ArdraF
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I'm so happy to finally give you all some good news! On Thursday (May 31, 2012) Donna/Sam and Jared, the occupational therapist in Lewistown, flew with Ron to his new home in Texas. It all went amazingly well, much to everyone?s relief. Once the nursing home was decided upon, things moved fairly quickly.
Sam got up on Thursday before the birdies - about 4:00 a.m. - and drove over to the nursing home to pick up Ron. They and Jared then drove the 100 miles to Great Falls where they got their first flight on Frontier to Denver. A three-hour layover in Denver gave them plenty of time to change airlines/airplanes, eat some lunch, and get ready for the next flight. The United flight (an Airbus!) to Dallas-Fort Worth was 15 minutes late, but basically on time. All the airline people were very accommodating and did everything possible to make Ron comfortable. They used the special narrow ?aisle wheelchair? to move him up and down gangways and onto the planes.
They arrived in DFW where son Steven met them, picked up their luggage, and then drove to Flower Mound where the nursing home is located. Ron still thought he was going to Steven?s house for a visit but was too tired to object! They were impressed that the nursing home staff was there to greet them even though it was about 10:00 p.m. They took care of Ron immediately, showing him to his room and addressing his immediate needs. Jared helped by showing them what Ron could do and could not do which I?m sure the staff appreciated. On Tuesday Ron?s care staff will evaluate him and make their own determination of what he needs. Meanwhile, Sam was really pleased that Jared was with them on the flight and at the nursing home because he was able to help Ron a lot more than she would have been able to do. Jared stayed at Steven?s home that night and flew home the next day.
As luck would have it, we had planned on using I-40 to go visit family but severe weather up north made us decide to drop farther south to Dallas instead. After we made the decision, Sam and I talked and discovered we would be in Dallas at the same time! They arrived Thursday night and we arrived Friday afternoon. After getting set up we went over to Steven?s house and we all went to the nursing home from there. Even though Sam had told Ron we were coming, you could see from his face that he really couldn?t believe we were there! So, just for the record, Jerry and Ardra were Ron?s first official RV Forum framily visitors. How I love it when a plan comes together! We keep emphasizing that he'll have more visitors now that he's not in the boonies.
We were all worried that Ron would be unhappy about the move, but it?s turning out really well. He told us that ?this place is much better than the other one.? Yeeaaa! First, he really likes the food here. Friday morning for breakfast he had scrambled eggs that ?tasted like eggs and weren?t rubbery.? Sam is happy he likes the food but hopes he doesn?t continue at the present pace or he?ll look like a blimp! ;D The second positive thing is that they?re not as shorthanded as the other place which means when he needs to go to the bathroom he doesn?t have to wait an hour. And the third really good thing is that Ron loves being with his family. Granddaughter Adele (age 6, graduated from kindergarten on Friday) puts a big smile on his face every time she appears. She and mom Amy went to the nursing home early and Adele put up Ron?s favorite family pictures and then drew welcome signs for Grandpa that are on the wall outside Ron?s room. As you might guess this little girl already knows everyone in the nursing home and they all watch her when she?s around! She?s a live wire and smart as anything.
Today the Ruwards? other granddaughter Alexandra will arrive with her mom Lisa. They?ll stay while Sam returns to Montana to finish packing and meet the movers in July. Ron still asks if she?s taken the house off the market and she says no, but it still might not sink in as a permanent move until she leaves to go empty the house. Sam will live with Steven and Amy until she decides on the next phase of her life. They have a large house where Sam will have her own bedroom and a living room where she can set up her sewing machine at one end and have the TV and sofa at the other end. There?s room for her own furniture which is nice.
Jerry and I have spent several hours with Ron and we?ve tried to convey all your messages. He loved hearing all about who?s where and doing what. He also asked us to send good wishes to both the Jims and Pats, as well as Dean, and hopes you all have speedy recoveries from your various illnesses. If anyone wants to send him notes or cards he?d love to hear from you. His address is:
Ron Ruward, Room 412
Cross Timbers Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
3315 Cross Timbers Road
Flower Mound, TX 75028
Sam will probably change her telephone number so she can take advantage of Steven?s family plan, but that won?t happen until she?s back to Texas for good.
If anyone is in the area and wants to visit, we?re staying at the same place Ron and Sam used to stay when they visited Steven and Amy. It?s 13 miles from Ron?s nursing home and an easy drive. The RV park has a funny history. Sam had said it was behind a liquor store and I envisioned a tacky strip mall, but it?s not like that at all, In fact it?s a very rural area. In 1973 it was in a ?dry? part of the county, but the man who owned this plot of land discovered he could declare it a city and then could declare his city a ?wet? area. So he created Corral City TX which has a tiny town hall, an RV park, an Exxon gas station, a very nice convenience store (Paradise Market), and the liquor store (Spirits & Wines).
