Lake Lewisville with the Deeters

October 12, 2007

We met Steve and Linda Deeter when we sold our pop-up trailer. Because THEY BOUGHT IT in 2002.!

What a surprise to find them at Fun Valley this summer. We were taking a walk one evening and started talking with some friendly people who were on their way to watch the square dancers in the Square Dance Barn. They looked very familiar to us and we looked familiar to them. As we learned more about each other, Linda said (with a surprised look on her face) “I think we bought your pop-up!” The clues that tipped her off were that we used to live in Trophy Club and we are full-timing.

Well, we bumped into them a few more times in Fun Valley and decided that we needed to get together when we got back to Texas. They live in Flower Mound, which is about ½ hour from Trophy Club.

Linda e-mailed us and found out we were back and asked us to join them for diner and an evening cruise on their yacht, which was docked at Lake Lewisville. It was great! See Steve in the captain's chair.

A few funny things happened that night. We set off for our cruise and about 10 minutes into the ride we came across a highway bridge which the boat usually sails under. Since the lakes were flooded this summer and were still at higher levels than normal, we couldn’t get under the bridge. We got close to the bridge before they decided if would be too close for comfort. Then, Linda and Steve discovered that they left their dog, Donnie, on the dock. Panic struck Linda as she said – “Turn around, we’ve forgot the dog!” Donnie was found 2 slips away from their slip. They think he probably tried to follow the boat as it sailed away. Anyway, he was safe. Pictured are Linda and Donnie (the dog).

Well, we decided to dine on the dock instead of on the boat. Diner was great – shish-ka-bob.

We all had a great time and plan on getting together again, both here in Texas and also on the road somewhere, sometime.

The Flood at The Vineyards RV Park, Grapevine, TX

October 12, 2007

After “holding” at Lake Ray Roberts, Isle Du Bois Park, (pictured) we were finally able to enter The Vineyards Park at Grapevine Lake. The park has been flooded since the summer floods. Texas got an unprecedented amount of rain this year and many areas flooded. NOTICE THE WATER LINES ON ALL THE TREES in ALL the pictures.

We were unable to park in our favorite Dallas area park because Grapevine Lake had not gone down to its normal levels. At it’s highest, lake levels had reached about 20 feet over normal. The park was virtually completely flooded. Electric, water and sewer had to be restored at all sites and the cabins (which had been removed) had to be moved back in.

Pictured are the results of the flood. These pictures were taken on our first day back in the park. We were the first motorhome to park in the east section of the park. Notice our motorhome located back in the trees behind the downed tree. The water actually came as high as our motorhome wheels. (The park had been evacuated at the time.)

Actually, the park looked alot better than we thought it would. The grass is coming back and so are the campers. We like it here because we are close to "home" and there are bike riding paths and a lake for Joni to kayak in.

Pictured is a "before the flood" picture with the same downed tree - before it broke in half. This picture was taken just before we left to go to Jim's wedding in NY on June 1, and then on to Colorado for the summer. The water was just starting to rise. The rains had begun. The water had risen to above the RVs in this picture.