Author Archives: Barry

Another Thing We Said We’d Never Do …… Done!

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Barry

Well the plan was to sleep in and head out after rush hour, unfortunately my alarm didn’t understand  that we had left the Eastern Time Zone and were now in the Central Time Zone, it rang an hour early. Not having my … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, San Antonio, Trips | Leave a comment

Houston…. The Travelers Have Landed

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Barry

Yet another cool morning, that was destined to get cooler. The truck was fueled last night, and I also re-inflated the tires to their towing pressure. Really glad I got the new compressor! This morning was a standard pack-up and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, San Antonio, Trips | 2 Comments

Took My Chevy to the Levee

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Barry

Back to the cooler weather again overnight (global warming is so over-rated). It was an overcast day, and the temperature struggled up to 9°C. We headed out after breakfast for about a 70 mile journey to  the west of New … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, New Orleans, Trips | 4 Comments

I Got ID’d !!

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Barry

A much warmer morning, so much so Lyn got up in the middle of the night to turn the heating off. We had some heavy rain overnight, which has left a lot of large puddles all over the place. Drainage … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, New Orleans, Trips | Leave a comment

New Orleans, Where a Parking Violation is Cheaper Than Paying for Parking!

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Barry

A much warmer night, with no sign of rain when we woke up. A quick check of the weather showed that the rain we had expected had got delayed somewhere, and wasn’t expected to arrive before 18:00. We decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, New Orleans, Trips | 1 Comment

How Could this Happen?

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Barry

Woke up to a cooler morning, but clear skies. We were in no great rush as we only had a 3 hour journey ahead of us. After a leisurely breakfast, Lyn sorted out the inside of the trailer, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, New Orleans, Trips | Leave a comment

The Curse of the Compressor

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Barry

Not as cold last night, wake up temperature was around 5C. After breakfast Lyn headed out to see her therapist (aka shopping!) and I sorted out some of my electronic gizmo’s. In retrospect yesterday was a bit of  a lost … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, Foley, Trips | Leave a comment

Staying Warm

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Barry

After a great nights sleep it was time to check out the weather. When we woke up it was -6C outside, the trailer wasn’t too bad inside, but it is at times like this I wish we had managed to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, Foley, Trips | Leave a comment

Arrived….. just ahead of the weather

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Barry

An early start, for us. We were on the road by 07:30, under overcast skies and a temperature of -1C. The news was full of the approaching frigid weather that would hit the region in the next couple of days. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, Trip Down, Trips | Leave a comment

We’ve obviously upset the Snow Gods

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Barry

After a good nights sleep I woke up and looked out the window to check the weather, I was expecting a cold and sunny day. What I saw was falling snow and about 5cm of the white stuff on the ground. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, Trip Down, Trips | Leave a comment