Monday AM

Busy, busy, busy! I haven't found time to get on here to update. It seems like we are always busy with something.  It is hard to reconstruct a whole week when you can't remember stuff.

We are just lounging around this morning with coffee and biscuits.  Our weather has been great the past few days (low 80's), but the wind blows all the time here.  Tonight there is a Luau in the park which we will attend

Veronica had her Daddy and Daughter dance over the weekend and sent us some pics.  She is ten years old and her escort is considerably older.

Wednesday was Missouri Day in the park.  There were nearly 100 MO residents at the coffee.

  It is amazing to us that so many MO people land here.  I told you before about the couple from
Fayette who know Lela's family, Don and Linda. 

We are hoping to get together with them sometime this week for lunch.

Wednesday was also an Airstream rally luncheon in McAllen, TX.  Lela and I attended and met some wonderful Airstreamers.  One lady in particular.  Her name is Kathleen and she is 86 years old. 
She pulls a 34' trailer like ours and does her own hooking up and taking down by herself.  She was amazing to talk to.

After lunch we trolled the old highway 83 sightseeing. We stopped in Alamo, TX at a tourist info center.  Alamo is named for a sugar company which was located there.

South Texas is quite interesting.  I think this is where old automobile tires go to die.  There are used tires for sale everywhere.

Thursday the weather didn't co-operate for golf so JJ and Steve decided to play golf on Friday (Valentine's Day).  I initially declined so I could spend the day with Lela, but we remembered that the river cruise had been rescheduled for Tuesday so I wouldn't be able to play then.  Lela gave me golf for Valentine day.

When we started our walk, we didn't make it 100 yards.  We stopped to talk with some new folks from Canada, and then Jim and Gloria.  Then just a few more feet and JJ and Ruby invited in for a cocktail and we ended up staying there and talking for a couple hours.  After we came home and had dinner we walked again without interruption.

Friday I played golf at Palm View golf course in McAllen http://www.palmviewgolf.com/ .  The course has water hazards on nearly every hole but I only found one.  I couldn't find the speed of the greens and didn't make a putt over 4 feet all day.  I brought home an unhappy 91.
Lela spent her day at the pool, relaxing and working on her tan.  She had also tested the oven stone to bake some delicious Valentine brownies (cherry filled).  We walked in the evening and watched the Olympics.

Saturday we went to a grand opening of a Mexican outlet on our side of the border.

There were Mariachi bands, free drinks and free lunch of tacos and tamales.

You could buy this stagecoach for only $6000.00

 

 Lela bought a pewter trivet to use in the trailer (10% off!).  Then we traveled to Weslaco, TX and poked around in some "antique" stores.

Main Street, Weslaco, TX

 

  We were whipped when we got home.  Lela had put a chicken and dumpling pot pie in the crock pot before we left so dinner was ready.  We shared dinner with Fred.  He is an 87 year old guy who lives here by himself with two dogs.  He has had a shoulder replaced and is in a sling.  Lela fixed him a big bowl and sent along brownies, too.

We had invited Jim and Gloria for dessert but Gloria had become ill at Padre Island so we cancelled the visit, but sent some brownies home with Jim.

Sunday we attended worship at the church next door to us.  I led singing again.  Afterward we traveled to Harlingen to the IHop for breakfast with Russell and Dean.  They are good friends of Teddy and Becky.  Then it was back to the park where we lounged around the pool for an hour or so.

We returned to church for the evening service and afterward Gloria had recovered from whatever caused her illness, so they came over for brownies and ice cream.  We had a nice evening with them.