You may be wondering what these two cities have in common. Well, both have an old IBM buddy. Gary in Austin and Fred in Hoover.
We left the rest stop north of Corpus Christi early Sunday morning, March 21, and made our way toward Austin. We pulled into a Walmart in the early afternoon and Gary and Joyce met us there and took us to their beautiful home. We had not seen each other since Gary and Joyce left Bethlehem in 1972. We had a fun time reminiscing about the good old days and the fun we had way back then and got caught up on each others families. They then treated us to a great barbeque dinner at the County Line restaurant, followed by a tour of Austin. More reminiscing back at the motorhome before, sadly, we said our farewells and promised to see each other next time they come back east.
Monday morning, March 22, we left Austin via I35 north till we ran into I20 east and headed toward Alabama. We drove over 500 miles before calling it a day in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
This morning we drove through Mississippi and finally landed in Hoover, AL at the Birmingham South Campground. My buddy Fred and his wife Pat met us at the campground and, after a bit of reminiscing since we had seen them in 2007, we went for a fine Italian dinner at Joe's Italian restaurant where we stuffed ourselves. Tomorrow we'll be doing some sightseeing and picture taking with them.
We will be leaving here Thursday for Jacksonville, AL.
QUIZ ALERT: G.O. What is the blue ghost and how did it get its name?
Ron & Barb
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Joyce and I enjoyed the visit, the reminiscing, and we look for every excuse we can find to go to the County Line.
ReplyDeleteNext time you’re touring the country this way, be sure to let us know and plan on staying a couple days, even though I know you don’t plan ahead. We will certainly give you a heads up next time we’re heading to Bethlehem.
Google Earth Dell Road, only saw one moho parked on a pad at the end of the street, east end if I remember correctly.
The World War II vintage aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington, reported sunk four times by Tokyo Rose is now permanently in Corpus Christi Texas. Rose, gave it the name “Blue Ghost”.
Glad you two are having such a great time, but, WHERE ARE THE PICTURES!!!
ReplyDeleteLove ya,
Sue:)