Texas 2014-2015 Blog

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Warm morning, calm, cloudy, temp: 71, high: 79.
Final packing day.
By 10 o'clock, we're mostly packed. Could almost leave this afternoon/morning. But there's a jam this afternoon. Oh, well.
Went to lunch/jam with Phil & Ann. Audience was noticeably smaller. The band talent was also smaller. Didn't stay for the full 2 hours.
Had a comfortable afternoon nap.
Then after Jim & I went out to buy dry ice for the fish & fill the car with gas, Dan & Candy took us out to dinner at the Texas Roadhouse.
Skipping entertainer Greg Jones this evening in favor of early sleep. We'll be leaving tomorrow at about 3 AM. Car is loaded. Only overnight bags remain.
Rained off & on all day long. And now it's raining quite hard again this evening. But probably wont last long. Hope it's not raining when we leave at 3 o'clock.
And thanks, Kathy, for the well wishes text message to our upcoming travel and trip. I'll text information along the way.
Probably no blog entries for tomorrow. Sorry. :-(

Light breeze, cloudy, warm, temp: 66, high: 76.
Early, Jim & Diane drove up to McAllen to see the PT doctor for a wrap-up on the physical therapy and to get any ongoing instructions.
While Jim & Diane went to the doctor and in the cool calm of the morning, I did my daily 3 mile bike ride around the park.
After Jim & Diane got home, Phil, Jim & I departed for the Livestock Show in Mercedes, TX, about 25 miles East of us.
Livestock show had lots of cattle, pigs, some goats & sheep. It includes some current and some antique machinery. See pictures below.
D&C and J&D and I had supper at Wendy's as we're in the process of packing the house for the trip on Thursday.
After supper, J&D joined D&C for the last evening of cards as we'll need to go to bed early tomorrow night as we plan on leaving Thursday morning at about 3 AM.
Will be meeting Dave at Jim's between 1 & 4 Friday afternoon and back at RidgePointe by 5 or 6 PM depending on Dave's schedule.
And tonight I have lots of pictures taken at the Livestock show in Mercedes, TX. Most were taken on "machinery hill". Enjoy!

Drizzle, light breeze, cool, temp: 60, high: 70.
Enjoyed our last Canadian breakfast with 7 others at Taco Fiesta. And Gil bought all the coffee. Thanks, Gil.
Quiet morning. Starting to get stuff packed up. Pro'ly about half done. But got all day Wednesday to finish. (Goin' to the Livestock show tomorrow in Mercedes)
Guess I better get my bike ride in today.
Pleasant afternoon for my 3 mile bike ride around The Plantation.
This evening the gang drove up to Paradise Park in McAllen for Bingo.
Only got one picture from today. Enjoy!

Cloudy, calm, warm, temp: 65, high: 67. Rain forecast for all day. Hasn't yet started at 6 AM.
After the 10 o'clock service, we all went to Rudy's Bar-B-Q for lunch.
Rested afterward til the 3 PM RGV Band Concert. Due to the constant drizzle, I didn't get any bike ride in today. Bummer.
Just before the concert, Phil came by to get some help on a PC that kept stopping displaying ads. We installed malwarebytes.org which should fix the problem.
The Rio Grande Valley band concert was most enjoyable. They did a fine job. I've included some pictures - see below.
Rain started about 2 PM and has been alternately raining hard and drizzly ever since. Very soggy out there.
Had some delicious ice cream at the Ice Cream Social at 5 PM.
Movie tonight is Theory of Everything which I saw a couple months ago, but enjoyed it enough to go see it again. And it was even better the second time. Most enjoyable. If you haven't seen it, go.

Warm, calm, cloudy, temp: 64, high: 78. Light rain passed before 6 AM.
No pancake breakfast today due to a park wide yard sale all day.
After Diane's bacon & eggs breakfast, and before the rain starts, I biked around the park, looking at the yard sale stuff - about 3 miles. See route below.
And I forgot to mention that yesterday, besides my 3 mile bike ride, I walked a mile and a half in the morning. Preparing myself for the Minnesota days when it's too cold to ride bike.
Kath called testing her new car hands free phone process. She also brought me up to speed on her family news. Thanks for the phone call, Kath.
On a lazy Saturday, a nap sure felt good.
For supper, we're went to IHOP after which J&D and D&C played Bingo at Pharr South.

Nice morning, cool, calm, clear, temp: 54, high: 78.
Kind of a lazy day. High was only 75. Minor sprinkles.
Late morning D&C picked us up for a free lunch at H-E-B for Winter Texans. Then we drove up to a couple of car dealers as D&C want to find a new car.
Went on an early afternoon bike ride of about 3 miles around our park. Nice weather for a bike ride.
This afternoon I started to think about packing for our return trip. But didn't get much done. Have to get more serious as the new week dawns.
This evening the gang is driving over to Paradise Park in McAllen to play Bingo.
No pictures today. Sorry. :-(

Nice morning: clear, calm, cool, temp: 54, high: 75.
Regular Thursday morning men's breakfast at Taco Fiesta had 23 guys in attendance. I thought it might be much lower than that.
Took a short nap.
Jim drove up to McAllen for his last physical therapy session. Next week he sees the doctor and then it's off to Minnesota.
And he graduated from his physical therapy class. He said all the techs gave him a big hug.
Perfect afternoon for a long bike ride. Sunny. Light breeze. Warm, temp: 72. Rode 5 1/2 miles all around The Plantation including both dead end roads.
Diane fixed a delicious hot beef supper. Afterwards played cards and went to bed early.
In the afternoon with the nice warmth, clear sky, I walked around the park, took some pictures of shuffleboard players.

And below I had to get a picture of the card players (sorry, I missed you, Dan) last evening.