Thursday, May 9, 2013

Santa Lives Here!

We noticed the other day that there is a motor home here that has a Santa statue sitting outside of it.  Mama thought that was a little odd since it is May.  We then noticed that they have Santa Claus lights along the front of it.  Later, we noticed their van has a Santa and Rudolph sticker.  Mama commented that they must really love Christmas.  Today, we walked by and there was the owner standing outside.  It is Santa!  I'm not kidding!  He has the long white beard.  He is a little slimmer than he is on TV, but maybe he slims down in the Texas heat.  We always thought his summer home was in Florida.   He waved to us.  I guess we better be on our best behavior here because Santa is watching us for sure!

We may have storms later today, so we spent the morning laying in the grass.

We are wearing cables, if you are wondering.

This tree has a lot of squirrel activity.

Mama asked if we wanted to go in and this was our answer.
We are getting mail today.  We haven't received mail since we left Houston.  The mail truck just came by and Mama thought maybe he was delivering it right to our door, but he went to our neighbor's home instead.  Mama will have to make the long walk to the office later.  It is raining now.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Saw Santa Today

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Arlington Campground

We forgot to show you a neat rest area that we stopped at on our way here.


It looks like a train.  Pretty cool for a rest area.

However, we were not happy when we saw this sign.







Our campground is really nice.  It used to be a mobile home park and was a converted to a campground.  We have a lot of shade.  We are in an upgraded site because they didn't have any of the "cheaper" sites for us.  There is one level above ours and those are the Presidential sites. They have fountains and statues.  They are pretty nice, but they don't all have yards.  The park is very quiet. We mainly just hear birds singing.

This has a bridge that goes over it.  We need to get a picture of the bridge.  It has lights that are on at night.  It's pretty.

Our site.  We have a street on one side of us, but it is not busy.


Our neighbors across the street live here full-time and have pretty yards.

I like watching the squirrels
 
Here I am in the front yard.  See it's pretty big!

Our patio.

Squirrel!

Scout loves the grass!
 
Our greyhound spinner and our light that changes colors.  Mama loves it.

Another squirrel!
There is a Super Target within walking distance.  Mama walked there yesterday.  Today, she walked to the mall.  She didn't buy anything since it was a long walk back.  She learned yesterday that bags get heavy when you are walking.  BOL!  She walked five miles today, not counting walking us. 

Did you see Mama's review of Big Texan?  It is a restaurant in Amarillo.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Wishes We Were Staying Here Longer Than A Month

Monday, May 6, 2013

Palo Duro Canyon Park

Friday, we visited Palo Duro Canyon Park.  It is the "Grand Canyon of Texas".


The pictures don't show the beauty of the canyon.

We walked around one of the campgrounds.  We had to watch for the cacti because they were all over.  Scout decided it was too hot, so we had to return to the car.  It wasn't hot, but Scout prefers temperatures in the 40's or 50's.











We are at our new home near Dallas.  The trip here was easy.  We met some people who were traveling on Wednesday in the high winds like we did and they said they had awning problems.  They said they saw three other people who had awning issues.  It was nice to talk to other travelers who experienced the same issues as us.


There is a greyhound who lives here.  She is 12.  Her name is Miss Woe.  Her folks said that she lived on the streets for six years and they adopted her two years ago after their other grey died of cancer.  She is small.  We look like giants next to her.  It sounds like she mainly stays inside.  Scout says that sounds get to her.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Wonders Who Thinks Clear Poo Bags Is A Good Idea 

Friday, May 3, 2013

Cadillac Ranch & RV Museum

Did you guess where I did my graffiti?  I did it at Cadillac Ranch!   There are ten Cadillacs that are buried head first in the ground and people are allowed to paint on them.

The cars from the highway.






I think I should paint here.



There are cows here.  I am not sure I like this.
Yes, there were cows walking near us.  We were not thrilled about that.  Dad said it would be okay.
Dad decided to help me paint.  I wanted to do a paw print, but Dad thought my name would be better.

Dad added Scout's name.  We wanted to add "Two Greyhound Town" to it, but Dad said it was too windy to write all that.


It looks good!
Scout agrees, but thinks her name should have been first.


You can even see it far away!
We gave our paint can to a couple who came without one.  They thought that was pretty cool.

As promised, here are more photos from the RV Museum.  The link has more photos from the museum that you may find interesting.

 
1948 Flexible from the movie RV


Inside RV movie RV.

1936 Alma

Inside 1936 trailer.

Inside 1937 Kozy Kamp

1937 Kozy Kamp
 

1953 Fleetwood

1963 Airstream

1966 Kenskill

1976 Argosy


1975 Itasca - this is the very first one every built.

Inside the Itasca

More inside photos of the Itasca

Kitchen in Itasca

1975 Itasca



Pop Up - I don't have a year. Can't read the sign. Might be 72.
 
1946 Teardrop




We had even more adventures today, but I will have to wait for another day to share those.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who LOVES Being On Vacation





















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