The week behind....

Not much went on this week as we settled into our new adopted hometown of Topeka, KS at the Capital City KOA.  Winds have started picking up each day, but it's still so mild we can get by with the fan for most of the morning and evening while running the air during the afternoon.  We have had wonderful evenings.

Forbes Air Field has been really busy lately with large Air Force 737 cargo planes landing, along with a few fighters either doing touch and go's or refueling.  Great staying in a place that has a free air show.

Wednesday we found either (a) how great our vision insurance used to be or (b) how awful our vision insurance is now.  Take your pick. Used to be we'd hop into the eye doctor, pay our $10, have our glasses within a week and never pay another dime.  That was when we were working.  Now, that we're retired -- wow!  We had no idea glasses cost so darn much.  $600 later and we've got our glasses for the next couple of years, and that's going 'cheap' on everything -- no scratch coating, no reflective whatever, cheap frames, etc..  Yikes.

Friday, we saw the hayride rolling with no one on it, so Connie hopped aboard and so did a camper from behind us.  After conversing, it's our second person we've met since leaving Sea Breeze RV Park who has also stayed at Gulf Waters RV Park in Port Aransas, TX.  Cody grew up in Kansas City, is a Mizzou grad, and is a common occurrence we find in 'full timers' -- he's waiting on his house to get built.  His wife and family are actually living about 5 miles away from where we stayed in Aubrey, TX (The Colony).  We enjoyed his company Friday night talking college and pro sports, and again Saturday night as we watched the NBA Eastern Conference Finals (campground here doesn't have ESPN) and Stanley Cup Final game 5 outside the rig.

We learned from the guy at LensCrafters that the first two weeks of June are the busiest for tornadoes here.  Didn't want to hear that.  Hoping that our luck holds out.

Must be how it happens...

We've always noticed on cruises we've been on, by Day 2 or 3, you suddenly realize who has the same tastes as you, likes, etc.

With us, we were heading to a "Social Hour" at SeaBreeze RV Park for the first time in December.  Nobody showed.  Supposed to be at 4p, we were there at 3:45p.  By 4:15p we were leaving.  As we were leaving, we see a couple coming up the walkway.  He had a cooler, she had a wine glass.  "OK, we'll stay."

FOUR HOURS LATER, we're saying goodbye to our new friends Fred and Vickie Porter.

They left Sea Breeze the first of January and moved out to Port Aransas and Gulf Waters RV Park because they didn't have a reservation at SeaBreeze for the January through March season which is their peak.  We went out there, they came in to see us.  The mutual interests just kept us together.

Fast foward to today.  We're in "their house", Dallas, TX, where their only daughter lives, all their friends are, etc.  They pull in to the RV Park, and here we go......

From such humble beginnings must be how RV friends come to know each other, travel together, meet up, etc.  Nobody plans it, nobody expects it.  It just happens.

And we're damn glad it did.

Cheers!