April 15th - April 26

The good times continue as we enjoyed activities with friends.  Friday we went to the Trail Dust which was our favorite steak house when we lived in Arlington except it was no longer in North Dallas.  That location was closed and there was a new one (at least to us) in Arlington.  The menu had changed but not the atmosphere nor the quality of the food… especially the steaks.

On Sunday we went to church on the east side of Dallas with Marguerite Kelly who then treated us to a great dinner and company.  Of course Arda and I had to work for our meals…  Arda cut Marguerite’s hair and I tightened a faucet.  Sure was tough duty but we got ‘er done!

On Monday we had another surprise.  Petra got bumped from her flight to Mexico as her Chicago flight was late getting into DFW.  She called us and we picked her up so we could spend some more time with her.  She and Arda did a little shopping after lunch and then we took her back to the airport around 5 PM.

Tuesday Bach’s joined us for dinner at Spring Creek… once again we enjoyed the BBQ there.  Michelle and Eddie were supposed to join us too as we had not seen them in many a moon but unfortunately they couldn’t make it due to their kids sports… maybe next time.

Wednesday was our last day in Arlington so we had the Lynda, Fred, & Leslie over for dinner.  Arda made Petra’s favorite chicken dish which seemed to go over very well.  We had a good time with everyone and the next morning it was off to Van Alstyne TX to visit the Hunters.

 

We spent Easter weekend with the Hunters and in between many games (Arda says I don’t have to play games for another year!) we went to several different masses.  It was really a fun weekend with Kathleen, Leslie, and I guess I should include Phil. Leslie even took the time to show Arda, Phil, and Kathleen how to shoot her bow.  It was a fun time but unfortunately we had to move on.

We headed out on Monday morning to the Palo Duro Canyon where we had camped with our kids in our popup 30 some years ago.  It had not changed much except this time we had a real campsite with electricity and water.  The last time we did not have any facilities and the temps were in the high 80’s all night.  This canyon is approximately 120 miles long and 600 to 800 feet deep making it the second largest canyon in the U.S. after the Grand Canyon.  We had a few visitors (see video) for dinner and breakfast… no we did not eat them.  Video can be seen by clicking  Palo Duro Canyon.

After breakfast we headed north-west and will spend the night in Trinidad CO.  Tomorrow it is on to Larkspur CO and our friends Steve & Penny.

Until next time.