The trip to Corpus Christi, Texas went off without a hitch. It was 1300 miles each way. Took close to 24 hours, straight through, to drive down. I think Vivian drove about 180 miles of it. I couldn't sleep and since I could make better time it made sense that I drive.

   We got there and checked in at motel and took care of uhaul trailer we had reserved. Got a motel and slept. Got up in the morning and spent about 6 hours loading, then took off to drive straight through to Myrtle Beach, south Carolina. I drove all of that as we had a trailer on and needed to make good time.

                                                                 Houston ,TX.

We stopped at Bucee's on the way down. It is a chain tourist trap we had not heard of. Vivian wanted to have a better look on the way back.......she also had picture taking in mind :-)

Wait...it gets better...

and better...

Yet there was no end of picture taking..

We ended up digging through the gemstones to see if there was anything we wanted at the bottom....Or she just wanted another chance to take a picture...   Enough already!!!

Okay...If that is how you want it...my turn...

One shot in the truck with the trailer..

So this...

Is now here...

Already using the mattress and tv.

Bed was very expensive and went into storage just a few months after being bought. Of course that is "Captain Ron" on the tv(one of our favorite movies).

I sold something over 40 rifles and pistols when I put stuff in storage. Sold more the last time I was there. I spent so much on gun smithing tools and reloading stuff that I could never sell the stuff and get remotely close to what I paid. I forgot how much I had. I also had several boxes of books.
  These are a few of the stocks I was working on for the rifles I have apart. The rifle is the first one I built the stock for from a blank. Not the best one(and I never took pictures of the latest ones.

One stock is a synthetic. The other two and the one on thr rifle are all done by hand from a blank like the one on the right. Extra fancy claro walnut. Lots of hours to complete one with files, scrapers, sandpaper, etc.
These are a few barrels.

One of them I have over $700 invested in. It is for a 500 bravo. Oh...did I mention I designed a group of cartridges and bought the reamers for them? The rifle in the last picture is a 416 bravo. The parent cartridge is the alpha, the ones I designed are the bravos.

416 Weatherby improved on the right. 416 bravo on the left. You don't want to know how much work it takes to make this brass from the parent case. The remaining case actually holds more powder than an ultra mag case. The 416 is a handful. I might add, it is also large enough to be legal for any dangerous game in the world.
  So now what? While unloading I picked up a job redoing a stock for a neighbor. Of course I would need a lathe and milling machine along with tooling to really be serious about gun work but I know how to do it all. Anything not requiring those machines I can do now. I really loved working on them and shooting. I was building a rifle for 1000 yard competition when I got hurt. It was very accurate. Sitting at a bench and shooting for long periods is now more than I can handle. Funny how life throws obstacles at you to get you moving in another direction.

  Vivian got a haircut yesterday. The long hair(hers is so very thick) is difficult for her to deal with on the boat.

and it went from this, actually it was a bit longer but I cannot find the picture I am looking for.

To this..

The selfy does not do it justice. It was a good change for her.

A glob of pictures from my past

And at the end of the day, this selfy tells the story

We are good together

But I better hurry up and get those cupboard doors painted :-)