Following the ghost of Roy Orbison.

We started this line tramp adventure in Vernon, Texas on March 20, 2013.  I did a little research on the town of Vernon and discovered it was the birthplace of Roy Orbison on April 23, 1936.  My Nana was a big fan of Roy Orbison so I grew up listening to his music.

We arrived at our current location in Wink, Texas this past Sunday.  Yesterday I was out driving around and checking out this tiny Texas town.  I came upon a little white building with a big mural of Roy Orbison on the side.  I did a little research and guess what?  Wink was his boyhood home!  According to his Wikipedia page, the family left Vernon during the Great Depression in search of work.  They moved to Fort Worth where young Roy attended elementary school until a polio scare prompted a move back to Vernon.  The family later moved to Wink.  Orbison described Wink as  "football, oil fields, oil, grease and sand"

While attending Wink High School, Roy and some friends formed a band called The Wink Westerners.  He would eventually graduate from Wink High School.

What a crazy coincidence, huh?

Here is the Roy Orbison mural that grabbed my attention.  Upon further exploration, I discovered the building is actually the Roy Orbison Museum.  The museum is open by appointment only and I do plan on calling up there one day and taking a look around!

Here's a short video montage I found on You Tube.  A sneak peak inside the Roy Orbison Museum!

Here are a few pictures I took yesterday:

In 1988, Orbison was brought back to rock-n-roll prominence by being a part of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys alongside Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.  Roy died of a heart attack on December 6, 1988.  As a tribute to him, the video for "End of the Line" shows his guitar rocking in a rocking chair and a brief shot of a framed photo of him.  I remember instantly loving the Traveling Wilburys when this song came out!  Greatness!!!!

Cheers!

A couple of camper tips!

Happy beautiful Saturday everyone!  It is indeed lovely here in west Texas today!!  Looking at a high around 66 degrees today and no wind!

The weather is lovely, the scenery…..not so much……..but more on that later ;-)

I thought I'd share with you a couple of 'inventions' I've come up with while living in our 5th wheel.  We've been on the road 'tramping' for almost a year now and I've learned a lot about utilizing space and keeping things organized!  These two things are key when living life on the road in a camper!  I think these two little ideas can also work well in your home!

Danny has several belts and they are a real pain to keep organized and looking neat!  I've tried hanging them on hangers in the closet and rolling them up and storing them in the top of the closet but it just seems to always end up in a mess!  So here's what I came up with:

I up-cycled a full size coffee can into a belt storage container!  Just roll up your belts and stack them inside.  I was able to fit five of Danny's belts into the container and still get the lid on.  If I had some craft supplies here with me I'd probably dress up the can a bit.  I'm thinking I might save that as a project for Alyssa to do when she's with us for the summer.  She loves doing art projects!!

My little belt can keeps all those unruly belts tamed and fits nicely in a cabinet or closet!

We like to recycle plastic grocery bags for things like lining the bathroom trash can or picking up Jaye's dog poo outside the camper.  Storing all those saved plastic bags can be a pain so I up-cycled a used disinfectant wipe container into a plastic bag keeper!  Check it out:

I wash out the container and soak the label off, let it dry then stuff it full of plastic bags!  I like it because it's durable and it stores nicely in a drawer.

I also keep one under the back seat of our truck in case we need a sack for trash while traveling.

So there you go!  A couple of camper tips that you could also use at home!

A quick update on us:  we are currently in Big Spring, Texas.  I would love to show you lots of pretty pictures but we're in west Texas so there's not much to see.  LOL!!

We're staying at Texas RV Park just outside of Big Spring.

Danny is finishing up a job here in Big Spring.  Within the next week he'll be getting on with another company and we'll be moving to Wink, TX which is about 123 miles west/southwest of here.

That's all I've got for today folks!  Enjoy your weekend!

Cheers!!