Sunday, March 14, 2010

The Odessa Files: Still Winter in Texas?!

On Feb. 22nd, we moved to Odessa, TX. Unfortunately, while we were washing our RV (one of the neat things offered at the Lost Alaskan RV Park!) before heading out, I got a migraine! I crawled my way back to our bed and the next thing I saw was sunset in Odessa. That turned out to be only a short break though, as the migraine came back on full-force right after dinner, and I didn't get any relief until 2:30am when I finally decided to give the vicodin another try - hadn't helped for stuff before - at double dose. Bill had to do the whole moving and hook-up himself, but at least it was a relatively short drive that day, and hooking up is usually pretty easy.

So this is what our RV park looked like that evening. There were a lot of RVs, a little bit packed in and a lot of people living there, but it was pretty tidy and a nice enough place. Called the Midessa Oil Patch, the only thing really wrong with it was its location - while Bill spent many of his growing-up years there, Odessa/Midland is not a very pretty or appealing place! It is largely industrial.

And...here's what we woke up to on the 23rd! The overnight snow made even that area look pretty! It also prompted us to delay our appointment with Freightliner till the next day - they agreed that this wasn't a good day to be driving a motor home!!!

Tromping to the fenced-in pet area.


Like their mom, the dogs LOVE the snow!!!! Woo-hoo! Playtime!!!

Brrrrr!!!!!!!!!!! Billy is not as keen on the cold, and can't wait for the warm sun to make a comeback!!

Next up: Kitty Walk! Scratty struts her stuff in the white powder!

Tracky tires and decides that a shoulder ride is preferable.

Dad and Son.

Mom and Daughter.
(my new point & shoot has a great wide angle, which makes self-portraits - which include the whole self! - possible!)



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