"March-ing" 2018

Nancy, Diane, Wendy
Charlotte, Delores, and Kathy
(ones in red have March birthdays)
We celebrated at the Olive Garden

Annual park picnic before people head home

Diane, Lola & Terry, Bob, Dennis, Jerry B., Nancy, Kathy

Winners of the "create-a-hat" competition

St. Paddy's Day "parade" across the street

at Citrus Village

"Orange" Irish

Well, I picked UVA to win it all

and they lost in the first round :-(

Harlingen Pickleball tournament on March 19th

Diane with Barb, Nancy, and Kat--
pickleball pals at the Brownsville site

Diane volunteers at the Sanchez Elementary School library

Trish the librarian and Diane

with her gifts from the school

Artist Alfonso painted this "dish" for us

Dennis & Nancy and Kathy & Jerry all left on March 27th.
In the center are park managers John and Ruth.

Checking out Spring Break 

at Clayton's on South Padre Island

Beach security

February 2018

Looks like Bob was having more fun

than I was at the end of the month.

Can't figure out how to get the video

to run on the blog.

Tom, Jett, Caiden and friends

met Bob in Colorado for a week of skiing!

Bob arrived back in Texas safely

without broken bones or crutches! :-)

Closing out the month 

with an acrylic art class

Basically, what we did was pour paint into a cup

with a medium, and then we dumped the

cup upside down on our tiles or canvas.

...pretty much "go with the flow" after that

(a simplified explanation because that's all

I understood) :-)

02-18-2018

Sunday at the beach

on South Padre Island

Supper at "The Painted Marlin" on the island

Birthday, 2018 :-)

The kids sent this....pretty funny! :-)

Two people at the airport 

asked if I taught English!

Birthday yummies with a great pic

of the Terminal Tower 

Thanks, Cousin Leanne! :-)

Kathy, Nancy, Wendy, and I had lunch

at Stefano's--a day early because of Ash Wednesday.

 The waitress brought me a birthday cheesecake, 

so we all shared it--yummy!

The gang came for red velvet cake that evening,

and we watched the Olympics.

Bob bought the flowers for me.

Great Greenville, SC, restaurant--

They steam the bagels to make them soft!

 Cousin Sharyn met me in South Carolina 
for her brother Pat's funeral

 Thought this looked like a Chihuly

at the airport, but couldn't find a sign.

No, not snow--just flying above the clouds :-)

On the beach at South Padre Island

"The Beach Boys"--Dennis, Bob, and Jerry

We ate at "Daddy's" on the island.

This guy was hungry, too!

Evening tour at Estero Llano Grande

 The moon came out just as we began our tour

 The guides said we would see scorpions,

but this was the spookiest thing we saw

 It really was pretty, though

Blue light made this spider glow in the dark

A New Year: 2018--January

Lunar eclipse over La Feria, Texas!

Note the time sequence.....

My camera is still set on "Miami" time;
it's actually 6:27 a.m. in Texas

 This came out "double,' but it looks pretty cool

A distance shot...

 You can barely see the full eclipse--it was a blue moon

 While the moon was eclipsing in the West,
 the sun was rising in the East

Friday, January 26th

A local businessman made a chicken dinner
for everyone in the park!

Bob changed the shocks on our  Uplander, 
so we took the old ones to the local junkyard.

It's not always warm down here!

 New Year's Day 2018

View from Donna's balcony

On Jan. 2nd, we flew to Texas

Our first trip this year to the 
Padre Island Brewery
Diane, Wendy, Bob, Mark (the owner), 
Bill and Susie (she was Jerry's tour guide on his VietNam trip),
Dennis and Nancy

 The annual Causeway walk from Port Isabel
to South Padre Island was on the 13th.
Wendy, Bob, Diane, Jerry, and Dennis
walked the 5K. Nancy met us on the Island
for breakfast at "Yummies."

 It was 40 degrees when we left the park,
but into the 50's when we were walking.

A bit windy on the bridge, but we're almost to the end!

Sunrise en route to Port Isabel for the Causeway Walk

Texas tailgating--Bob, Jerry, and Dennis watching
the Eagles/Atlanta game in Jerry's "Texas room"