It is a dreary damp Friday morning here in South Texas. We are to have off and on rain all day and then begin to clear our tomorrow...so there is your weather forecast!
It has been a busy 2 weeks since I've last written and we have made about 3 trips to Mexico one being this last Saturday. We spent most of the day wandering in and out of the little shops there not really buying much. Our friends, Dennie and Karen, that we rode with had dental apppointments so we wandered while he was busy at the dentist. It was a very cool day there and everyone was bundled up with jackets, coats, and the locals had hats and some gloves on. I'm sure their homes and some businesses were not heated.
Last Friday night at the park they had "horse races"....now this is not the usual horse race that we have gone to Neb. to watch....these were little wooden rocking horses that are placed on a board with "space markings" and someone throws the dice and the horse moves according to the roll of the dice. It was fun and everyone got to place their quarter bets on the horse they wanted to win! So much yelling and hooting and hollering for the wooden horses! We pretty much broke even with our quarter bets each time....as I would pick 2,4,6 and Bill picked 1,3,5..... All money is returned out so it is a legal betting!
Tuesday at noon we went to another RV park and met our fellow Newmar members at the monthly luncheon meeting. There were 146 at the meeting/lunch. Our Ks. group had about 10 couples represented.
Last Sunday we went to the ELKS club in Weslaco for "Chicken Sunday"....every other Sunday they sponsor a Fried Chicken dinner for a fundraiser. We went to church and then met our friends, Larry/Sherry/Larry/Earlene/ Mel/Joyce at the park and traveled to the ELKS. You get a half chicken,mashed potatoes, green beans, roll/salad and dessert with drink for $8....it was great.... really good fried chicken. So that will be what we are doing every other Sunday while here in the valley. We got there around 10:10 and people were beginning to get lined up already. The room was about half full at that time but by the time we left at 11:15 the line was out the door and down the side of the building and towards the back of the building...... So many people! So you know it is a good meal!
Late Sunday afternoon we rode over to Padre Island with Larry/Sherry/Mel/Joyce to do some bird watching at the Laguna Madre birding center. The sun was shining although alittle cool. I got to mark about 15 new birds off in my bird book! To Bill and I Mel is an expert at bird watching and we love listening to him tell us about all the different birds and how they fly, their habitats etc. Then we went to Pelican Station on the mainland for a surprise birthday dinner for one of our Newmar friends, Barb. She was surprised! We had a great meal of fried shrimp and fish. The Padre Island shrimp is some of the best shrimp we have ever eaten! We will go back a few times because we want to eat at "Dirty Al's" known for huge shrimp!
So now that I've jumped around the past 2 weeks you know we have had some busy days and some that we want the sun to shine! It has been cool and cloudy most of the time......Bill has put the jeans up and gotten his shorts out for good he says!
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