We had no particular destination in mind so we just drove. We took notice right away once we got out in the country of the wildflowers that grow in abundance along the Texas roadways.
(Remember, you can double click on the pics to enlarge them)
(Remember, you can double click on the pics to enlarge them)These flowers went on for as far as we drove.
Here are some closeups of some of the wild flowers we saw.
We passed through a rather large ranch in our travels. We could tell because the same fence, painted the same color, was on both sides of the road. We slowed and watched the long horn steer graze, the mama cows keep an eye on their young calves and birds that seem to hang out with the livestock. This ranch seemed to go on forever and we couldn't even take a guess at how many acres this family owns. A lot, definitely a lot!
When we found ourselves back at the hotel it was once again that dreaded time of day, what and where to eat for dinner. Neither one of us had a taste for anything and we didn't feel like doing the restaurant thing so we ran over to Walmart and checked out the frozen food section for something we could throw in the microwave. Mama Callendar's pot pies! Works for us!
When we got back "home" after our trip to Walmart I called the body shop to see if the rig would be ready for pickup tomorrow. The news wasn't good. They just started the taping of the graphics! The body shop owner (Jeff) had to call the insurance this morning to find out if it was approved or not. It seems as though when the adjuster was there at the beginning of the week he had faxed his findings to the insurance agent and the agent just sat on it and here I thought I had gotten the message across that this was to be a priority job. The agent had faxed a copy of the report to the body shop on Tuesday but in bold capital letters was THIS IS NOT AN AUTHORIZATION printed on it. Jeff figured he would be getting a call from the agent giving a verbal ok by Wednesday at the latest. When he didn't he made his first order of business to call the agent on Thursday morning to find out what was going on. The agent told him that yes it was approved but that he hadn't talked with us yet to see if we wanted to go ahead with the job. W H A T????? Jeff assured him that we did and after some slight pressure from Jeff he finally said to go ahead and start the job. Here we are thinking we'll be picking up the rig on Friday and its just now getting started. Oh no, this is not good!
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Yes, Texas roadways in the spring and early summer are very pretty: Bluebonnets, Indian Paint Brushes, yellow Dandelion, etc.
The birds that hang out with the cows are usually white cow birds and they are very useful for pecking ticks off the cows. It's funny to see one perched on the back of a cow.
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