Thursday, February 3

Its February and cold in Texas.  I heard on the news today that it is warmer in Alaska than in Dallas, and I also heard that it is warmer in Green Bay and Pittsburgh than in Dallas where the two teams are playing in the Super Bowl.  I'm writing that for myself, since I probably won't be watching the game. 
It has been too cold to do much of anything.  Tuesday, was a big day....I had a pedicure, so now I am ready for sandals.  Yesterday, we went to Cibolo to spend the day with the Balls.  Ben (Russ's nephew) and Allison (his wife and I may not have spelled that correctly) came back from their weekend away, so we went to visit.  Allane & Steve were still there, as well as their cute kids (Elijah, Jacob and Allyssa.)
It was fun, so to get together and chat.  Allane & Steve have plans to fly back to Maine today, but with what we are hearing for weather, they may be delayed. 
fter the day, Russ & I went back to get the camper ready to leave San Marcos for Corpus Christi.  Everything seemed to okay, and since we were headed further south, we were hoping for better weather.
I woke up sometime early morning (oneish) and Russ had already been outside-the furnace had decided not to work and it was in the 20s.  Russ couldn't get the furnace to work and the temperature was 54 in the camper.  We snuggled back in to get some sleep.  A while later it was 46 in the camper.  We both got up by 7:00 and were headed out by 7:45.  I was sooooo cold, with two pairs of gloves on, but Russ had to get us unhooked and all that stuff that I don't like to think of.  The furnace was still not working, but we headed for Corpus Christi with plans of finding an RV repair facility in CC.  Russ called Good Sam for their assistance in finding a dependable place, and they connected us with one company who would take care of us next week.  The second contacted, didn't even speak to us, but the third place told us to drive there and they would fix it.  Three hours later and with the company closing early due to the weather, we now have heat. 
We think that the weather here will be improving within the next two days.  We can't get much further south in Texas and aren't going any further than that.  They are expecting freezing rain and everything is closing down.  We've been travelling for 3 weeks and have found sun & warm weather for parts of 3 days.  Oh well, we are still laughing!  Couldn't head north, we'd run into snow in about an hour!
We're thinking of you-love linda & Russ