reasonable rates for "winter" Texans. It's 30-45 minute drive to a larger town with Walmarts, but a beautiful area to visit and located across the Frio River from a Texas state park. We would stay at the Parview RV campground again.
Oops, it's been too long since I updated our blog!! So here's some info about where we have been. When we left Titusville, FL we spent one night at the Big Oak RV Park just west of Tallahassee, FL. Nice park not too far off I-10 and there were some really big trees there. We spent two nights back in Destin, FL and visited with Jeff, Joe, and Lauren before heading back to Texas. Rain storms and cooler weather followed us to Lake Charles, LA where we gambled at L'Auberge du Lac Casino. Enjoyed some good food in their restaurants, then on to Marble Falls TX where we had lots of mail waiting for us since we had been traveling for three weeks. The next two weeks were the coldest on record for the "Hill Country" of Texas. We actually had ground- cover snow one morning. Of course the Texans in the area had difficulty driving on the 1/2" to 2" of snow that fell in the Central Texas and Hill Country areas. All the snow-birds in the RV park laughed at the school closings and pictures on news channels of kids sledding down "hills" of snow that were lucky to have 1/2" of snow on them. We survived the cold spell with no frozen pipes, and didn't have to replace our light jackets with winter coats, hats or gloves.
