Home again, home again, jiggedy-jog!

This is what the land looks like in the Texas hill country. When CB and I went on an early walk this morning, it was cool (about 70 degrees F.) and we saw these alpacas and a two ponies in a field.

It was wonderful to see MJ, along with four other girls and one boy from camp. We stayed in the double-wide trailer of one of the girls' parents. It was a quiet evening, because MJ stayed there with us while the others went into Kerrville to shop and eat. We enjoyed being with her.

There are 13 beds in that trailer, and the family opens it to lots of people! They are very hospitable. They also provide the facilities for the kids to wash their clothes. The washing machine and dryer were running almost all the time with the bags full of dirty clothes and linens these kids had brought with them from the past week at camp. (All are counselors at LLYC.)

It was funny how loaded our car was when we traveled there, because other parents found out we were driving to see MJ. Three workers' parents brought over cookies and stuff to take to them, and a camper's mother gave me a huge bag of surprises for her daughter and niece, who happen to be in MJ's cabin. Poor MJ had to deliver all that--to two different camp sites.

Each camp session lasts for two weeks. The camp workers and counselors, like MJ, are there for six weeks.

We had lunches in both San Antonio and Fredericksburg. Yesterday, for Father's Day, we had a nice lunch with son DC and his wife AA. They generously drove from Austin to San Antonio to meet us. Today we drove to Fredericksburg to visit friends who retired there from Corpus Christi. Good meals and wonderful companionship for our two lunches.

We got home at about 6 pm tonight. Cisco and Baillie, our two dogs were glad to see us, and Gracie the cat did not run and hide when we walked in. It is good to be home, especially after driving 550 miles in only 32 hours!