Should you want to stay at this RV park, it?s $30/night regardless of whether it?s a pull-through or back-in site. It has three rows. The westernmost row is mobile home sites, the middle row (odd numbered 1-71) is pull-through sites, and the easternmost row (even numbered 2-72) is back-in sites. The back-in sites are closest to the freeway and perhaps more noisy. It?s very nice and all sites have 50-amp electric, water, and sewer. The roads are paved and all the sites have cement pads. We suggest you choose an odd numbered site 1,3,5?71 because they are the long pull-thrus.
Frame-mounted propane tanks can be filled at the C-store. There is no shower/bathroom facility so the RV Park is really intended for self-contained RVs. We?re using Verizon and have both 3G/4G service. There aren?t any trees so it?s satellite friendly There?s grass landscaping for your furry children. When Jerry originally called the person on the telephone didn?t want to take a reservation because they?re never full ?except on NASCAR weekends? (the Texas Motor Speedway is two exits south). It turns out they have a lot of RVs that appear to be seasonal so we recommend calling to make sure a site is available. Also, they?re not real RV savvy and didn?t give very good directions about getting into their place. Follow the directions below and you won?t get into the gas station and store parking lot by mistake.
Take I-35W to exit 75 (Argyle and Justin) and go west on FM-407W. After going under the freeway you will see an Exxon station, Paradise Market, and the Spirits & Wine store on the left corner. Go just past them to a small paved road on the left called Corral City Drive. Turn left onto it and pull forward 100 yards to park in front of the little ?town hall? while you go over to the liquor store to check in. We?re in a pull-through site. While it might change with the seasons, this row of sites now has the sun go from the front of the motorhome, overhead, and then to the rear of the motorhome. Just a small bit of sun hits the windows so the sites in this row are well placed.
Corral City RV Park:
GPS coordinates: N 33 05.844? and W 097 13.644?
Address: Paradise Market & Liquor Store, 1217 FM-407W, Argyle TX 76226
Liquor store telephone: 940-648-4503
Another way to find it is to put this address into your GPS and you will be guided into the RV Park, but do park in front of the Town Hall on the right and register in the Paradise Liquor Store.
14300 Corral City Drive
Corral City, TX 76226
If you need fuel there is a really nice Pilot/Flying J ten miles south on I35W at exit 65. It?s address is 2400 Alliance Gateway Freeway, Fort Worth TX 76177 and their telephone is 817-337-5324. The truck entrance is on the south or Alliance Gateway side while the gas pumps are on the east or I-35W side of the property.
Sorry this is so long, but I wanted you to have the complete story.
ArdraF
Sam got up on Thursday before the birdies - about 4:00 a.m. - and drove over to the nursing home to pick up Ron. They and Jared then drove the 100 miles to Great Falls where they got their first flight on Frontier to Denver. A three-hour layover in Denver gave them plenty of time to change airlines/airplanes, eat some lunch, and get ready for the next flight. The United flight (an Airbus!) to Dallas-Fort Worth was 15 minutes late, but basically on time. All the airline people were very accommodating and did everything possible to make Ron comfortable. They used the special narrow ?aisle wheelchair? to move him up and down gangways and onto the planes.
They arrived in DFW where son Steven met them, picked up their luggage, and then drove to Flower Mound where the nursing home is located. Ron still thought he was going to Steven?s house for a visit but was too tired to object! They were impressed that the nursing home staff was there to greet them even though it was about 10:00 p.m. They took care of Ron immediately, showing him to his room and addressing his immediate needs. Jared helped by showing them what Ron could do and could not do which I?m sure the staff appreciated. On Tuesday Ron?s care staff will evaluate him and make their own determination of what he needs. Meanwhile, Sam was really pleased that Jared was with them on the flight and at the nursing home because he was able to help Ron a lot more than she would have been able to do. Jared stayed at Steven?s home that night and flew home the next day.
As luck would have it, we had planned on using I-40 to go visit family but severe weather up north made us decide to drop farther south to Dallas instead. After we made the decision, Sam and I talked and discovered we would be in Dallas at the same time! They arrived Thursday night and we arrived Friday afternoon. After getting set up we went over to Steven?s house and we all went to the nursing home from there. Even though Sam had told Ron we were coming, you could see from his face that he really couldn?t believe we were there! So, just for the record, Jerry and Ardra were Ron?s first official RV Forum framily visitors. How I love it when a plan comes together! We keep emphasizing that he'll have more visitors now that he's not in the boonies.
