Betty April 2, 2011

The first two are of the Atchafalaya Swamp... You cross it on an 18 mile long bridge when you drive through Louisiana on I-10. Saw a few cabins back in the "woods". Couldn't see any alligators or snakes. And didn't want to!

In the last one I was trying to take a picture of the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, but ended up just getting a nice picture of my "chauffeur". Have been trying to remember how many of us went to the Heerman reunion with Mom after Dad died and toured the destroyer... Who was there?

Betty April 1, 2011

Got to Kerrville, TX last night and had dinner with Dick's oldest brother Don and his wife Ann. (sorry, we were talking too much to take pictures...).

Today we drove through San Antonio and Houston. Tried to make contact with Dick's son David for the past two days and finally got a call back from Dick's ex-wife when we were about 50 miles past them... David works nights and Kathy said she thought he might want to drive up and have breakfast with us in Beaumont. I hope so!

Anyway, we had a very nice dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. I had the Wood-fired Crab and Scallop Steamer Bucket. Not sure how they "wood-fired" and "steamed", but it was delicious, so I don't care! We ate on the patio (so wonderful after all the cold and wind in San Francisco!) and there was a very nice guitar player doing CW and blues. The audio doesn't do him justice, but I love the cars and trucks passing by on I-10 behind the poor guy...

551 miles left to go!

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Betty March 31, 2011

Absolutely nothing to see in "west Texas" except occasionaly weird "mountains" like this. I'm just amazed by how much space there is out there with no cities, no crops, no cattle, no scenery... And then all the people are crammed into Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. Why?

Betty March 30, 2011

We are in Fort Stockton, TX and this is Paisano Pete. He is the world's largest roadrunner at 11' high and 22' long.

Betty March 29, 2011

First, fueling... It's double-scary. First, you have to get to the pump without hitting anything AND have a way to get out by only pulling forward. (You actually can't put it in reverse when you are towing the car.) Second, I'll spare you all the sticker shock. Let's just say we're happy that we are finally seeing prices under $4...

Second, "as close as I ever want to get to Juarez".

Third, sock #1! Ta da!!!

Betty March 28, 2011

Just the rig at a rest stop...

A totally amazing "Pig Pizza" at a restaurant in Willcox, AZ. It had pepperoni, pork sausage, ham and bacon. It was only 10", but I could only manage 2 slices...

Betty March 27, 2011

The Tonopah exit - again for you Little Feat fans... We HAVE been from Tehachapi to Tonopah...

And apparently, there really IS a University of Phoenix.

Betty March 26, 2011

The first is just a nice train/mountain picture.
The second shows an empty car-carrier thingy that had just passed us. When it was closer, Dick said "Want to do a Hollywood stunt...?"
The third show the exit to Tehachapi for all you Little Feat fans out there...

Betty March 25, 2011

My current boss "asked" me to send pictures of our trip, so I've been taking them... Took a day off the road today (3/30/11) (for me to work and for Dick to rest), so I wanted to send them on to the family too.

The first is us leaving San Francisco. If I had a better camera, you could see the building I worked in in the distance.

The second is some nice rolling hills just past Gilroy, the garlic capital of the US.

The last is the sock I'm working on. I'm determined to have two by the time we hit Alabama!

Betty June 26, 2010

Here are a few of the pictures from my friend Tika's wedding to Raj (Tika is in the red sari with the green sash). They are both from Nepal. Most of the rest of the people in the pictures are of my colleagues from India and their families. Wonna, David, Larry and I are probably the exceptions... I've been working with all of them since I left California the last time and they are good friends. I wish I could bring all of them back to meet y'all!

The first picture is of most of the team and their families.

The second is of me and Chirag with his lucky Mom, Divya, in the background... She's lucky that I gave him back!

The third are of most of the kids. When Rajiv showed up, his son (the one in the middle) was terribly shy and would not let go of his Dad's hand. [His mother has died very recently.] But about 45 minutes into the reception, Karthik's two amazingly beautiful daughters and Divya's oldest son broke him free and they all ended up sliding around on the dance floor like crazy Farrell cousins!

The fourth is Divya, David, Ketke, and huggy Chirag. I work with everyone except Chirag...

I was just so dazzled by the saris and how amazing my work-a-day friends looked in them! And they assure me that I would fit easily in the same saris (with less pleats...) but that I'd just need a "slightly" larger blouse to fit underneath ;-). Very polite...

Betty June 15, 2010

And tonight my pills look like a sad dog instead of Squidward.... I need to GET A LIFE! ;-)

Betty June 4, 2010

We pass this cemetary every day when Dick takes me to work. It's the Holy Cross Catholic one, but it is only one of the 17 in Colma, CA. Our RV park is in South San Francisco, but two sides of the park border Colma.

Donna, I keep wanting to tell you to bring Roger and Brooks out here for a little "vacation". They'd love it... Here's a few links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colma,_California

http://www.squidoo.com/Colma

It's very peaceful here...

Betty May 17, 2010

When your evening meds start to look like Squidward, should you take them or just check into "the home"...?

Betty April 21, 2010

Finally got to a doctor today... Good news! Same blood pressure and cholesterol meds plus water pills, aspirin and calcium... And the insurance covered all but $17.64. But still have HP/Agilent insurance. Wondering what Medicare will be like...

Betty April 18, 2010

This is what the amazing Coconut Prawn 'appetizer' looks like before you touch it... Come visit!!!

Betty April 15, 2010

This is the best picture I could take from the nice restaurant we were in, with my stupid camera, but the cropped version was what I was really seeing on tax day... The US flag was flying high, with the California and McDonald's flags flying beneath it.

I'm SURE that this has some deep meaning like, because the US and CA have taken "more than ALL" your money, you should really be eating at McDonald's...

Betty April 9, 2010

OMG! I wish that I had had the good sense to take a picture BEFORE I ate four and a half of these giant coconut shrimp... The coconut wasn't fried in the batter. They were just drizzled in a coconut sauce and sprinkled with flakes... YUM!!!

Betty April 8, 2010

The spinning wheel that I bought for almost half price at the weavers conference I went to the week before Disney World. Dick cleaned out the car today and brought it inside!

Betty April 5, 2010

Our new home

Betty March 27, 2010

On the road again...
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