We had a pretty uneventful day. Clear weather made for nice dry roads. Light traffic. I hardly took any pictures because well ... everything was brown ... or a dirty color of gray! But the sun breaking through the clouds near the end of our drive was pretty enough for me!
We naturally saw plenty of trains during our drive. I-57 follows train tracks for miles and miles through farm country. I also saw plenty of hawks, but not in flight ... just every now and again I would see a beautiful one perched high in a tree overlooking the interstate. We did see a ton of migratory birds, thousands and thousands of them (!) just south of Chicago. I think they were ducks and they were flying ... north! Perhaps that's a good sign of an early spring?
Well ... not much news to share. We're hoping to arrive to see Nicolas, Rachel and the grandchildren sometime Tuesday. We'll hang around Bandera for a couple of days, as long as they can stand us, and then we'll head up to Austin to see Sabrina, Andrew and the grandkids there. In the middle of our Austin visit, we're going to head down to Houston to see Grandpa Jones's sister, Peg, as well as meeting up with Kathie (Don's other sister) and Dan (from Coshocton) and all go to the rodeo together. Grandpa Jones and I will return to Austin for a few days after that and then travel on to El Paso to spend some time with Jesse, Di and the little kids there. So we have a busy few weeks ahead of us ... so thankful we are retired and able to make this twice a year trip! We'll keep in touch along the way.
2 comments:
so that random picture of the living room was where you stayed?
Glad the drive is going so well so far! Beautiful hotel lobby. The kids are enjoying counting down till your arrival!
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