And then things changed. . .

Ok, gotta get you caught up on the pre-vacation goings-on. When we left off, we were sitting in a campground during our “shakedown” cruise. Well, we were planning to stay until Wednesday or Thursday, but Larry got called back to Chicago on business. This was fine with me, carpeted house, lots of room and a big back yard beats the land capsule every time. Problem was Larry took his computer with him, so now I’m behind.

Anyhow, Larry did get the radio fixed to Marsha’s satisfaction and after much checking and the like, Larry convinced Marsha that there was nothing wrong with the hydraulic jacks. That makes the score, Marsha 3 and Larry 2. It is still early folks -- the smart money is staying with Marsha.

Well this past weekend Larry and Marsha got talking and things started changing. Places on their proposed-estimated-suggested-list-of-places-they-might-maybe-want -to-go-see started changing. Branson, New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio got dropped. In their place they added about five national parks. I’d give them to you but they keep changing by the minute. For example Big Bend National Park was put on the list and then Marsha started doing research.

Looks like Big Bend National Park in Texas is a very remote park right on the Mexican border. On the website it said, the park is very remote; the nearest town is 100 miles away. No problem. It also said that there was drug traffic and illegal immigrants passing through the park and that it could be dangerous. No problem. Then she read a part about where there were predators of all types loose in the park. No problem. Then she read the part where they said that every year family pets of all sizes are killed in the park every year and that even large dogs were unable to defend themselves adequately against the wildlife.

At this point, I consulted with Marsha and we decided to take Big Bend National Park off the list. Actually, I tried to convince her find a kennel for me in the nearest town and go into the park with Sasha, but Marsha insisted it was an all or nothing proposition. Well, I tried. Perhaps I should brush up on the eagle and hawk calls, hmmmm. . .

On another front, Marsha, everything has to be right, pinned Larry down on the departure date. Here is the current theory. To avoid traffic, they don’t want to leave so they will be traveling over a weekend or late on a Friday. They definitely do not want to be anywhere near the highways over labor day weekend. This means the earliest departure date is May 17th and the latest is June 9th with a blackout period from May 26th to May 31st and from June 3rd to June 6th.

Don’t bother writing this down. It will change, everything else has. It’s a beautiful spring day here with plenty of sunshine. I’m headed out back to work on my tan.