It was a great visit with Mom.  We cooked a little. We listened to the Christmas banders.  We just hung out.

Today we moved to Aransas.   We get a couple days to settle in and do all the clearance paperwork required to volunteer at a National Park or Refuge.  It’s quite different than what is required at a Texas State Park.  We even get finger printed and a background check.  We ought to be able to get to work by Thursday.

It looks like there will be 10 or 12 of us in the RV encampment helping out with whatever the local staff decides is most pressing.  We met three other couples today.\

We are looking forward to getting started.