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Saturday pm we visited our friends John & Cindy Young near Dallas. They too, have a Renegade motorhome. They were rushing home early from Missouri to see us. We got to their house before they were home. Our camera had died and we took advantage of the time to shop for a replacement camera. We went to a nearby Costco. Perhaps that was a mistake. Dianne found all manner of other things that we “desperately needed”. The next morning, John suggested we visit the nearby Fry’s Electronics store. Since we live near a Fry’s I didn’t have that great urge, but I still readily agreed to visit the store. We chose the Konica Minolta DiMage Z3. Following a great visit we headed east mid day Monday. It was raining, very heavily at times. There were a lot of wrecks. There is a general idea that southern California drivers don’t know how to drive when it rains. Now it appears that other drivers can’t handle wet conditions either. We stopped for the night near Shreveport, LA.

Granbury

On Tuesday, we left Lubbock. The weather looked threatening to snow; we pushed on to visit our friends Richard & Paula Hicks who live southwest of Ft Worth. We arrived just after dark. Driving at night is no longer fun to me. We finagled an invitation for Thanksgiving dinner. Dianne is getting really good. Paula put on a fabulous spread. We waddled off to our coach and slept off our stupor. Friday we all attended the Christmas parade in the town of Granbury , named after a Confederate general from the Civil War. Whatever the parade lacked in big city polish it more than made up for in small town charm. America's heart lives in it's small towns.
We drove about 700 miles in two days and arrived in Lubbock, TX Monday am. It's raining and snow is threatening.
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Teresa & Quinn
We finally got underway late Thursday afternoon. It seems that no matter how long we plan for loading “our stuff”, it always takes the greater part of a day longer than what we had planned. By the time we were finally ready, I was tired, and wanted to wait to leave until the next morning. Dianne insisted that we get a few hours behind us that day. We stopped for the night in Yuma. Friday: On our way through Tucson we stopped to visit Quinn and Teresa Sanford. Quinn has been working on a Masters degree program at the U of A. This morning he successfully defended his thesis. While on his way home, he received a job offer from MMM in Minneapolis. He will start work in February. They are very excited. Congratulations!
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Our Home Away From Home.