Wild Women Meet for RVing Lunch

Picture it now......10 RV crazy ladies gathered together for lunch.  Introductions accomplished because there are new ladies meeting for the first time.  Stories being swapped, rigs being compared, plans being made, places visited swapped.  What could possibly be more fun?  Okay, you are right, being out in our RVs together would win that one.

 L to R......Sharon, MaryJane, Margareta, Vicki, and Nikki.  Sharon is a full-timer recovering from some health issues.  MaryJane is recovering from some major surgery last month. She actually just stopped by to visit on her way to a Texas Ramblin Roses GTG up in Palestine.  Nothing holds these ladies down for long.  Margareta uses her RV as her full-time driver.  Her co-pilot, Lusci, a retired German Sheppard drug dog, accompanies her almost all the time.  Trips out of town also include her cat who walks on a leash.  Vicki is our go-to gal for mechanical issues.  You may remember our recent trip to pick up her lastest project, a Casita in need of much help.  This was Nikki's first introduction to the group.  She just got her first RV and showed up on a forum I belong to.  She had been wondering if women actually do this alone but I don't think she is wondering any more.  Sharon and Margareta went to Alaska last summer.

And here we have (L to R) Rae, Peri, Sharon, and MaryJane.  Check-out those smiles.  Some of you may be familiar with Travels with Miranda, Rae's blog.  It is a great blog and she is a very accomplished young woman who has full-timed for 5 years and usually boondocks.  In addition to her blog, she has written four e-books available through her blog.  I've been hoping for the chance to meet her for some time.  We all have a few years on her but when you all love the same thing, it doesn't matter a bit.  Peri full-times with her husband Dean. They will be off on their next trip soon so you may be able to follow along on her blog.

Nikki is busy checking out the menu but more smiles from Susan (Travelbug), Diana (Cool Clear Water), and Colleen.  Susan and Peri completed a Volksmarche before they showed up for lunch.  Diana drove down from Austin where she lives half-time.

Can you hear all the stories being told?  Vicki, Nikki, Susan, Diana, and Colleen.

Vicki and Diana haven't seen each other for a while so they have tales to tell.   Hmmmm, what do you think they were discussing?

We all finished lunch but then those little shot desserts were calling.  Diana enjoyed her key lime pie.

This is the first time we have seen Sharon since she came back from Houston so it wonderful to see her on the road to recovery.

What a wonderful time we all had.  We arranged our lunch after the crowd so we could see there as long as we wanted to and visit (which was really a long time).  When Rae and I finished chatting outside, it was nearly dinnertime.  Until next time friends.  Susan and Birdie....we missed you.  And Malia, we hope you can make it next time as everyone really wanted to meet you too.  But anyone missing a luncheon because she is getting a new RV is more than okay in our book.

Selma Stage Stop, Selma TX

I've been meaning to stop and check this spot out many times.  It is tucked away right off of I-35 at the 1518 exit.  Doesn't look like it could be so close to the hustle and bustle of I-35 and the Forum Shopping Center, does it?

This is the original stage stop which was restored.  It is at least 155 years old.

 

The gate was open inviting you to take a closer look.

This is the Visitor's Center.  I visited on a Saturday so everything was locked up tight including the rest rooms.  At least the drinking fountain was on.  One would think a Visitor's Center would be open at a prime time for visitors but, in peeking through the windows, I could see that it was nothing more than offices with the same brochures stuck in a rack that you could find at hotels or rest stops.  Very disappointing.

Even more disappointing was that this small plaque was the only information about the place.  There was not a plaque or a poster to be found telling about the Stage Stop itself.  How sad to waste such a great opportunity.  Once I got home, I did find some great info at Selma Stage Stop which provided some wonderful background information.

The park includes a nice covered pavilion with picnic tables as well as a good children's playground. So the nearby neighborhood of homes definitely benefits; however, this could easily be an interesting place for other visitors to stop if only some info about the interesting history of the place was displayed.  If you are coming from the south, get off at the Olympic Parkway exit and stay on the access road.  You could pick up picnic fare at Rudy's BBQ and either stay on the access road or wind through the neighborhood right behind Rudy's to get to the park.