Our first long RV trip

We pack up the RV and head west out I-20. Unknown to me, Yoli shoots pictures of my license plates and sends to friends if she does not report in, they can call the authorities to hunt us down. Well far from the truth, we were loving the road and the adventure. This is where I find out that Yoli really does like to travel and enjoy a good adventure. Not to mention, Covid is just ramping up into a pandemic during this trip so it proved to be a good social distance excursion into the desert.

 Stroll on Main - Grapevine

I am not a local Grapevine person, so Yoli is showing me her town. She has lived in Grapevine for over 20 years working out of DFW Airport for American Airlines. I had been to downtown Grapevine a couple times but really not much. Yoli and I stroll down town and tour the shops. We make stops at the Oil shop to sample olive oils, vinegars, and other strange things. We then make our way for drinks and appy's at a local Mexican restaurant Esparza's.

 Bonfire Night on Lake Grapevine

I am learning that Yolanda has many friends and loves to socialize. I think Nan is her partner in crime lining up daily and weekly gatherings and events. I also learn that most of the gang is ex airline people as Yoli spent 30+ years at American Airlines before retiring. This night was one of many to come. I met Frank, Bob, Kathy, and others this evening and enjoyed chatting with everyone.

 Live Music in Roanoke

Just back from Cancun, Yolanda and I meetup with Yolanda's friends Tom and Nan for drinks and live music where Michael Lee is playing in Roanoke Texas. It was a fun night and we could not get enough of each other.

 First International Trip - Cancun

Yolanda flew to Cancun for a week long girls trip and we continue to text long distance non stop. After a week, the condo is available so Yolanda invites me down for some beach time. Of course I jump on the next plane and to spend time at the pool and beach with Yolanda. It was an awesome trip and we continued to chat it up and really enjoy each others company.

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 Movie Night

By February 19, we were hanging out almost daily, I don't even remember the name of the movie we saw, but we did our first movie night together and we are all smiles and giggles again like teenagers in love. :)

 First Date - Frisco Hockey

After meeting online we met up for coffee while I was getting the RV serviced at the dealership in Arlington. We chatted for 4 hours and was an instant connection. Yoli was going skiing for the weekend so we did another meetup the next day Starbucks impromptu "Can you be there in 20 minutes?" kinda thing. We chatted again for a bit then headed to a pasta place in Dallas to pickup some homemade pasta. We chatted all the way floated the idea of joining up on the ski trip but that did not happen. While she was skiing, we text, we talked, we could not stop chatting it up on the phone or via text late through the night. When she returned I picked her up at the airport with flowers and the rest was history. As for the first date? I believe the official first date was with Tom and Nan her friends that I think wanted to size me up and verify my intentions more than anything. We met them in Frisco for a Hockey game and I believe this was the first picture of us together Feb. 10, 2020. Soon later, I got the talk from Nan "Don't do anything Stupid for 2 years!", I don't think she meant like get her pregnant, I think she meant, don't run off to Vegas and get married, give it two years.