Headed for Wall SD....

On the road to Wall South Dakota, want to see a place called Wall Drugs... Have not a clue what to expect so hoping to have fun. Tonight May 29, 2010 finds us camped at a Casino called Kaw Southwind, in Newkirk Oklahoma. Price for the space is great "free" and it has electricity. Only problem is not any restaurants in the casino, so have to make due.. Still it will be on our list of places to stay in the future.

Tonight we will figure out how far to go tomorrow and how to find a place for free or as cheap as possible... Thing about living this way is you spend so much on fuel that you have to cut back on other things... We ended up being the

only RV staying at this casino overnight. Had the place all to ourselves... LOL

Next stop will be......

Found a City Park in Concordia Kansas.

It is just off Hwy 81 across from a Wal Mart, enter by passing the National guard tanks, and just down from the small airport. Once again it is free and has electric hookups. Weather has changed big time, we have gone from running the air-conditioner to putting on more outer wear... LOL... Did a walk around the park and took some photos just to show...

The next stop on the way to Wall will be????

Galveston Mini Vac

First day after job completion in Texas City I rented a car and went to Galveston beach. The first day about all I did was walk on the beach and eat, then it was time for bed. Next day was not a lot more exciting... I did my wash, went shopping to replace some cloths, and checked out the State park ( total dud as far as I am concerned ) Kay made it down in the early afternoon and took a nap for the rest of the afternoon..... :)... LOL... Went to dinner and then back to hotel for Television and sleep... Not very exciting but just what I needed after working long hours...

Third day was a bit more busy, it was up early for breakfast and packing to leave the hotel, then we drove around looking for a spot to pack the RV... Found one near the water and cost was zero. Walked the dogs, and then drove around in the rental car looking at what was around. To be honest except for the beach there really is not much to see or do here without spending a lot of money.. So we are thinking about picking up and moving on Friday instead of Sunday.

Well we turned in the rental car Friday and hit the road, being a holiday weekend things were looking a bit crowed for us.. So headed north to get out of the heat and away from the crowds. Managed to go about 50 miles north of Dallas ( still too hot ) before shutting down for the night at a small RV park for the high price of $19.00... Not too bad seeing how the place we had in mind was shut down and locked up!!! Very unpleasant surprise...

So hoping to get some sleep and tomorrow we will be off again..

All photos are of Galveston... did not take any others yet...

The End Of Time on The Geco Snapper

May 2010, we the Western Geco crew are no longer with the Boat ( Geco Snapper ) .....

The boat was de-rigged ( all Western gear moved off the boat ) and the crew reassigned to other boats. It was a happy day and a sad day when I found out about leaving the boat. I have been on the Snapper for over four years and have made many friends and at the same time have grown to dread going onboard because of the boat itself.

We spent ten days getting gear off the boat working 12 to 16 hour days, then the gun crew was sent to the wear-house in Texas to clean and organize the gear that was sent there. None of this was as easy as it may sound, took another 7 days to clean, inspect, and rebuild some gear this time only working from 6:30 to 5 so we at least got some rest. Schedule was because of wear house hours not because of us.

The last two days work I found to be very sad, Had to say good bye to people leaving for new boats. After working with someone for two to three years it is sad to say bye. For myself I will go to Galveston for a few days and meet up with Kay, just going to take one day at a time until it is time for me to go to my new boat.

When I do join my new boat I will have to prove myself all over again just loke starting a new job. I have to say I am not looking forward to it. At my age I do not want to start over yet again.

So now to decided what I want to do today besides sleep......

Oh the photos are all of my last day on the Snapper..