We had a busy first week heading Southwest to Bowling Green Kentucky and a long overdue visit to the National Corvette Museum.
Every time we passed it on highway 65 we would say maybe next time...Well now we have and it was well worth it of course with a heightened interest to see where 8 beautifully restored Corvettes fell victim to a large 30ft deep sinkhole in the middle of the museum in 2014.
"This was painful to look at"
A lot of displays of course were not involved with the cave in and offered a great look at the history of the Corvette.
"A lot of the Corvettes on display are from private collections"
Some of which were familiar to us being involved in the Corvette World back in 70s..80s..and 90s...Sandy and I actually meet at the 79 National Corvette Convention in Orlando Florida...and how they didn't have a special recognition plaque stating that....we feel was just an oversight.
Then off to Nashville to take in a few sites including a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum along with the remolded Ryman Auditorium where the Grand Old Opry began and still hosts many shows.
"Many Country Western performers were small in stature but
large in presence and performance"
We saw just enough of Nashville to know we want to experience more than one day and will on a future trip or maybe even toward the end of this one.
Next we had a {little bump in the road} in East Texas about the same place "Lexi" over heated 2 years ago eventually leading to a new radiator core.
This year just east of Dallas we developed a loud squeaking or grinding sound coming from our left rear wheels and seemed to be getting louder as we went on and decided to look for a Ford Dealer to have someone check it out at 3:30 in the afternoon...yes also great timing...
What happened next was very surprising to us!
1st...We were only 3 miles away from one of the largest Ford dealers in the state of Texas.
2nd...Instead of acting like they didn't see a 31 foot RV with a Jeep attached in the middle of there parking lot a nice young man by the name of Andrew armed with a clip board was out to help find us a place to park. He then went to see if and when someone could take a look...which he though might be the next day in the afternoon.
3rd...In about a half hour a large man stuck his head into our passenger window and started asking lots of questions...This was there lead tech How and with the help of co worker Anthony quickly under Lexi taking pictures to determine the problem.
4th...It turned out to be a little peace of rust from the outside of the brake caliber that fell into the break and after the back and forth in there parking lot and a test drive it worked its way out...so after only around an hour and a half we were back on our way...and pleasantly surprised with the quality of service.
We want to thank Andrew for not dropping the ball in the beginning and worked toward a solution. For How and Anthony giving us the attention we needed at a stressful time for us.
A special thanks to Town East Ford for the wisdom to put quality people on their work force...It's no wonder they are one of the largest Ford dealers in Texas.Our next scheduled stop for a couple days was Holiday Park a nice government run campground just southwest of Fort Worth which is were our Grandnephew Greg is a Junior at Texas Christen University.
"At Holiday Park campground we had to do a little work in the dark
to get Lexi level but what a nice view we had in the morning"
The next point of interest along our way was over a long day drive away in the little dusty town of Van Horn in West Texas. There sits a little restaurant called Chuy's with some of the best Mexican food we have had. We were there at 9:00am on a Monday and they were closed
A favorite stop of spot for many along highway 10 like John Madden when he was traveling around while working football games and Willie Nelson along with Nascar Crews looking for a good meal...We hope it's not closed for good, this would have been our fifth time.
The Elks have always been a great place for spend a night or a few days while traveling the way we do and the Willcox Lodge 2131 just off I10 in Willcox about 125 miles south of Tucson is perfect if we are going into Phoenix or going the other way into New Mexico and Texas.
We are currently in the Valley of Sun...Phoenix area...the northwest town of Surprise visiting relatives and taking in some of their activity's.
"The atmosphere at most collage games is fantastic
at TCU it's magnified because of the small size of school
and it's very large following"
This is our second trip to the Fort Worth area to visit our Grand Nephew
and take in the Texas / TCU game. We also decided to take in some other
sights like the mock Cattle Drive near the Stock Yards and through a part
of Old Town with brick streets and quaint shops.
"We always go through the shops and wondered how we would get this
into our RV to take home for our friends Steve and Vicky"
"Of course not all is to do with country and western in this quaint old town
setting like this Low Rider doing his thing on the brick streets"
We took in the game against Texas which TCU won and of course went out to a couple of Greg's favorite restaurants. Coppers Old Time Pit Bar B Que where you buy your meat by weight...and we always take enough back to the RV for three more meals.
We also tried a new place for us...called Honey Smoke Pit which was more like a traditional sports bar/restaurant with lots of TV's so we could watch some games...good idea for food and drink...bad idea to watch Ohio State/Iowa.
"A lot of things are big in Texas like this burger but not the largest on menu"
"We stop at a lot of Waymart's along the way but in Central Texas
this one was a little different...and on the inside the security guards looked
like line backers...this must be a pretty rough town...moving on"
The next point of interest along our way was over a long day drive away in the little dusty town of Van Horn in West Texas. There sits a little restaurant called Chuy's with some of the best Mexican food we have had. We were there at 9:00am on a Monday and they were closed
"Not much to look at from the outside but very good food"
A favorite stop of spot for many along highway 10 like John Madden when he was traveling around while working football games and Willie Nelson along with Nascar Crews looking for a good meal...We hope it's not closed for good, this would have been our fifth time.
The Elks have always been a great place for spend a night or a few days while traveling the way we do and the Willcox Lodge 2131 just off I10 in Willcox about 125 miles south of Tucson is perfect if we are going into Phoenix or going the other way into New Mexico and Texas.
"This little shop was typical of what you find in these little towns
like Willcox but there unique signage and outside display were
pleasure to see"
We are currently in the Valley of Sun...Phoenix area...the northwest town of Surprise visiting relatives and taking in some of their activity's.
"Memories of our Granddaughter Alexa playing volleyball through the years
are remembered when watching Grandniece Danielle playing while her
dad Mike looks on and try's to figure out how he became coach"
"It's 85 outside here in the Phoenix but the birthday girl Danielle wanted to go
ice-skating so along with brother Gavin and brave Aunt Sandy
they took to the ice
We will be here until the first weekend of December before going to California for a little side trip.
ice-skating so along with brother Gavin and brave Aunt Sandy
they took to the ice
We will be here until the first weekend of December before going to California for a little side trip.
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LAUGH
LOVE
SanTony
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