Austin, Texas

We’ve been hanging out for the past three weeks at La Hacienda RV Resort in Hudson Bend just west of Austin. It’s been hot and humid pretty much every day with temps in the mid to upper 90s.

We did get a few things done on our “house” the past three weeks. We had our waste water tanks cleaned out by a small business that used a special 4,000 psi high pressure wash. Our tank level gauges work like new now.

Last week I tackled a project we’ve been talking about doing for several months. We removed our towel closet slide-out shelf unit and built out a regular closet. The slide out took up a lot of room, but our new towel closet provides nearly twice as much space. It turned out to be a three-day project as I had to build framing for the back and side wall. I was able to re-use the original closet door, a felt-covered shelf and bottom to the closet.

Today I replaced the original molded power plug on our 50-amp power cord for the motorhome. The old power plug and cord were getting hot (to the touch) at the power pedestal, a sign that there were internal wires in the molded plug that were either loose or broken to cause electrical resistance and hence the heat.   

We did get out for lunch a few days during our stay here. One day we went to Lucy’s Fried Chicken and had a great view of Lake Travis.

Last Sunday we stopped at the original Chuy’s Mexican Restaurant, on Barton Springs Road in Austin, that opened in 1982. Their Tex-Mex is really good. It’s crazy now that Chuy’s has expanded to over 60 restaurants across the country.

Tomorrow, Father’s Day, we welcome our son Paul, wife Ying, and grandson Connor from Taipei, Taiwan. They will be traveling with us over the next seven weeks. Paul is working on his master’s degree and a teaching certificate for his job at an international school near Taipei. We’re really looking forward to their visit.

Steve (Grumpy Grampy) & Julie (Nana) Cornelius