WE’RE ON THE ROAD AGAIN
(And it includes two fun, new pastimes)

 
We’re officially ON THE ROAD AGAIN!!! There are sites to see and miles to cover this summer. And as my subtitle states – we’ve found two new pastimes in the short time traveling in 2023.
 
The first pastime started when we drove out of our RV Park. I have no idea why, but I picked up my phone and clicked on “create a reel” on Facebook. I aimed it out the front window of the RV and told the audience what we were doing.
 
They heard my voice but saw Maggie sitting in the front window. I posted it and called it a day. As I’ve said many times, funny stuff just shows up around Ray and me. In this case, I had to help the humor along.
 
As of today, we’ve done EIGHT reels and one of them has over 300,000 views. We find this unbelievable!!! Never in my (or Ray’s) life would we have imagined that we’d garner so much attention from sharing our RV adventures. STAY TUNED…
 
Next up is our other new pastime. I’m calling this one: LEARN SOMETHING NEW TODAY. (And it might be a helpful tool for you the next time you’re playing a trivia game).
 

In Florence, Arizona, I spied a sign about Tom Mix. For those who don’t know him – he was a famous silent film star. He made 291 movies, but when they started to have speaking roles, Tom’s squeaky voice didn’t match his tough-cowboy persona, so his career ended.
 
On a sad note, in 1940, while driving his Cord Phaeton convertible, he lost control and rolled into a dry wash (which they now call the Tom Mix Wash). The cause of death: His aluminum suitcase flew into the front seat, hit him in the back of the head, and broke his neck.
 
I guess when it’s your time to go – it’s your time to go.

Ray gave me a few looks while I filled him in on all things Tom Mix, but as I told him, “I’m the passenger in our RV, so I have time on my hands to find interesting facts about sights I see when we’re on the highways and byways.”
 

              

 
We love to stay at unique places, and most are what you call boondocking (no services provided). This particular place was called Iron Eagle Beer Garden on 290 outside of Brenham, Texas.
 
We parked our RV alongside the vintage car he had for sale. As soon as we were set up, I jumped out of the RV and took tons of pictures of the wildflowers that blanketed the countryside around the place. Don’t you love it?
 
And finally, we made it to Houston, namely The Woodlands, Texas, to visit friends. As one of our Facebook reels says, “We came. We saw. We conquered.” We LOVED spending time with everyone!!! And hope to catch up again in the future.
 
What are your vacation plans for 2023? Please tell me all about them.

Oh, and the Jesus photo (above) is another cool sign that I had to take a photo of.     

Until next time…

Janetta Fudge Messmer - Author of Christian Comedy/Romances

“Turning Life Into Comedy”
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