In the blink of an eye

 

And just like that, five months have flown by and it's time, 

once again, to pull up stakes and leave our winter home.

Of course, at the moment we're ready to load the animals, 

Fulton decides it's time to escape.

Big thanks to R&A for helping to snag the mangy moggy!

We've had a wonderful time this year with friends and family.

Great outings and delicious food.

Two weeks before we took off, our daughter and grandsons came to spend their spring break with us.  We moved all the furniture to one side of the living room and placed a blow-up mattress for daughter to sleep on in one of the slides.  Big thanks to S&R for the loan of the mattress!  It was wall-to-wall family and animals!

While they were in town, we took a tour of SpaceX,

spent a day shopping and lunching in Mexico,

(We're not claiming the little guy in the blue shirt.  

There's one in every crowd, isn't there?)

We went for an excursion on the Black Dragon pirate ship,

and visited the Gladys Porter Zoo.  

Check out the eyelashes on the red-and-black bird (can't remember what it's called).

We had a wonderful week and our best winter yet.

We're already looking forward to next season!

We're currently headed to Arizona to catch up with friends and family, and should arrive in Apache Junction sometime tomorrow afternoon.  The above pic was taken at Van Horn, Texas.  This is about all there is to see between San Antonio and El Paso.  Although yesterday I did spy a dead javelina on the side of the road and eight live goats waiting on traffic before crossing I-10.