With tropical depression Laura entering the Gulf of Mexico, where the water is super warm this time of year, she has been upgraded to hurricane status and is expected to increase in strength before she makes land.

With this in mind, we thought it would be prudent to up sticks and head for home so that we could empty the motor home and return her to the storage unit before we experience whatever weather is on the cards for us!

Before leaving, we spent some time in the company of a home “designer” who is on our list of possibles for our new digs. Fredericksburg designers and builders are hugely busy, which is good, and we are in no hurry to rush anything as we really want to take our time in honing our ideas and thoughts.

It’s been great to have you accompany us for this short road trip. We have yet to develop future plans and will let you know once we know!

While out driving around at the weekend we came across this magnificent Ostrich who was seriously keen on having his photo taken! Ostrich farms were developed in Texas some years ago but many have gone out of business as Ostrich meat is just not a Texan thing … there is so much beef here! Hopefully “Oscar” as I named him can just enjoy the outdoors and occasionally pose for a passing visitor!