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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 678320" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Corpus Christie was one of the places we explored. It is beautiful, there. And Padre Island, and Port Isabella.</p><p></p><p>We had a wonderful time there, and came so close to choosing Padre Island! You can research everything over the internet through the real estate agencies there. That is how we did it. On the day we arrived, we had two or three condos to choose from. We picked one, and stayed a month. Padre Island is a summer getaway for Texans. So, during the Winter months when people from the North need a getaway, the rates on Padre Island are low.</p><p></p><p>Perfect.</p><p></p><p>Even to think it, just to know there will come a time when we are on our own again helps us find another source of strength to work through what seems overwhelming, today.</p><p></p><p>It is like developing another facet of self for you and D H. Remember when you first fell in love, and the time spent with him was a separate and beautiful thing, and when there was nowhere you would rather be than wherever you were with him? That is how it gets to be again, when we drive away together. It's the strangest thing. We get so used to being competent where our children and families are concerned. I think that is part of it. We are supposed to have the answers so somehow, we come up with them and get responsible for everything. When we go away together? And we don't even know whether we are going to make the next bathroom in time or where we are going to sleep or even, if we are going to make it at all because there might be an accident, we draw together again, just the man and the woman and the animals we are traveling with.</p><p></p><p>And the dog gets all hyperactive because every time we stop he smells new dogs everywhere and the cat poos in her carrier and the goldfish requires artificial respiration so thank heaven we thought to bring straws for just that purpose and the motel was a bedbug-infested dive so we slept in the car at a rest stop and the best coffee, ever, is that first cup you buy on the road with the sun coming up. And you realize that after all that, according to the map, you've only gone four inches. (I read that somewhere.)</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>I hope you do it.</p><p></p><p>Road adventures are the best kind.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p><p></p><p>For anyone thinking about a road adventure? We time our travel to the Golden Corrals along our route for dinner. One of the problems with being in unfamiliar territory is knowing how to judge where to eat dinner. Buffet is good for us because there are salads and good variety and nice bathrooms. And boy, does that matter when we are traveling and on the road overnight. Go online to whatever buffet you like. They should have a place where you can learn the locations through the states where you will travel. Pick the ones in the state you will be going through around dinner time. Copy that page and keep it in your Atlas. Phone numbers will be there for the buffet if you need explicit directions when you are driving through.</p><p></p><p>Now you know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 678320, member: 17461"] Corpus Christie was one of the places we explored. It is beautiful, there. And Padre Island, and Port Isabella. We had a wonderful time there, and came so close to choosing Padre Island! You can research everything over the internet through the real estate agencies there. That is how we did it. On the day we arrived, we had two or three condos to choose from. We picked one, and stayed a month. Padre Island is a summer getaway for Texans. So, during the Winter months when people from the North need a getaway, the rates on Padre Island are low. Perfect. Even to think it, just to know there will come a time when we are on our own again helps us find another source of strength to work through what seems overwhelming, today. It is like developing another facet of self for you and D H. Remember when you first fell in love, and the time spent with him was a separate and beautiful thing, and when there was nowhere you would rather be than wherever you were with him? That is how it gets to be again, when we drive away together. It's the strangest thing. We get so used to being competent where our children and families are concerned. I think that is part of it. We are supposed to have the answers so somehow, we come up with them and get responsible for everything. When we go away together? And we don't even know whether we are going to make the next bathroom in time or where we are going to sleep or even, if we are going to make it at all because there might be an accident, we draw together again, just the man and the woman and the animals we are traveling with. And the dog gets all hyperactive because every time we stop he smells new dogs everywhere and the cat poos in her carrier and the goldfish requires artificial respiration so thank heaven we thought to bring straws for just that purpose and the motel was a bedbug-infested dive so we slept in the car at a rest stop and the best coffee, ever, is that first cup you buy on the road with the sun coming up. And you realize that after all that, according to the map, you've only gone four inches. (I read that somewhere.) :O) I hope you do it. Road adventures are the best kind. Cedar For anyone thinking about a road adventure? We time our travel to the Golden Corrals along our route for dinner. One of the problems with being in unfamiliar territory is knowing how to judge where to eat dinner. Buffet is good for us because there are salads and good variety and nice bathrooms. And boy, does that matter when we are traveling and on the road overnight. Go online to whatever buffet you like. They should have a place where you can learn the locations through the states where you will travel. Pick the ones in the state you will be going through around dinner time. Copy that page and keep it in your Atlas. Phone numbers will be there for the buffet if you need explicit directions when you are driving through. Now you know. [/QUOTE]
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