RV Having Fun Yet?: Farewell, Texas

Today it’s time to head for home. Texas has been great. There is a lot to like about Texas. Especially in January and February. Even on the colder days like today, it’s warmer than the northern climes.

I would probably be singing a very different tune in July.

We gathered up a surprising amount of stuff that we had brought into Sherry’s house and squirreled it all away again in the RV. The last four days have been a delight and a lot of fun. Thank you, Sherry, for your hospitality and opening up your home for our visit. Our time here will truly be a lasting memory.

Just under two hours east, in Lindale, Texas, is the SOWER office. Stopping there probably added an hour or so to the total travel time but we figured it would be worth the extra time. And it was.

We were greeted warmly by Wayne and Gail and, after some introductions, Wayne showed us around the office. We got to see the map that shows all the locations of the projects and Wayne also gave us a preview of the new member web site that will be rolled out in a couple of months.

This location itself is a SOWER project and Daniel, our master plumber from our project in Palacios, was here for the month. Good to see him and his wife again and he showed us around the newest project, a barndominium-style building behind the office which houses one apartment for temporary use, a storm shelter, and a meeting room.

Daniel is working in the plumbing for this building and he also ran a sewer line out to the parking lot for convenient RV dumps. We were the first to use it. When asked how it worked, I told him, “I opened the valve and all the stuff went down the pipe and didn’t come back, so I’m assuming it worked.”

When we had loaded up on fresh water and were ready to set out again, Wayne and Gail circled with us for prayer and then bade us farewell. It was good to put a name with a face: Gail was the one who interviewed us a few years ago when we were applying for membership with SOWERs.