Life after 50 with a dash of Healthy Adventure

How does the rural cowgirl travel?

Why, with her pull up horse and bag of dog!

Which should I pick?

Whitney and I went a little too late to an annual Crawfish Boil and Car Show in Mabank, TX. We arrived about 3:00 PM and just about everyone was gone. They had taken their cars and left and a big storm was about to blow in to boot. I was drooling at the idea of fresh crawfish, but will have to get it elsewhere. The important thing was that Whitney and I had come together. So we looked at the few cars together.

Wondering if this would make a good first car in 7 years.

Crazy thing about this car is the owner was in such a hurry that he jumped in and drove off while she was looking at the Ford Mach 1 Mustang instead of showing it off. Oh well, some have it and some don’t.

Wouldn't this be fun to drive?

I kinda like this Chevrolet. It reminds me of my childhood. My parents had a Chevy like this only it was a year older. Besides, I’ve always liked red cars.

Or would this be a fun first car??

My pick is the Studebaker in the following pictures. My husband, Ken, bought a Studebaker as his first car when he was 13. He is so old that you could drive at 13 in Texas! The woman who owns the Studebaker is Betty Smith and she is very proud of her baby.

Plenty of pix for the hubby, except he had the Studebaker truck!

Betty should be proud.

How does this look?

The End!

This was it. The only cars left at the show!

A night in Room 14 can be interesting

Historic and Haunted Jefferson Hotel

Can you find my face? If you look hard you'll see me looking back.

Whitney and I went to a car show in Mabank not too long only to discover the cars were litteraly history. She spotted the park right off and headed in that direction. I had my camera so we played a game of “lets see if I can swing faster than the camera can shoot.”

Below is the outcome:

or am I falling? Neither - just swinging!

Am I marching or dancing? Neither - just swinging!

Just swinging

After the swings, Whitney thought she’d move on to the see saw. Only grandma isn’t as good as Whitney when it comes to this fun ride. Lucky for me it began to rain so we left!

Everyone can dream

Then the rain comes......

and it's mine!

The Fireflies

Whitney protecting first and the pitcher.

This one is mine!

The girl’s softball team had their first game out of 12. While they didn’t win, they learned a lot from the opposing team. That team has been together five years and the girls are only about nine years old! The team Whitney is on just got together and have had 2-3 practices. This is Whitney’s first time to play softball and she’s a lefty! In fact these are the only teams in this league. That means both teams get to go to the playoffs since the top two teams compete. The game was fun and the girls are ready to learn how to win. In fact, coaches from the other team helped the girls with suggestions during the game. Yes, that team was that far ahead, but just you wait…………

First time at bat!

And it's a hit!!

and you are OUT!

BTW – if you hadn’t noticed Whitney is a tall girl. She really is the same age as the other girls. She just has tall parents. Below is a picture of some of the fans…..

Who ARE these fans?

Big Bend National Park in the summer

This was Whitney’s first vacation with her grandparents and has not been the last, but it is the one we’ll talk about on this post. Our trip began at Carlsbad Canyon. Then we moved on to the Prude Ranch at Ft. Davis, TX where we stayed until moving onto the lodge in the Chisos Mountains of BBNP.