- Warm morning, temp: 69, high: 78. Beautiful day, not windy
- Had French toast at the Saturday morning pancake breakfast at the Hall.
- Dan drained the black water in his camper.
- Three of us went on a mile bike ride.
- Mid afternoon we went shopping where Dan got new work shoes at Skecher Factory Outlet, I got a phone car holder for the van at Best Buy.
- Had lunch at Jason's Deli. Yum. Yum.
- Had a light rain. Mostly heavy sprinkles.
- Dan & Dawn are packed & ready to leave in the morning.
- Got lots of pictures from Dan & Dawn. I'll include a few each day.
- Another nice morning, temp: 62, high: 79.
- After breakfast of cereal, fruit, & toast at home, we decide today would be our big day to go over to South Padre Island.
- So we filled the van with E85, headed for the coast via the Military Highway.
- Stopped at the Visitor's Center on S.P.I. & then drove to the end of the road at the north end of the island.
- Ran around on the sand dunes for an hour or so. Dawn got some very good pictures.
- Headed back south stopping at Clayton's Bar & Grill for lunch.
- On our way off the island, stopped at the S.P.I. sign & took some pictures.
- Then as we drove back west, Dan called Joe & Linda (Joe is Theresa's little brother, one of the younger twins in the family) in Donna to see if they were home.
- Spent a couple hour at Magnolia Park where Joe & Linda winter.
- Came back to Pharr, had supper at Stars drive-in.
- Then last last night, Dan & Dawn drove up to Valley Fruit Company in Pharr.
- I'll be getting lots of pictures from Dawn to post covering the last several days.
- Finally, here a few pictures Dawn gave me last evening that I was too tired to load. Enjoy!
- Merry Christmas to all my friends & relatives from the Southern most location in the USA - Pharr Texas.
- Coolest morning this season, 38. High: 67. Very brisk, but mostly clear.
- Dan & Dawn are here sharing their Christmas with me. We'll keep this blog open reporting events of Christmas day 2014 as they occur.
- We may be even able to post Dawn's pictures of Pharr lights from last night this morning.
- Keep watching.
- Had breakfast of cereal & fruit & toast.
- Opened Christmas gifts. Thanks Dan & Dawn for that NASA book & sudoku books.
- These are pictures of downtown Pharr that I took last evening with my phone. Later I'll replace them with Dawn's pictures as they will be clearer.
- Had a delicious Christmas buffet at Echo Hotel in Edinburg with Dan & Candy Sasse & Candy's son, Jason.
- Just got home from touring down to Chimney RV Park in Mission on the Rio Grande.
- Late this evening, past my bedtime, Dan & Dawn drove over to the Hidalgo Festival of Lights. Hopefully I'll get some pictures from Dawn to post on this web site.
- Dan & Dawn arrived at about 9:15 PM last evening & were setup by 10.
- Very cool, clear, & windy today, temp: 49, high: 63. No swimming today for Dan & Dawn.
- Had a What-A-Burger for lunch.
- Then went to H-E-B for a day & a half of groceries.
- Napped.
- Day stayed sunny, hot, & windy all day.
- Fixed bacon & cheese on toast for supper. Mmm . . . good.
- Finally to prove that Dan & Dawn are here, here's the GMC & Scamp parked in slot 28 at Paradise Park.
- In the evening we drove to downtown Pharr and Dawn took lots of pictures of the beautiful Christmas lights. I'll give you some sample tomorrow night.
- Kathy called wishing us all Merry Christmas. Thanks, Kath, for the call. And Merry Christmas to you & your family.
- Finally, what a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas with Dan & Dawn here with me. Perhaps Kath & Dave & their families can make it in later years.
- Nice morning, temp: 67, high: 76. High winds forecast.
- My son, Dan, & his wife, Dawn, stayed overnight just outside of Tulsa, OK on their way to Pharr.
- Kathy sent me a nice gift card to Cinemark Theaters. So this morning, while I still have a car and before Dan & Dawn arrive this evening, I'm going to go see "The Theory of Everything" a movie based on a book I've read by noted physicist, Stephen Hawking. Perhaps then I'll be able to answer the question my RidgePointe friends have for me after they saw it.
- On my way to the theater, Jim called me. He sounded excellent. Of course he's still on pain meds. He described the surgery to me and sounded in great spirits.
- And, by the way, the movie was excellent. It was mostly about the personal life of Stephen Hawking rather than about his physics. I really enjoyed it.
- Napped.
- Biked 2 miles despite wind gusts of 40 mph.
- Dan took his APRS tracking equipment with him, so I'm able to look at a map see where he is. Right now he's just south of San Antonio at 6 PM on Tuesday. Should get here between 9 & 10.
- Below are a couple of the nicer decorated trailers.
- Today is Jim's shoulder surgery. Hope all goes well.
- It's warmer. Temp: 61, high: 78.
- Trash was taken out at 6:30 AM. (item for Diane)
- Travel arrangements to/from Phoenix were completed & distributed to affected parties.
- Besides Dan Sasse & I, breakfast with Canadians this morning only included 1 other person, Gerry . . ., Gilbert was going to the sale yard, and Bob had a water leak needing his attention. The 3 of us had an excellent breakfast with an excellent waitress at IHOP.
- Since J&D may have time on their hands today, I'll post this & then update it as time transpires. So to each reader, have a great day.
- Just talked to my son, Dan, who's driving down here with his wife, Dawn. They're in Albert Lea having breakfast. Had to tell him about the Austin/San Antonio bypass.
- Don't know if you knew it, but Jim had rotator cuff shoulder surgery this morning in Blue Earth. Before corn picking he fell off a wagon and damaged his shoulder, but felt he couldn't stop until now to have it fixed. I have just received the following message from Diane.
- "James is out of surgery and in recovery. All went well and should be able to come home after lunch. They gave him a block, plus he has an IV pump on him that should last 4 days, he was very comfortable before they took him into surgery. Hopefully he can rest now and get some sleep."
- The weather has finally warmed, so I went out for my 2 1/4 mile bike ride. However, I think Jim told everyone here that he had appointed me his Press Secretary as numerous people stopped me to find out how he's doing. Most everyone remembered that his surgery was today. So, as all cards say, "Jim, get well soon."
- Napped
- Dan & Dawn are nearing Kansas City.
- Just had a nice call from my son, David. His back pain is flaring up again and he briefed me on the meds that the Specialist at the VA prescribed for him. Thanks, Dave, for the phone call.
- Mail is late today. It finally arrived about 6:00. Latest ever.
- I don't have any pictures this evening as Jim's surgery was the high priority for the day. But I'll be sure to include some tomorrow.
- Cool & wet again this morning, temp: 54, high: 64.
- Picked up a few groceries at H-E-B.
- Called Margaret regarding travel arrangements. I'll be spending 1/22/2015 to 1/27/2015 with her. Once I get confirmation, I'll post them and send them to my kids & Marg.
- Dan & Candy Sasse invited me to a meat loaf supper at 5:30 with Candy's son, Jase, & mother, Irene. Thanks, Candy & Dan, for a wonderful supper and great company.
- Here's another of my Christmas trees.
