Friday, December 5, 2014

• Last night Jim announced that we were going on a 6 mile bike ride at 9:30 this morning. Hope I can last that long.
• Suppose to be a nice day with temp at 9:30 of 69, wind 11, high of 80 later in the day.
• I'll be back later to report on the bike ride. And yes, I'll add some more pictures later today.
• And I almost forgot. Could someone who has a list of my siblings, Theresa's siblings, and our other relatives, send out an e-mail giving them the address of this blog which is http://tx2015.blogspot.com. Thanks.
• (Saturday morning) Friday turned out to be a very busy day.
• Tropic Star, the park just up the road, had a craft sale with a breakfast of biscuits & gravy. Jim had to have that. So first off, we drove up to Tropic Star.
• Then upon returning, we headed out on our 6 mile bike ride which turned out to be 10 miles - I haven't gone on a bike ride that long for years. But I made it. And I'm not even stiff or sore this morning. See the bike ride pictures below
• We heard that Progresso Nuevo was having a party to welcome back the winter snowbirds. So off we go to Mexico. Bought some meds, vanilla, & had ice cream at Arturo's - our favorite eating spot.
• After supper, Jim went to the hall to play cards while Diane went to McAllen to play Bingo. I stayed home to install my new TiVo with a required DataCARD from Times-Warner. And I can report it's working very nicely with my new 28" Samsung Smart TV. 
• In the middle of my setup processing, my youngest son, David, called to chat. Sounds like things in the Twin Cities are going fine except that the cold & snow are continuing (and it's not even Winter yet). Thanks, Dave, for thinking of me.

Bike Ride

• From our place we went West about 3 miles; turned North on 2nd Avenue in a strip park along the water canal; crossed the freeway (see picture) & went up to a reservoir - 2 miles; came back to highway 83 & biked 3 miles back East to 281 (Cage Avenue); the South on 281 2 miles back to home. Below are several pictures I took in route.

Here I'm on the overpass on the sidewalk, where we usually bike, with cars zipping back & forth behind me.

We stop every 3 miles or so for a water break. Our friend, Louie, has a trike & goes about 20 miles a day.

Here we are back home. I decided to finish the travelogue with a "selfie". Know that blind guy behind me?

That's about it for a busy Friday. Guess we're going to the Flea Market today (Saturday).

That's all for now.