Del Rio, TX

Made it to Del Rio and found the RV park with no problems. It was fun to drive through the little towns instead of on the interstate for a change! We didn't have any other option anyhow, to get to our destination! :-)

Once we got there...and barely set up, I called Stacy to let her know that we had made it! She picked up Justisse from pre-school and brought her to the motorhome. She still had about another hour to work, so we got to play with Justisse while she worked! :-) Justisse had no problem staying with us even though we hadn't seen her in over two years! Of course, it didn't hurt that Grandma had stocked up on some toys and an outfit or two for her! :-) Justisse has always been a great talker and filled the motorhome with lots of chatter!

After work, Stacy drove by and we followed her to their house, which is just down the street from the RV park! The RV park is brand new and very convenient! Justisse gave me the consolidated tour of their new house and then it was back outside where Grandma and Justisse played My Little Pony! See, Justisse wanted a horse/pony for Christmas and got My Little Ponys instead! :-) With the acreage that Korey and Stacy now have...a pony may have to be in her future - some day! :-)

After dinner we enjoyed some time in the hot tub where Justisse ended up falling asleep as I held her! It was too funny, but she was so relaxed and so tired! It was an enjoyable evening and pretty late by the time we made it back to the motorhome!

Saturday morning we got up and around and later in the afternoon we all piled into our Avalanche and headed to the border to head into Mexico. The kids had heard about a Mexican steakhouse that was supposed to be pretty good so that's where we were going. It happened to be some kind of fiesta or something so there was a lot of traffic and people, but we really didn't have any problems. We walked down a few streets, checked out some of the shops and bought Justisse a few trinkets! Our late lunch/early dinner did turn out to be very good, but Don about had heart failure when the bill arrived and it was over 1,000 - until he realized it was pesos and not dollars! Took some time getting back into the border and we (Don and I) were a little nervous because we didn't have passports with us! We really didn't have any trouble, but it was a long wait to get back across the border! We had some entertainment though when a group of bikers tried to cut into the line. Actually, what happened was one biker cut in and then motioned for all his friends to come up to where he was (there were about 20 of them). They kept revving up thier engines and honking thier horns. Since they go through ONE AT A TIME, they had really slowed down the line. It didn't affect us because we were in another lane. Once we got to the head of the line, the border patrol agent said "Stop, wait right there" and en masse, all the agents in the station lined up and headed out to make the bikers turn around! We didn't even know that there had been so many agents there but they showed their force! One of the bikers (a girl as a matter of fact) ended up getting pushed back and then she ran right through the check point! The rest ended up turning around although they weren't happy about it! I know that the people in line behind them...and even those of us to the sides...were happy to see justice served!

After visiting for awhile, it was time to head back to the motorhome. Justisse decided she wanted to go with us, so we packed up her things and off we went! You would have thought with everything she wanted to bring that she was going to be longer than one night! On the way back she said "I hope I don't miss Mommy too much". I told her I thought she would be alright and she said "it was going to be a long night"! She wanted to take a shower in the motorhome so we did that. Since it was late, Grandma turned on a movie, popped some popcorn and we laid in bed (on the couch) until she ended up going to sleep! Little stinker...watched the whole movie! Next morning, she wanted to take a shower again! It's quite fun to be able to have the shower head at your level and the shower is "just the right size" for kids! :-)

Justisse LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to pick flowers! If there's a flower within her sight, shes going to pick it! I had a nice bouqet before I left. Only problem was she doesn't get too long of a stem! We had a great time with the kids, but it ended way too quickly! On Monday we had to head towards Louisiana and work and pre-school called!