AUSTIN ADVENTURES WITH MADDIE AND VINCENT

By

Gypsy Rhapsody

(a 1977 Airstream that love adventures with Maddie and Vincent,
but she is stuck in Hillsboro)

Yep, I'm stuck in Hillsboro,

because Vannie and Dave are experiencing

a house-sitting gig in Austin...

So, they are getting to have all the fun with Maddie and Vincent.

Vannie sends me updates periodically...

which means whenever she feels like it.

That explains why I haven't written since the

middle of March.  

Looks like they have been having some great adventures.


Peter Pan Putt-Putt is always a must...
especially this time of the year.
Vannie said it was just right...not to hot...not to cold.

Vincent has a swing like a pro.


WHAT???
Is that T-Pop down on all fours.
I think a ball got stuck under one of the 3 Little Pigs.
T-Pop to the rescue.

Score...Vincent first place, Maddie second, Vannie third, and T-Pop fourth.


Mt. Bonnell
elevation...775 feet above sea level
Named about George W. Bonnell, who came to Texas
with others to fight for Texas independence in 1836.

There are 106 steps to the top.
Maddie and Vincent couldn't wait to get there.


Vannie said the kids were not even breathing hard
when she and T-Pop FINALLY made it up.
But...Vannie and T-Pop needed oxygen...

There's an old story that the popular song of the 1850's,
"Wait for the Wagon and We'll All Take a Ride",
was inspired atop Mr. Bonnell.
I think T-Pop is "wishing for that wagon".


She made it.!!!


Oh my goodness...What a view!!!


Dave said there were lots of trails on top....
and, of course, the kids wanted to explore them all.
I can just hear V and D now...
"Wait, Vincent and Maddie, Wait for us.!!!


Vannie said springtime was showing it's face on the mountain.




Thank goodness for that fence...


OH, NO...No fence here.
...And there goes Maddie...
"Move over, Maddie...Don't go too close to the edge."


Texas Military Forces Museum
Fort Mabry...Austin
V and D said they were amazed at how interested
the kids were here.
The museum provided a scavenger hunt clipboard.
That was a huge upper.  An actual prize at the end...


The flight simulator was so much fun.
Vincent was really getting the feel of power.


Maddie was getting the feel of cuteness..


And Vannie just had to give it a try, too.


T-Pop provided a history lesson.
Both kids were mesmerized with the 9-11 story.

V and D and the M and V loved the collection of military toys.
This little guy at the typewriter reminded Dave of his dad.
At the end of WWII, his dad (Caldwell Harris) was an office clerk
for a high ranking official in the Air force in Linz, Austria. 
V and D actually got to visit Linz 2017.   


Maddie and Vincent had a sleepover with V and D
after all those adventures.
Before they had to go home,
Maddie came running into the house and said,
"Vannie, you didn't tell me you had a bunch of clover here."
Then she handed over the fistful of clover.

That little bunch of clover
was a bright spot on the window sill all week.

It's the little things.!!!!