Tuesday feb 8,2011

we left Corpus Christi this morning and headed south to Los Fresnos. It was a heck of a trip, we battled headwinds for the whole trip. I had all I could do to get the rig up to 60 MPH. I kept telling Linda that we were going up hill all the way to Mexico. The trailer hauled very good but did take a beating in the winds. we went 148 miles on 22 gallons. I asked Linda if I had an extra house tied on behind.
 I had read about the "King ranch. one of  the largest ranches in the world and certianly the largest in Texas so i wanted to go there. One of my old horses had a bloodline from one of the Kings original sires and thought it would be fun. We took the exit and drove thru town, not finding anything but King museum, asked for directions and headed that way, drove alot of miles and decided we missed it so found an airport to turnaround on and finily found the place. the tours were sold out until later and we didn't want to wait for a couple of hours so i bought a tee shirt and a couple of postcards and we left. stll windy and we made it to Palmdale park and got a site and setup. Our friends Tom and Aggie King winter here  and came right over to meet us.  we went to town and got some needed items(i can't spell nesisities), wine, beer, and mixers. We then went to Golden Corral and had way to much very good food and deserts. spent the evening catching up, as it has been quite awhile since we had seen the Kings.  Back to the Rv and settling in for the nite. warm and windy.  plan to go to South Padre island tomorrow after a "mexican" breakfast,  whatever that might be.  There are actually oranges and grapefruit on the trees here.
got great news tonite that Dad is ok, little scare last week, and his Dr;s agree.  Love you Dad! You too Mom.   Thanks Joey(he knows what I mean)    Brian, Jeff, and Al  thanks for your help. Beers after the work are on us, be safe.  Linda says post , so for the Man and his bride, goodnite and wish you all were here sharing in our experances with us.