Hill Country Getaway

After doctor appointments and other obligations, Peggy, Clayton and I hooked up the old Airstream and headed to the Texas Hill Country for a few days before Clayton’s school starts on the 25th.  We checked in to Kerrville-Schreiner Park in Kerrville, Texas.  This 500+ acre park is nestled on the Guadalupe River and is full of deer.  We had several families of deer with very young fawns come right up to our campsite.  After the first night, we were one of only two trailers in the 20-campsite area called “Deer Field Loop”.  The weather was cooler than San Antonio and we were treated to summer showers off and on each day.  We forgot to pack any reading material so Peggy and I both ended up reading One Soldier’s Story, former Senator Bob Dole’s memoir of his World War II years and his life-threatening injuries.  We sure tend to forget that real sacrifice that this “greatest generation” made for our freedom.

 We thought that Peggy’s Meniere Syndrome was finally under control as she’d gone several days without any of the severe symptoms of vertigo and nausea.  But, Tuesday morning the dizziness returned, followed by the nausea and vomiting.  It seems that being able to sleep it off is required to completely rid her of the symptoms.  As I write this on Tuesday afternoon, that’s what she’s trying to do.  Thankfully, Clayton responds fairly well and doesn’t demand an extraordinary amount of attention when he knows that his mom is really sick.