411 The Walters Bunch

Lake Mineral Wells....what a great trip! Well, we did it. We took the new travel trailer out on its first expedition. I must say I was super nervous about towing such a large trailer with such a relatively small tow vehicle. Theoretically, we are 25% below our towing max, but actually figuring what you can tow is more complicated than "my car says I can tow 9200lbs and my trailer weighs 6300 so we're good".  Once you add all of our weight inside the vehicle we are a little closer than I would like to be for our max, which traveling through flat areas is fine, but going into hilly/mountainous areas CAN cause the car to overheat.  There will be NO trips out west through the Rockies without getting a larger vehicle, or not having  the kids, but I really have no desire to head back that way anytime soon anyway. We struggled with towing the pop-up though some of those steep grades and I can't imagine how scary towing a trailer bigger and heavier than the tow car woul

Ok, the police department does these awards every year and the first year D worked there we went. It sounded like a fun FREE night out. We would have dinner and fellowship with other adults, something young parents desperately need. That did happen. Unfortunately, it was very  --we'll say disagreeable--to us that at an awards dinner for the POLICE dept . that some officers had several beer bottles and other empty alcoholic beverages in front of them. I really felt no alcohol should have been served since they are held to a higher standard, but I digress. I also didn't realize that most of the other "adults" we would be having dinner with were permanently stuck in 12th grade. Yep, those kind of guys. I know you know exactly the type I mean: play stupid jokes, act like they are about 15. Long story short, we left early and NEVER attended again UNTIL this year. A co-worker had told D he should attend the ceremony this year. In other words, D was getting an award. Ya