Our stop on Monday in Vicksburg, MS on our way west to Texas. We drove around the National Military Park that was established on February 21, 1899, to commemorate the siege and defense of Vicksburg.

We spent two nights at David's brother Jim's place south of Dallas/Ft. Worth near Milford, TX. Here are Jim and Margaret with Jim's three grandsons: John, Grant, and Daniel.

The brothers Rose at Lake Whitney southwest of Ft. Worth, Texas. On Wednesday we took a driving tour that included Lake Whitney and Dinosaur Valley State Park near Glen Rose, Texas.

We had lunch on the town square in Glen Rose, TX.

Some information on the making of the dinosaur tracks at the state park.

A few of the actual dinosaur tracks captured in stone in the Paluxy River.

This water snake was warming itself on the rocks near the dinosaur tracks.

On Thursday, we drove from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area to Poth, TX southeast of San Antonio to visit with Margaret's niece Honey and her two children. We were keeping a watchful eye on Hurricane Ike that was headed this way.

Our peaceful campsite behind Honey's house.

Today, we left Honey's house behind and headed west from the San Antonio area to put some distance between us and Ike.

We skirted the San Antonio area and drove part of the Texas Hill Country Trail southwest of San Antonio. This photo is of some of the Texas hill country.

Then it was west on I-10 to Fort Stockton, TX.

We stayed at the Fort Stockton RV Park tonight and had another "small world" encounter. Pictured with David are Brad and Susan that we worked with on the Habitat Build in South Dakota last summer. We ran into them in the park and couldn't believe it. They are full time RVers and they do some work camping where they work for an RV park for a short period in return for a parking spot and some compensation. They have been at this RV park just a couple of weeks. They have participated in two more Habitat builds since our joint experience last summer, one in Michigan and one in Muncie, IN where David's brother and mother live.
