Thru.eve Jan. 24th
That cold spell that you are getting up north has found its way down here to south Texas. It has been cold and rainy here for the last couple of weeks. Today’s high was only 51 degrees, with rain. Only had a couple of days in the pool this week.
This cold spell is very expensive. No lounging around the pool on these cold days, so it is off to the shopping centers. Bobbi had to go to the huge outlet mall that is just down the road and go shopping. She ended up with a new pair of shoes and I a Cribbage set, for something to do on these rainy days. On the way to the outlet mall we stopped at a u-pick citrus farm and picked a 5 gal. bucket of grapefruit, for $2.00, I told the owner I can’t see how he can make any profit at those prices. Nice sweet, big grapefruits. He took us and another couple out into the grove on a little trailer hooked on the back of his Honda Big Red three wheeler, and pointed out the best fruit to pick. He told us if we pick a grapefruit and think we didn’t want it, just throw it on the ground and pick another. He said he didn’t want any bad fruit to leave his farm and that he would inspect it again before we left to make sure we had only good fruit.
The weather reports say we are to have one more day of this cold rainy weather and it will warm up into the 80s by Sunday and into next week. The weather here is like a roller coaster with the ups and downs, unlike home, our downs haven’t gotten to the freezing point.
Have to make another trip into Mexico. Went to Wal-Mart to get my Rx filled and they wanted $85 . Last month it was $30. Found out I have a $75 deductible on my medicine insurance that I have to meet every year. So it is down to Mexico and buy it over the counter for $29. The insurance co. said to save the receipt and it would count against my deductible.
The longer this rainy cold weather stays the smaller this trailer gets. The rain must make it shrink , glad it wasn’t any smaller when we started.
H.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
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 !!
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 !!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Well here we are in the “valley” and it is going to be a cool rainy week, with highs in the mid 60 s and lows in the 50s.
This entire area that we are in is referred to as the Rio Grande Valley. Let me tell you a little about this so-called valley. If this part of the Rio Grande was in our area it would be called a creek, and to have a valley you need a low spot with high spots. Not here! This area is as flat as a pool table.
English is the third language here. The first is Spanish and 10 of the 13 TV stations here are in Spanish. Bud went to the Ace hardware to get some plumbing supplies for his motor home and they had to find someone to speak English to help him. Mexico doesn’t know that it lost this part of the U.S to Sam Houston. . When we were in the Cancun and Puerto Vallarta Mexico more people spoke English then the people in south Texas. In a lot of ways the “valley” is more like Mexico than some parts of Mexico that we have been in.
In this RV resort French is the second language. I think half the province of Quebec is in this park. If you speak English you are in a very small minority.
While it is cool and rainy and not very good pool time, we will go exploring and check out some things in the area other than the local Wal-mart, One place that we want to check out is a county park on the Laguna Madre (a bay this side of Padre Is.). When our month is up here Feb. 10th we might move the 15 miles to the county park for a while.
H.
This entire area that we are in is referred to as the Rio Grande Valley. Let me tell you a little about this so-called valley. If this part of the Rio Grande was in our area it would be called a creek, and to have a valley you need a low spot with high spots. Not here! This area is as flat as a pool table.
English is the third language here. The first is Spanish and 10 of the 13 TV stations here are in Spanish. Bud went to the Ace hardware to get some plumbing supplies for his motor home and they had to find someone to speak English to help him. Mexico doesn’t know that it lost this part of the U.S to Sam Houston. . When we were in the Cancun and Puerto Vallarta Mexico more people spoke English then the people in south Texas. In a lot of ways the “valley” is more like Mexico than some parts of Mexico that we have been in.
In this RV resort French is the second language. I think half the province of Quebec is in this park. If you speak English you are in a very small minority.
While it is cool and rainy and not very good pool time, we will go exploring and check out some things in the area other than the local Wal-mart, One place that we want to check out is a county park on the Laguna Madre (a bay this side of Padre Is.). When our month is up here Feb. 10th we might move the 15 miles to the county park for a while.
H.
Monday, January 14, 2008
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