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After Camp Zephyr we returned to the RVICS Village on Friday, February 27 for an Italian potluck dinner. Karen and I had medical appointments for the coming week before our next project. On Wednesday, March 4th we drove up to a US Army Corps of Engineers Park outside of Waco, Texas for two nights. Karen was able to spend some time with her friend Lisa Stary who lives in Waco and also get a haircut. I spent my time working on a USCG Auxiliary specialist course in Marine Safet

With the bunk beds built and ready for a couple of coats of polyurethane, the ladies took over. The men moved into the new Dimmick building under construction to start paneling out the four dormitory rooms for the campers. Two rooms for the girl campers and two rooms on the south side for the boys. We set up a large table at the end of the table saw to accommodate the cut sections of 4x8 T1-11. It also made a great platform for cutting out some of the switch and outlet holes

The RVICS men started working on Monday, February 9th here at Zephyr on our first building project. The camp needed another 22 bunk beds constructed for their new dormitory. While we were cutting 2x6's and 2x4's, the women were tasked with inspecting all the cabins and hotel rooms to create a punch list of any and all needed repairs before the camping season began. They followed that assignment by sanding the 18 "well used" bunks beds in preparation for a new coat of polyuret

After returning from our trip to San Diego, California we packed up the RV for our first RVICS project of the new year. Departing Smithville on February 2nd we traveled south to spend three days at the Goose Island Texas State Park. Goose Island State Park (green dot), located on the Texas coast near Rockport on Aransas Bay, was established between 1931 and 1935 on land acquired from private owners and a state-owned island. Developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) i

Icicles formed down the front of our fifth wheel for three days. Recently we started getting emails from some of you inquiring about our blog status and asking if we are okay. Well, the truth be known, I have been lazy about posting. I'll get you all up to speed with this post and try to do a better job of keeping the blog updated. DECEMBER 2025 We spent almost all of the month in Smithville, Texas so Karen could recover from her hip surgery. We traveled into Bastrop at least

Well Monday, November 24 started early with Karen getting up at 2:30 AM to take her "special" shower before her hip surgery. I was out of bed by 3:00 AM and we were on the road for Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, Austin by 3:30 AM. Her check in time was 4:45 AM and we arrived early after parking the truck in the garage structure. Following the check-in process we were escorted to a pre-op room were she changed and began the lengthy pre-op procedures. By