Good Morning! It’s Saturday , Jan 19th and it is raining – again! Between no wifi and the weather – we’ve not been blogging every day. So now we need to catch up!

This 25ft Aerolite trailer is way bigger than the truck camper and way warmer than camping in a tent, but - - after this many days in the cold ( 40’s at night and 40’s during the day on Friday) and damp - - - NOTHING is big enough !! So we’ve been shopping or exploring !

Our old skillet was from a bike trip out west , and our coffeepot/tea kettle was from Harry’s collection – both gave up the ghost – both replaced with new pretty ones! The outside thermometer was only one month old but - - it has been replaced , too! While out replacing all our warn out stuff – we took advantage of the 70% off sales at Penny’s. Now, figure this - - the original price on his new jacket was $200, marked down to $99. It rang up at $29 !!! So he bought 2! My new winter coat did not ring up as great but I did get a good deal.

Then Thursday we went out to find Rio Hondo and a county park that we thought we might like to move to next. The park turned out to be a fishing camp on the river, out in the middle of nowhere. We thought we were near the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. We were ! As the crow flies but a long way by bad roads! Right outside the visitor’s center was this great table top feeder that was covered most of the time with these vibrant green jays, cardinals, red wing blackbirds and some pretty little gray and yellow ones!! Out on the driving trails we saw a big cat of some kind ( a bobcat ??) a flock of turkeys, osprey, hawks, egrets, and these wild hogs!!

Friday we went back to Progresso Mexico with Bud and Carol ! Bud went to find a good deal on a Mexican type cowboy hat, Harry wanted cowboy boots and Carol went for drugs ! Bud got his good deal on his hat as soon as we crossed the border! Carol got her drugs and Harry looked at a lot of boots! I ended up getting a cute brown straw cowboy hat that I didn’t intend on buying. He started out at $12, came down to $10 and then down to $8. We left the shop and were down the block when he caught up to us and said $7. Harry said to get it. The guys got their supply of booze and it was back to the USA, past the army guys with their guns and trucks!! We were told they were looking for the Marine that killed his Marine girlfriend.

Today is a craft sale in the recreation hall and this afternoon is laundry !!