LEAVING RAPID CITY

WE LEFT RAPID CITY ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011 AT 10:30 A.M. HEADING FOR SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO OUR FIRST WORKAMPING JOB, SELLING CHRISTMAS TREES UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. WITH TONS OF WISHES FROM  FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR SAFE TRAVEL, WE  HEADED OUT,  WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND  MAGGIE AND MARLEE. WE HAD A GREAT TRAVEL DAY AND ENDED UP IN SEIBERT, COLORADO AT A PASSPORT AMERICA CAMPGROUND, WHICH WAS SMALL, BUT ADEQUATE. AS SOON AS WE HIT THE OKLAHOMA LINE, WE RAN INTO WIND AND STOPPED EARLY DUE TO THE WIND. WE ARRIVED  AT THE TEXAS STATE LINE ABOUT 1:00 P.M.

WE STAYED IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, AT A VERY NICE RV PARK, ALSO A PASSPORT AMERICA PARK,  WITH A SWIMMING POOL AND HOT TUB, WHICH WE ENJOYED BEFORE LEAVING ON TUESDAY MORNING.  WE FOUND ANOTHER PASSPORT AMERICA RV PARK IN BRADY, TEXAS, AND WITH THE HELP OF MRS. GARMIN, WE DROVE RIGHT TO IT. IT WAS ALMOST DARK BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE. IT WAS A REAL DISAPPOINTMENT, AN RV PARK AND TRAILER PARK, IT WAS PRETTY SCARY. WE COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF THERE!! WE LEARNED A GOOD LESSON! WE ARRIVED IN SAN ANTONIO ABOUT NOON ON WEDNESDAY AND WENT RIGHT TO THE EMPTY LOT WHERE ALL THE CHRISTMAS TREE MANAGERS WILL MEET. WE MET CAL AND DIANE, VERY NICE FOLKS, THEY HAD VISITED THE CHRISTMAS TREE WAREHOUSE AND MET ELAINE AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY WILL BE GOING TO LAREDO, TEXAS, 130 MILES FROM HERE. PHIL AND MARY ARRIVED LATER, AND CAL SAID THERE WOULD BE SIX COUPLES HOUSED HERE UNTIL WE WERE ALL ASSIGNED OUR LOTS. 

THERE IS NO WIFI HERE AND NO CABLE TV,  WE BOUGHT A CRICKET MOBILE BROADBAND MODEM AND A CARD FOR 3 G HIGH SPEED INTERNET. WE WANT TO GET OUR DISH HOOKED UP ASAP. SATURDAY, AT 10:00 A.M. WE START TRAINING FOR OUR NEW JOBS.