Goliad Two

Our good friend Jim, from Upper Stamp at Allatoona Lake in Georgia where, we volunteered together, and from the famous team of ‘Jim and Glenda’ from Tennessee, asked, now that you’re outa’ here, what’s the plan man. Whew! Is that a ‘run on’ sentence or what? Seems I remember that term from 8^th grade English. But then I came really, really close to failing 8^th grade English. Anyway the whole thing made me tired so I need to take a break now. JUST KIDDING1111 But how would you know anyway. Unless I sent this in two installments. There’s a thought. But that’s even more work. OK enough!!! So for Jim and y’all.
We had really planned and committed to another 3 or 4 weeks in Mission. Kat had some medical and I was to have my cataracts done and stent replaced. But! I got a letter from the VA to report for examination in Houston to determine my rating. I checked with the DAV (Disabled Veterans) rep and asked if I could get the appointments moved or changed and it was a no! The short of it is that I can’t afford a denial of medical benefits from Agent Orange in Vietnam. So we are off to Houston with no rancor. I have two exams on the 1^st and 5^th respectively. Then we will go to San Antonio where I already have an April 27^th VA medical appointment to check me over. And we liked Audie Murphy, the VA hospital there. So we’ll have all our stuff transferred there. Maybe it’s better in the long run, for me especially. Audie Murphy can do it all. So we are committed to staying in San Antonio as long as it takes. We are looking at a couple of parks that seem nice and do long term. Probably not right in San Antonio. Maybe New Braunfels.
That’s the first part of the plan. Then when we are done with that and if(?) the cost of gasoline is not prohibitive, we will head north and west to Minnesota and Oregon respectively and return to Mission, Texas, via Las Vegas. If gas is so high that it would cost $3000 or $4000 or more then we will have to rethink the Northwest. We got stuck on the east coast the last time gas prices went nuts and it was painful. 6 or 6.5 miles to the gallon may be cost prohibitive. But we won’t be hurting. We can do some traveling in the MH and with the new car we can range far and wide from a central base. Weird!!! Jade just came back from the bedroom after turning on a Spanish speaking station on the clock radio. I thought we were going nuts. She must have missed being close to the border? Anyway, back to the car. We towed it 200 miles yesterday with no problem. A little different feeling at first because of the weight, I towed the little Escort for 14 years so I guess that was to be expected. But I got use to it quickly and it sure looks snazzy. We pull up and people look at our rig like somebody is coming. We throw out the cat on her string and water jug, get out and then they realize it just the Sines. Oh well!!

And we’re back in Goliad State Park. Last year at this time I smashed my finger with the hammer and got 7 stitches. The Rangers remembered me, had a good laugh, and then confiscated my hammer. I get it back on departure. Goliad Two.

And thinking back, I did fail the first semester of 8th grade English.  But I buckled down and got a D+ in the last semester and pulled out a D- for the year.  I guess I've learned a little since then.  Or not?