FEBRUARY (Saturday) 25, 2023 AUSTIN TO DALLAS

It’s now April 22, 2023 & we are staying with WHITNEY & MOLLY in Lafayette, La. I realized that I never wrote about our last adventure. This only matters to me because if I don’t write about it, the adventure can be erased from my memory.

On Saturday we left HARLEY & LIBBY with our wonderful friend BECKY. Drove to Dallas & spent night with NANCY & went to visit MARDI & SAM CROWLEY.

FEBRUARY (Sun, Mon, Tues) 26, 27, 28 2023 DALLAS TO COWETA, OKLAHOMA

On the way to visit our friend Kathie in Coweta, we met JENNIFER, NANTHAN, BROOKE & OAKLEY in SHERMAN, TX. They were going home after visiting U of ARKANSAW where BROOKE plans to go to college next yr. Then on to stay with KATHIE. Kathie used to live in Austin & after her husband passed away she moved to be closer to her daughter. KATHIE & I along with dog GRITS drove from Austin to Coweta. Armand did not think we could do it because I have trouble driving to SA.

On Monday we went to the zoo-a favorite place for Kathie to visit & on Tues we drove to Tulsa to visit AUNT MARY. I have adopted AUNT MARY because she is one of the most amazing people I have ever met. At 98 she lives alone, still drives & works as a volunteer at the gift shop at the hospital. As soon as we arrived the 3 of us sat down to play a board game & a domino game to 10,000 with Aunt Mary who kept score w/pen & paper. Kathie says she always wins when they play canasta. I want to be like AUNT MARY when I grow up. GRITS was sorry to see us go because ARMAND took him for a walk every day. It was so nice spending time with Kathie.

FEBRUARY 28TH (TUESDAY) –COWETA, OK TO KEYSTONE STATE PARK, OK

MEET UP WITH MOLLY & WHITNEY–IT’S MOLLY’S BIRTHDAY

MARCH 1ST KEYSONE STATE PARK

We are in the lodge-Molly & Whitney are in their airstream. Drove to Tulsa, Ok & visited the Woodie Guthrie & Bob Dylan Museums. Ate lunch-went back & rode bikes for 15 miles. MOLLY cooked dinner for us again-sat by the fire. Another nice day because of MOLLY’S planning & cooking. It was also a very cold.

MARCH 2nd-4th DROVE TO FAYETTEVILLE, visited U OF ARKANSAS (where our grandaughter BROOKE is going to next yr). Biked 15 miles on really nice bike paths. Drove to next destination-QUEEN WILELMINA STATE PARK IN Arkansas. The lodge was really nice but the weather was very cold. Spent most of the time working on a puzzle & staying in the lodge. I did start one bike ride but the hill was too much so I turned around and worked on the puzzle & met new people.

MARCH 5TH (Sunday) DEPART QUEEN WILHELMENA at 6:30 AM. Too early to say goodbye to WHITNEY & MOLLY. We are so grateful to be included in their adventures. We have lunch w/NANCY in Dallas. Arrive home to HARLEY & LIBBY at 5:30. So grateful to BECKY for taking care of them while we were gone.