Retirement trip Part 1

Our first Retirement trip

We had never been to Texas, and we have family who live there so mid February

 Rick and I had a little midwinter getaway and drove to Texas.

We took 3 days to get there stopping the 1st night in Kansas City and the 2nd night in Oaklahoma City.

Rick's Aunt and Uncle are gracious hosts and alway show us a good time.

We visited them a few years ago when they still lived in Arizona

They recently moved to Texas to be near their two daughters, so now they all live in the same town.

Here we are with Rick's cousin Christy and family

(Low light quality photos')

and now his cousin Cindy and family.

They all exemplify "Southern Hospitality"

We were able to spend the better part of a week with these sweet families.

We did step away for an overnight in Fredericksburg Tx

It was a cute little town with lots of shops

We enjoyed some taste testing in this shop, everything from dips, jams and salsa 

Then we checked out the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Back to Brownwood Texas where the family lives...

We got to visit this awesome book store that used to be 1 of 12 Theaters in Brownwood.

A women met us at the door and gave us a little history on the building, 

At the top of the photo you can see where the stadium seats were taken down and on the wall are shadows of the theater seats, The theater was open 24 hours and the soldiers would come in to rest when the hotels were full. The round dots are said to be where the soldiers rested their heads, 

apparently they wore lots of "brylcreem"in their hair. 

we walked under this arch of old Library books, there is a story about these books too, 

but I can remember it.

I liked this old wheelchair adorned with spooky books

Uncle Wayne, Aunt Jo Anne and I, Rick was golfing with his 2nd cousin Austin.

We had just the best time with Ricks family, after a week we headed to the ocean...

Stay tuned for Part 2