Blogs from Bryan, Texas, United States, North America

Just north of town on hwy. 6. West side. Big Gas Truck Stop.... read more

May 09 Monday Making the final preparations on departing. The Irish have an expression "Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, and Wednesday is the best day of all". Since health is the most important I try to always leave on a Monday for health but seem to be leaving on a Tuesday so I guess it's for wealth. I assiduously avoid leaving later in the week as the saying goes on to say "Thursday for losses, and Friday for Crosses, and Saturday is no day at all". My mother is from Ballinasloe about 30 miles from Galway in Ireland. She went to England during the war to serve as a nurse and so that is where she met my father who was in the American Army Air Corps. So most of the expressions and beliefs I ... read more

February 07, 2011 Kind of wound up this morning. Have been staying with my sister in Bryan and feel like I am getting too comfortable here. Need to get moving again before I start thinking about staying for the winter. Of course I wouldn't impose on my sister for that long but move back to my RV in Harmony if I stayed. Or move my RV to a park in Bryan. But I need to get moving again so today I am going to load up and head over to Harmony. I will spend a couple of days there in final preperations and then head south by southwest to Goliad, Palacio, Port Aransas, Aransas Pass, North Padre Island and Corpus Christi. Then West. My stupid truck has started leaking oil at the oil filter again so ... read more

January 06-07 Bryan On the 6th took my truck by to get checked out at local mechanic. I had been told by a shop in Georgetown that I needed to replace the idler arm and pitman arm. At a cost of $450. So wanted a second opinion. This mechanic said that my idler arm and pitman arm were fine but my steering box was leaking oil and should be replaced. I asked him how long it would last if I just refilled it when it was low. He said no telling how long, but could last for years. So guess I will just keep checking the fluid on it for now. It only needs to last till next summer anyway when I will be going to Europe. I have been smelling a "leaking radiator" smell for ... read more

Not really sure why this is "Josh and Jody's" travel blog. Seems like Jody and Josh would make more sense alphabetically speaking. It's whatever though. I'm off for one more night in Texas. I'll be up by 6 tomorrow morning to laugh at Josh and his multiple bags.... read more