Christmas Eve, 2009

Here we are in far west Texas, enjoying a howling wind blow around the house. It's 36 outside, on the way to a supposed high of 47. Interesting things blow around - tumbleweed chasing plastic grocery bags, any scrap of trash not securely contained. I wonder how reindeer and a sleigh can fight this wind.

We'll not have a white Christmas, maybe a dusty brown one, but a very Merry one none the less.

This meandering thought brings me to this:

A Very Merry, Peaceful and Loving Holiday to all!

Hi, I'm back

Sometimes, it just isn't worth trying to change, so our travel and other stuff will be here.

We're getting all set up to start our wandering again, and hopefully will have lots to show and write about in the not too distant future. Our first junket is intended to be a 'follow the Gulf' from South Padre Island around to the Florida Keys.

Stay tuned and see where we actually go.

Starting Our Planning

Well, the Travelin’ Hedricks haven’t done much traveling yet. We brought the rig home from New Mexico, and have it here in the yard. It got its first workout in its alternate life when my daughter Nikki got to use it as a ‘guest house’. We have started our plans though, and our first trip will be in January, going to warmer weather.
We had our first snow of this winter here in the desert last week, a little over an inch, and now it’s sunny and clear. We can’t wait to start our journey, so stay tuned for updates and photos.

Our New Rig

This is the motoring part of our new to us rig.

As promised, here are a couple of photos of our new rig. It promises to be
a good way to see more of this continent.

This is obviously looking head on to it.

This from the slide side.

And this from the door side.

On the Road Again

Boy does time fly when you're pondering big decisions!

We've decided to get back on the Travelin' Hedricks roadtrips. Last week, we bought a new to us 5th wheel trailer and last month, a new to us pickup. We're all set to start some wandering around the country again. As soon as we get everything all roadshape, there'll be some photos of our new rig and some of the place we go. I'll even try to be a little more timely in posting our where's and when's.

Stay tuned for more news.