Wasn't that interesting?

First, the FUN part of the day... We are in Austin, Texas, with our motor coach parked for nine days at beautiful McKinney Falls State Park. We visited the Austin Center for Spiritual Living (where Suzanne will be presenting later this week) for Sunday services and met their delightful ministers Richard and Merry and a very lively, fun-filled congregation/community. Then we mountain biked on great rolling trails through the woods and along Onion Creek. That was the fun part of the day.

The UN-FUN part of the day came very unexpectedly at 10:30 PM when we took Rudy and Gretchen out for their last "walk" of the day. They completed their canine duties very quickly, and we went to open the door to our RV... and the door had locked itself... the lock is not supposed to do this; it has a little lever that has to be lifted and clicked into position to get out... and no, I had not thought to bring a key, since we have been doing this same routine for over a year. Did I mention that there is only one door, the windows are 8 feet off the ground and are all locked, my toolbag is locked in a belly storage compartment, the car is locked, there is no roof access, it's very dark, the mosquitos are rallying for a major assault, we had seen a five foot long snake two hours before, and the cicadas are all clicking in the trees (I think they were laughing). On the positive side, Suzanne had her cell phone in her shorts pocket. The photo above shows me trying to explain to Gretchen why we are out looking at the night sky instead of letting her crawl under the covers and go to sleep. An hour and $79 later, a locksmith had arrived to save me further male embarassment and we were back in the coach. And yes, our Navy backgrounds set in and we did a Lessons Learned Hot Washup and will have a Plan of Action to Avoid Future Embarassment shortly.....