We were all worried that Ron would be unhappy about the move, but it?s turning out really well. He told us that ?this place is much better than the other one.? Yeeaaa! First, he really likes the food here. Friday morning for breakfast he had scrambled eggs that ?tasted like eggs and weren?t rubbery.? Sam is happy he likes the food but hopes he doesn?t continue at the present pace or he?ll look like a blimp! ;D The second positive thing is that they?re not as shorthanded as the other place which means when he needs to go to the bathroom he doesn?t have to wait an hour. And the third really good thing is that Ron loves being with his family. Granddaughter Adele (age 6, graduated from kindergarten on Friday) puts a big smile on his face every time she appears. She and mom Amy went to the nursing home early and Adele put up Ron?s favorite family pictures and then drew welcome signs for Grandpa that are on the wall outside Ron?s room. As you might guess this little girl already knows everyone in the nursing home and they all watch her when she?s around! She?s a live wire and smart as anything.
Today the Ruwards? other granddaughter Alexandra will arrive with her mom Lisa. They?ll stay while Sam returns to Montana to finish packing and meet the movers in July. Ron still asks if she?s taken the house off the market and she says no, but it still might not sink in as a permanent move until she leaves to go empty the house. Sam will live with Steven and Amy until she decides on the next phase of her life. They have a large house where Sam will have her own bedroom and a living room where she can set up her sewing machine at one end and have the TV and sofa at the other end. There?s room for her own furniture which is nice.
Jerry and I have spent several hours with Ron and we?ve tried to convey all your messages. He loved hearing all about who?s where and doing what. He also asked us to send good wishes to both the Jims and Pats, as well as Dean, and hopes you all have speedy recoveries from your various illnesses. If anyone wants to send him notes or cards he?d love to hear from you. His address is:
Ron Ruward, Room 412
Cross Timbers Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
3315 Cross Timbers Road
Flower Mound, TX 75028
Sam will probably change her telephone number so she can take advantage of Steven?s family plan, but that won?t happen until she?s back to Texas for good.
If anyone is in the area and wants to visit, we?re staying at the same place Ron and Sam used to stay when they visited Steven and Amy. It?s 13 miles from Ron?s nursing home and an easy drive. The RV park has a funny history. Sam had said it was behind a liquor store and I envisioned a tacky strip mall, but it?s not like that at all, In fact it?s a very rural area. In 1973 it was in a ?dry? part of the county, but the man who owned this plot of land discovered he could declare it a city and then could declare his city a ?wet? area. So he created Corral City TX which has a tiny town hall, an RV park, an Exxon gas station, a very nice convenience store (Paradise Market), and the liquor store (Spirits & Wines).
Should you want to stay at this RV park, it?s $30/night regardless of whether it?s a pull-through or back-in site. It has three rows. The westernmost row is mobile home sites, the middle row (odd numbered 1-71) is pull-through sites, and the easternmost row (even numbered 2-72) is back-in sites. The back-in sites are closest to the freeway and perhaps more noisy. It?s very nice and all sites have 50-amp electric, water, and sewer. The roads are paved and all the sites have cement pads. We suggest you choose an odd numbered site 1,3,5?71 because they are the long pull-thrus.
Frame-mounted propane tanks can be filled at the C-store. There is no shower/bathroom facility so the RV Park is really intended for self-contained RVs. We?re using Verizon and have both 3G/4G service. There aren?t any trees so it?s satellite friendly There?s grass landscaping for your furry children. When Jerry originally called the person on the telephone didn?t want to take a reservation because they?re never full ?except on NASCAR weekends? (the Texas Motor Speedway is two exits south). It turns out they have a lot of RVs that appear to be seasonal so we recommend calling to make sure a site is available. Also, they?re not real RV savvy and didn?t give very good directions about getting into their place. Follow the directions below and you won?t get into the gas station and store parking lot by mistake.
Take I-35W to exit 75 (Argyle and Justin) and go west on FM-407W. After going under the freeway you will see an Exxon station, Paradise Market, and the Spirits & Wine store on the left corner. Go just past them to a small paved road on the left called Corral City Drive. Turn left onto it and pull forward 100 yards to park in front of the little ?town hall? while you go over to the liquor store to check in. We?re in a pull-through site. While it might change with the seasons, this row of sites now has the sun go from the front of the motorhome, overhead, and then to the rear of the motorhome. Just a small bit of sun hits the windows so the sites in this row are well placed.
Corral City RV Park:
GPS coordinates: N 33 05.844? and W 097 13.644?
Address: Paradise Market & Liquor Store, 1217 FM-407W, Argyle TX 76226
Liquor store telephone: 940-648-4503
Another way to find it is to put this address into your GPS and you will be guided into the RV Park, but do park in front of the Town Hall on the right and register in the Paradise Liquor Store.
14300 Corral City Drive
Corral City, TX 76226
If you need fuel there is a really nice Pilot/Flying J ten miles south on I35W at exit 65. It?s address is 2400 Alliance Gateway Freeway, Fort Worth TX 76177 and their telephone is 817-337-5324. The truck entrance is on the south or Alliance Gateway side while the gas pumps are on the east or I-35W side of the property.
Sorry this is so long, but I wanted you to have the complete story.
ArdraF
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