We spent last night back at the trailer, doing some maintenance stuff and seeing what else we needed to pick up. We started to dump the tanks for the first time and found we needed a few things, so Steve took off to pick up supplies. We got the job done and packed up things for the rest of our stay at Natasha's.
We'll head out to the trailer every few days to check on it and make sure there's enough propane to keep the trailer from freezing, although the weather today was great.
Natasha is actually living in Plano, Texas, which is north of Dallas. She works in North Dallas, which is south of Plano, but north of Dallas. Her neighborhood is very nice and has alleys, which I haven't seen since I was a kid. The only bad thing about the alleys is I think they took the land for the alleys out of the street. With parking on both sides of the street, its difficult if not impossible for two cars to go by each other. Especially since a number of the "cars" are full size trucks like ours. There seem to be a lot of neighborhoods with alleys, at least those you can see from the highways, but there are also neighborhoods without alleys.
Most of the homes in the neighborhood are brick. Kind of reminds me of all the brick buildings at Purdue. The mailboxes are street side, built into nice brick edifices. But they are on both sides of the street and randomly spaced. With on street parking, delivering the mail must be a pain. Sometimes you have to wonder, just what were they thinking?
Texans take their high school football seriously. We've passed a number of high school stadiums. This is one I managed to get a picture of. Note the press box, which is two stories tall.
I think one high school had both a stadium and a practice field.
Today's highlight was time spent with Maria. Maria and I played with her tea set she got for Christmas.
And she helped Grandpa.
And Obi's hanging in there.
He hates the truck. He mostly acts like a sack of potatoes riding in it. But he never liked going in the car, either. He doesn't like going into the trailer, but is OK once inside. He's being very good about asking to go out. He wanted to bark at the horses in the pasture behind the trailer, but quieted down when told to. He sticks close to either me or Steve at Natasha's and isn't much for playing with the other dogs. He's not sure what to make of Maria.
Steve's been plugging away at his to do list for Natasha. Light fixtures and locks replaced, closet rods secure and who knows what else. Daily trips to Home Depot. I got my sewing machine set up today to work on some projects for her. I found that I managed not to pack a seam ripper. And it turns out Natasha doesn't have one. So tomorrow will be a trip to Jo Ann's. Life's tough.
The Sunday and Monday lows are supposed to be 25 degrees, but tomorrow's high should be 61. And they're predicting lots of sun next week. We'll enjoy that.
Take care, everyone.
Deb
