New Journey

Well the journey of “the Bike” is no more. It happened, on what should have been a wonderful day…our next adventure…Texas, but no… it was a “not so wonderful” morning. My/our bikes were stolen L Sadness, I mean SADNESS, there were tears, sobbing, snot…just plain old sadness….

Well, now maybe it will just be…Tracie’s Life Today…without a bike L

Ok enough whining. We have arrived in Texas, where we will be for the next 5 months. We are staying in Arlington, and Dave is building a Red Robin in Fort Worth.

So today I will share about what I did, and a few things I have discovered in my 3 weeks of being in Texas

Today, I journeyed my farthest in my "walking adventures" 2  miles to JoAnn's

 

 I show this picture of my feet for a reason. I guess Texans don't walk much. I mean, there will be a side walk for a while, then none. I have tried different routes, but they all end up the same... no side walks. I have also yet to find any bike lanes, so I don't think they ride bikes either. And since they aren't use to people walking around here, I have to be EXTREMELY careful when crossing street, even if there is a "WALK" sign. (You might want to pray for me)

 Did I mention I walked to JoAnn's? Well I found "all things pink" ! I can't wait to dive into my projects.

 Something wonderful about Texas...Sweet Tea...Everybody has it...I have to limit myself to one a week. We started a "life style" change and right now we are juicing ( that is a whole other blog...maybe? )

 

 Here is a picture of where we are staying. TreeTop RV Park.

 It is wonderful and I can't wait for all these trees to get their leaves. It will be beautiful. It is a quiet park, tucked into an older neighborhood. You would never know, that just a few blocks away is a Target (for those of you who know me...you can picture me doing the "Yes" just like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone :) and a half mile away is a Mall, with all the essentials...JC Penny's, Forever 21, Sephora.... you get the picture and then 2 miles away the JoAnn's and a Hobby Lobby, and EVERY restaurant you can imagine.

 

Our home away from home.

 Ok back to the restaurants. I know I said we are doing a "life style" change, we are but, we are also giving ourselves Sundays to explore the various cruisines here. What I found so far in Texas is they don't use alot of utensils or plates for that matter. We have eaten off sheet of paper. And I don't know if Texas sit anywhere but benches and long community picnic tables.

I have also discovered that there ARE NOT Starbucks on every corner here, but there is some type of BbQ place on every corner.

So another season...another journey...I am not sure what it all holds for me, and being in the city is very different from the rural part of Wisconsin we were last year. What I do know, is that God has a purpose and plan and I am excited to find out what that is.

"For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose."

Philippians 2:13