A busy week!

On Sunday we had brunch with the kids.  Poor Stephen had a really bad toothache and upset stomach so he and Marissa didn't stay long.  After we ate Ted and I drove out to Stephen's lot and toured the model of the house that has just been started being built for he and Marissa.  It is supposed to be done in March of 2013 (hopefully)!

On Monday morning we left for Texas.  We made it to Needles, California and camped in a dry camping lot in back of the Avi Resort and Casino.  You can park at a lot of casinos for free, but you have no electric or water even.  We went in for dinner and did a little gambling after dinner.  Ted lost $25 and I doubled my money!  It was fun (for me) and  relaxing after driving.

On Tuesday we decided to drive on route 40 through Flagstaff.  There were no road condition warnings.  It had snowed the night before and was a beautiful, clear but cold drive.  We decided to head south from Flagstaff.

We headed south and ended up in Eloy, Arizona, south of Tucson!  On Wednesday we headed out and passed Picacho State Park.

We passed on through afternoon rush traffic in El Paso on Wednesday and luckily did not have any problem with the wind and dust storms that follow route 10 through New Mexico and Texas.  We actually had a tail wind and go over 10 1/2 miles per gallon...whoohoo!  We made it to Van Horn, Texas about 7:30 p.m.

You can see the dust behind us in this picture, almost blocking out the setting sun, but our roads were always pretty clear!

On Thursday we had a little over 400 miles to go and made it to Boerne around 5:00 p.m.  It was an easy drive with clear skies, little traffic and no large towns to have to drive through.  We got set up and drove over to Ted's cousin's, Gloria and John, to surprise them.  We called them from the front door to give them an "update" on our travel progress!  When they asked where are you?...At your front door, it's cold, let us in!  We arrived a day earlier than we thought.

On Friday Ted and I did a little Christmas shopping before meeting John, Gloria and Bonnie (their daughter visiting from Dallas area)!  Us ladies went shopping and had a fun afternoon.  Gloria and Bonnie ran into some friends at Old Navy!

We met up with John and Ted for dinner at the Cracker Barrel in San Antonio. Tomorrow we plan to have more fun!

Safe driving..."Ain't Life Grand!"