Briefly Visiting Our Friends in Texas

Erma "Flame" & Tom @ Dallas Arboretum

     We have been traveling in warmer climates since New Years, and from the sounds of things back home this winter it was a great decision. We spent the winter in Arizona and Texas doing volunteer work with the NOMADS and visiting my family. (I will write about our NOMADS projects in future blogs)

     I haven't blogged in a long time due to lack of consistent internet service while traveling along with procrastination. We recently completed our last NOMADS project in Wichita Falls, TX and headed to Edgewood to visit our friends Flame & Tom for a couple of days. We arrived Tuesday afternoon and were, as usual, warmly greeted by Flame. Flame had just recently returned from a tour of New Zealand and Australia. We spent the rest of the day catching up and enjoying photos from her trip. After a late supper of salad and pizza we were all tired and soon headed to bed. The next morning after breakfast we headed to Terrell TX to visit the British Flight Training Museum. In 1940 while England was under attack from the Nazi's they sent young men via Canada to Texas for flight training using our American flight instructors. It was a rather secretive program until we declared war in December of 1941. The museum is free and is nicely done. I would recommend taking time to visit there if you are in the area.

     After leaving the museum we headed to the Dallas Arboretum to enjoy the colorful blooms.

This was a great time to visit as the tulips were in full bloom. I will let the following pictures speak for themselves. I was so naturally beautiful, that we spent close to 2 hours strolling through the colorful gardens. If you visit Dallas this should be on your "must do" list.

     After we visited the arboretum, we went downtown to see a really neat cattle drive sculpture display. It is quite amazing to see.

     On the way back to home we stopped in Terrell for a nice Mexican late lunch/early supper. As we drove thru town we noticed a few of the buildings had murals painted on them. 

     We had a great visit with Tom and Flame even though it was short. Thursday morning after a quick breakfast we hooked up the trailer and said our good-byes. Thank you Tom & Flame for the great time as always. We miss you already!!