Friday 3-23 On the Road Again

Back on the road

For the last week I have been talking about going on a spring trip and you might be wondering where we're going. Well, we really don't know. We have no plan. The only thing we know is that we're starting the trip out by going to Abilene, Texas for a  A-2 square dance weekend. The event is titled, The 14th Big Country Spring Fling at the Wagon Wheel, it is in Tye and Darryl Lipscomb is the caller. 

We started from the house at 9:00 am and drove 200 miles. I was proud of myself I didn't fall asleep during the drive. The drive was very peaceful down mainly two lane highways. The scenery wasn't that exciting but it wasn't boring. We saw some wildflowers such as Indian painters on the side of the highways. We didn't see any wildlife but we did see herds of sheep and a lot of cows. The wind blew all the way to Abilene.

Before we left the house Larry researched places to park the Minnie for the weekend. He found that the VFW Post had rv parking for $35 a night. We showed up around 1:30 and Larry went inside to get a spot. The lady checking people in asked if he was a VFW member or if he had served. He said no. She said he couldn't get a site. He explained that the website indicated the park was open to non members, she said nope. We were sitting in the Minnie looking for another place when a gentleman came and knocked on the window. He apologized for what happened, he said he was the post Vice President and he would sponsor us for our stay. So back to the office Larry and the gentleman went. He told the lady that he was going to sponsor us so we could get a site for the weekend. The lady said she didn't know that was all we needed to get a site. Another gentleman said if that's all we needed he would have sponsored us. Now we have a place to call home for the weekend.

The Wagon Wheel Square Dancing Hall is about 5 miles away from the VFW. Once we got a site we drove around to see which route was the easiest routine to take to the hall. We have the motorcycle with us but we preferred to drive the Minnie. We found a great route. When we got back to the site we rested until it was time to go dancing at 7:30.

In the evening we went over to the Wagon Wheel. There were six squares and an extra couple which is great for the opening dance. The club provided, peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip bars, oatmeal cookies and miniature chocolate candy bars. Some of the cookies were made with Splenda instead of sugar. They also had coffee and water. Darryl did a great job of calling. We had an excellent time dancing with friends that we don't see too often and others we dance with all the time. We had a great day.