Landed in Burleson, Texas

October 20 – The drive today was only about 240 miles so we slept in and left around 9:45.  We made one fuel stop and had lunch from Wendy’s.  We went by way of I-35 and it was horrible!  It must have been about 40 miles of road work and heavy traffic and I REALLY don’t like barricades.  That’s the only time I get anxious when I’m driving and I was super stressed by the time we cleared them all.  The weather was overcast and dreary on and off, so that didn’t help matters.  We found out later when we met our friends for dinner that he could have given us an alternate route, oh well!

We parked at Hill Country RV Park, which is a Good Sam Park in Burleson, TX but we didn’t see how it got such a good rating.  Mostly park models trailers.  The spot is asphalt, pretty level, really long but it looks more like people live here year around and most of the places are pretty old.

We had time to shower and relax a bit before Pat and Ray were picking us up.  They took us

Bill, Kelly, Pat and Ray after dinner

to “Babe’s”.  There are several around I guess but this is the one they favor.  It’s a family style place and you pick your meat and they bring bowls of the sides:  biscuits, Italian green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn.  I passed on the potatoes, gravy and corn as I doubled on the beans cooked with bacon grease and the biscuits.  I picked fried catfish and I ate every piece of it.  Um, umm, good!  Everyone else had fried chicken and the portion is huge, ½ of a chicken, so Bill got to bring home his and their leftovers and 2 biscuits.  We ate and visited for 3 hours!  Ray kept asking if they needed the table and the waitress said we were fine.  It was really good to see them and catch up.  They’re actually friends of friends that Bill has known for 30+ years and I’ve gotten to know them when they came to Florida and we’ve stopped before to see them on our travels.  Such nice people, what a nice evening!

I was full and sleepy and totally NOT motivated to turn on the computer at all.  So I watched whatever Bill had on TV and then read until I fell asleep on the recliner.