One of the reasons I enjoy sending out these letters, is because we hear back from manhy of you about

Home is Where You Park It One of the reasons I enjoy sending out these letters, is because we hear back from many of you about your experiences in these places, too. And, if you know where we’re going, maybe we can meet up somewhere. The Houston Quilt Show was great, as I’ve already related to my quilt friends. We parked the MH in Houston, and Monte drove me to and from the show both days – he wanted me back! The freeways were terrible, and we didn’t see any reason to visit Houston, other than the Quilt Show. It’s the biggest convention in Houston, with 52,000 people attending. I met up with Kay Eccleston and other quilt friends from Los Alamos, plus Colleen Hanlon and Lynn Miller. San Antonio was much more pleasant to visit. We were in an excellent RV Park, and the weather was great, so we stayed a couple extra days. I thought the old town area was kind of dirty, but interesting. We toured the Alamo, of course, and walked along the riverwalk and had a Mexican lunch. Outside town, we visited four Spanish missions, built in the late 1700’s. The Alamo was the fifth mission. The six flags flown over Texas are the Spanish, French, Mexican, U.S., Confederate, and Texan. We’d not driven through the Hill Country of Western Texas (not much in Texas, at all). It’s quite beautiful with the trees and hills. We’ll try to be there in spring sometime for the bluebells. The rest of the drive through Texas and New Mexico was pretty rainy and ...