18 March 2014
Good Morning...
We "Hit the Road" on Sunday Morning after giving hugs and kisses to our kids and 4 beautiful Grand Girls on Saturday.  We also spent last week giving hugs to our Tucson Family!
We are always thrilled to be able to take these yearly adventures but also know that we will miss our Tucson Family.
We  were so delighted to be able to meet with Donna and Bill in El Paso.  When they lived in Tucson, Donna worked with us at the clinic and we are so glad that we kept in contact.   They left Tucson in 1988...so had not seen them in a few years.   Once again it was like we had just seen them a few days before.  They live in Dell City, Texas which is 90 miles from El Paso.  IT was so great that they made the trip to El Paso so we could catch up...and we did.  We stayed at Ft. Bliss on Sunday night.  Wow they have remodeled that base since we were there last year.   They have a Marketplace with restaurants, all kids of shops and the BX.  It was like being in a fancy civilian Mall.  
We left El Paso very early on Monday morning as we woke up and could not go back to sleep so decided to get up and head out.   We arrived in Forth Worth about 4 PM.  Stayed at the Navy Reserve base there and met Jerry and Diane Stapleton for dinner.  We were stationed with them at F. E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne , Wyoming and had not seen them both since 1982.  Diane had come to Tucson for her work in the 90's so had seen her when she was there.  We were so glad to see them and catch up on their two daughters and their grandchildren!   Of course we shared pictures!!  They have two very handsome grandson's.  They both work so it was nice of them to come out on a work night and deal with the Dallas traffic to spend time with us.   We may see them in the fall if they can take a long weekend and fly to Tucson.
One of the best parts of our visits with our friends is to be able to give and get such wonderful hugs from these dear friends...and you know how Maryann feels about hugs!!!
We slept in this morning and are now on our way to San Antonio, Texas for a couple nights.  We will be staying at Randolph AFB.  
Have had good weather...just lots of wind today.

I have some pictures but will need to figure out how to put them on the blog when we get to San Antonio...as will need to transfer them from my phone to my IPAD and then figure it out!
 We send our prayers and good thoughts to each of  you.