Happy trails to you...

... until we meet again.

The Love Shack is pretty well packed up.  The scoots are strapped down in their cargo trailer.  Big Red is fueled up, fluids checked, washed up all pretty, with special attention to the windows and mirrors.  That last part may not show in the morning when we head out... the nearly calm winds we have enjoyed the past couple months have given way to dusty, gusty winds.

It has been a month since the truck has been driven, two months since we last put fuel in her... she needed a good bath.

Dan helped us get the cargo trailer rotated and moved into position yesterday, so we can hook up "the train" in the morning.  Today, Joan checked and filled our 12 tires.  I flushed and sanitized tanks.  Put away everything we don't need today.  Other than the usual utility hook-up stuff, we will be ready to roll.

We had Sunday dinner with Steph and Dan at their place today; returned the Chevy to them, also freshly washed and fueled up.

Steph made a great Mexican food meal for us, topped off with a beautiful dessert... really, I should have taken a photo - it looked like something out of a magazine.  Fresh strawberries and kiwi, a layer of marshmallow and cream cheese, on top of sugar cookie dough rolled out to the size of a pizza.  And, it tastes as good as it looks.

Then, the tough part: the good-byes.  Steph and Dan are the reason we come to the desert, and the leaving never gets any less painful.  It has been a delight to spend time with them... as always.

And, as always, the road beckons.  Time for us to get on down the road... spend some time in the Tropical Tip... enjoy the beach and the warm waters of the Gulf and the Laguna Madre.

Until we head out again.

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Little Izzy is ready to go...

Joan put Izzy's carrier in the living room this evening... unlike many cats, she loves her carrier.  "I just have to get that toy in here, and I am ready to go, too!"

I have mentioned how much room we have in the HitchHiker.  Plenty of height, too...