A Father's Day Getaway

Saturday, June 18th, 2016

Today, we were headed to visit family in Terrell, as well as take some items to our storage units and retrieve some other items.

Before we headed out, this week we cleaned out some things and rearranged items in our storage unit near us, in anticipation of the trip. Tony did some errands, as I was having a busy work week, and we got everything ready to go on Friday.

One of the things we've been needing to do is get the trailer tires balanced, so I made an appointment at Discount Tire in Weatherford for Saturday morning.

We actually got on the road sooner than expected, and got to Discount Tire a little early. We were able to get right in and get the tires done fairly quickly, thanks to our Level-Up system where we can lift each side of the trailer enough to get the wheels off the ground.

Once the tires were done, we stopped and got a quick bite at Whataburger, and then headed to Terrell without incident.

We arrived and got set up about 2:00, in the humid heat, and man, was it HOT! We spent the afternoon just sitting, trying to get cool as the ACs worked their hardest. We both had to take showers to cool off and get comfortable again.

In the evening, we were invited to go eat dinner with Tony's folks and sister. We had a good time visiting and eating one of our Terrell favorites, Carmona's Tex Mex.

After dinner, we could see a beautiful thunderhead off in the distance. It did not make it to us, but someone got some relief from the heat!

We parted ways and headed back to Bluebonnet Ridge RV Resort, our park of choice when we come to visit.

Sunday, June 19th, 2016

Today, Tony had plans to go with his Dad to Durant for some Casino fun. I had some work to do, but once that was to a certain point, I went to go eat with my folks in Mesquite. 

I wanted to go to IKEA to look at a new desktop, and so I invited them to come along, since they had never been. We drove out to Frisco, TX to IKEA, and they got to see the amazing shopping experience it is. After about half the store, they were getting tired, so I finished looking and made my purchases, then we headed home. They got to see parts of the metroplex that they had not seen in a long while. -- Man, is it growing -- it still amazes me how much "progress" there is around DFW. All I can say is that now, after living away from the Metroplex, I certainly don't miss the crazy drivers and all that hurry!

My reason for going to IKEA -- the new tabletop for the desk -- is because the original one was warping, and since it was 59" wide in a 72" space, it never really fit well. My new top is 2" thick, and 67" wide! Although I will miss the brightness of the gray top, this one will work better in the long run. It is black/brown wood, and matches the drawer cabinet.

After I returned my folks to their house, I headed back to the park, as Tony was also heading that way. We arrived about 15 minutes apart, around 7:00PM.  We had a relaxing evening in front of the TV -- until we both crashed about 10.

It was very nice that we got to spend time with our dads on Father's Day!

Monday, June 20th, 2016

Today, we had planned to get up and go to our storage unit to get some things and drop off some things. We also disassembled my desk, in anticipation of storing the old tabletop. (We decided not to store it, as Tony may have a use for it at school.)

We loaded up the truck with items we were taking, but work was demanding my attention, so Tony went to get some fuel at Buc-ees, while he waited for me.

I was still working when he was done, so he ran some more errands around town. He went to Ham's Orchard and got us some Peach ice cream! And he went to Pop's Honey Fried Chicken and got us lunch. Two establishments of Terrell we miss!

After lunch, I was still trying to get some work finished up, so Tony headed to the warehouse by himself and took care of the swap. I also went over to the park's laundry area, and did a load in their commercial washer, just to help get ahead of the laundry. While I was at the office, we got a quick little rain shower -- just enough to make it hot and steamy!

Tony returned and took a shower, and napped a little in his chair, until our dinner plans, in Rockwall, with my folks.

Before we got going, we decided to go check out another RV park nearby, that we saw a sign for, as we exited onto 2728. It's called Rockin' Sunset  RV Park. We drove through the park, and it was pretty well-kept. The amenities in the clubhouse/office are top notch as well. This looks like a nice choice if Bluebonnet is full, in the future.

We headed to Rockwall to eat dinner at El Chico with my folks, and had a nice visit. After dinner, we parted ways and Tony & I ran some errands. We even ran into my folks again at Lowes!

We headed home, and collapsed for a bit, watched some TV, then started prepping for leaving in the morning. We put the new desktop in place, but have parts to attach my side drawer cabinet to the top and also attach it to the floor, once we get back to our home park. We hope to get an early start in the morning.

Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

We got up and got going pretty quickly, but I had some work issues to take care of that delayed us about 30 minutes. We still pulled out about 9am. The drive home was pretty quick, we had no traffic or road issues. I was even able to finalize a work project while stopped at a rest stop!

We pulled into the park just before 12:00, and were set up by 12:30. Tony took a shower and ate quickly, as he had a meeting at school to get to. I went back to working as well, but set up on the bed, since the bedroom AC cools quicker and more efficiently! It was 84 degrees inside when we set up -- the ACs need about 3-4 hours to really cool the whole rig down.

All in all, a quick and busy trip, but very glad to get to hug my family!!!