Viva! Sandy & Jon, Jim Keaveny & Terlingua, Texas!

Tony and I had so much fun on our road trip to Terlingua—all thanks to Sandy and Jon! And I am proud to say that I only used Ellen's "Rescue Remedy" once, right before we arrived at Sandy's & Jon's home at 5:30 Saturday morning, because I was a little bit nervous about traveling at breakneck-speed—85 mph.

I also am proud to report that because of Jon's safe driving skills and Sandy's incredibly great directions—we never got lost, so I never had to use my Swiss Army Champ SOS knife to signal for help or saw off a leg or cut some paper or use the magnifying glass to start a campfire.

And my homemade "survival kit," ended up having to be put inside a quart sized Baggie, because I could not make everything fit into my pretty, plastic, pink soap dish and we did not get to wear Marguerite's BugBands, because the mosquitos must have migrated northeast to where there is still some water, but thank you, Marguerite.

We spent our Saturday and Sunday days touring all of the Big Bend National Park's mapped roads and taking pictures and then going to the popular Starlight Theatre at night for dinner and that's where we discovered Jim Keaveny, one very talented musician, songwriter and singer, who is now my favorite singer. In fact, I am listening to his fabulous music as I type this.

We stayed at the famous La Posada Milagro as Sandy's & Jon's guests and it is the coolest place I've ever stayed at, next to where Rick "the friendly lighthouse keeper" lives on the private island and it sits up high on a hill above the Starlight Theatre and it has the most spectacular views of Big Bend and Terlingua.

So every morning and every evening we made it a point to watch the magnificent sunrises and beautiful evening sunsets on the La Posada Milagro patio—that included a friendly dog for us to pet.

Monday morning after watching a beautiful sunrise, we loaded up their SUV and and headed west, so we could do the famous "River Road," to La Jitas, Presidio and Marfa and Tony and I were totally amazed at how beautiful it was, but we shouldn't have been, because it is listed as one of the "Top 10 Most Beautiful Roads to Travel" in our nation and now Tony and I can see why and we took plenty of pictures to prove it.

The only time I did get a little scared on "River Road" was when we drove up and down "The Hill"  because it is very steep and curvy, because I am also scared of heights, but because Jon drove it carefully, while I sat in the backseat with Sandy, with my head looking down at my knees, so not to see out the window how high up we were or how close we were to the edge, eating their delicious, ranch flavored rice cakes and trying to convince her and Jon into starting up a travel business and giving personal tours, because Tony and I had had so much fun with them.

Our drive home was fun, too. We ate a delicious lunch at the Reata Restaurant in Alpine and then we listened to Robert Earl Keen's CD's and Arlo Guthrie sing Alice's Restaurant as we talked about how much fun we had had and by the time we took the Kerrville exit, I had promised to loan them one of my favorite movies—Bringing Down The House, starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah and Jim Keaveny's "Music Man" CD and this afternoon I kept my promise when we dropped them off for them to enjoy.

All-in-all, our road trip to Terlingua, with Sandy and Jon, was a total blast, filled with non-stop laughter and it was so much fun that T. and me will never forget the good times that we had and he and I will never be able to thank the Wolfmueller's enough for inviting us to tag along with them. We love you, Sandy and Jon!

Here are some of my photos that I took on our "Viva! Sandy & Jon, Jim Keaveny & Terlingua Road Trip." Enjoy!

"My Favorite Mountain"

"Sunrise In Terlingua"

"My New Friend in Terlingua"

"I'm A Long Tall Texan"

"Pink Rules!"

"Only in Terlingua!"

"Pegasus Neon At Night"

"Pink Cactus in Big Bend National Park"

"Saturday Sunrise"

"Sunday Morning Comin' Up"

This evening turned out sad for us, because with the help of our great neighbors, we had to bury Arnold, the very first pig that we ever rescued. He was a wonderful pig and he lived 13 years with us and he was fifteen years old, which is considered to be old for a pig. Rest In Peace Arnold and thank you for spending your lifetime with us. You were a perfect pig and you will be greatly missed. We love you.

Y'all have a great evening and please keep praying for us to get some rain!