Out of the Blue - Deep in the heart of Texas

 Hola Amigos!

If you think we had a lovely sleep and enjoyed a leisurely coffee this morning, you will laugh when I say, not so. 

We have both been working really hard on our health and nutrition. We want to live a long and healthy life with each other (despite the last 5000km) and enjoy our grand babies. So last night we aimed for a light dinner and chose wonton soup, from a local restaurant, to enjoy with Star Wars. Sadly, the only thing worse than watching Star Wars with Steph, was what we assume to be food poisoning from the Chinese restaurant. It was a long night for both of us.  

We got Dolly to her appointment this afternoon and decided to do a little hike, since we were both semi-alert. I think the Texas sun did us good. 

I am not allowed to divulge the names or photos of the birds that we got today, because we know the other competitors are following along. However, I did see this old road runner surrounded by a group of cacti. LOL I am not sure how he is smiling after no coffee and one testy piece of toast.

Just wearing my pepto bismal coloured shirt

                             

We got our steps in and went back for Dolly. Turned out she needed  2 new shoes, which we were prepared for. Unfortunately, they did not have the correct size to fit her full figured frame. Enter Joe, the shop owner and nicest man. He went out of his way to call a competitor to ask if they had the tires. They did and they agreed to stay an extra hour past closing, so Gertie with the Girth 

could get her new shoes on and so we did not have to wait here for them to open on Monday morning. Could we have continued on our way? Yes, but nobody wants to blow a tire on the interstate.

    We think Joe said he was from El Salvador and he was completely intrigued with our trip and that we spoke some Spanish.  He was really hoping we had a Youtube channel, which we don't. However maybe the next adventure we will consider it! In the meantime, we snapped a photo for our blog and thanked him for taking such good care of us.  

It was all in all, a good day. We got our laundry done, we enjoyed a local park trail, Dolly got new shoes and an oil change and we are tucked back in to our hotel room. A Saturday evening sipping gatorade and watching North Woods Law, my how the times have changed. 

Until tomorrow, 

Gigi