We just got home from a great weekend in Dallas. We went to visit our Son and Daughter-in-Law and our Grandchildren. We got there Saturday afternoon just in time to see Ryan play basketball. From there we went to Michael and Celeste's new house. Their house is really beautiful. It is a two story with the Tuscany look. We loved the whole house. They have a nice pool and hot tub in the backyard. We went out to dinner on Saturday night to a great Mexican restaurant. Then it was hot tub time. On Sunday morning we went to a place called Cracker barrel. I ate so much I thought I would bust. From there it was on to Kristen's soccer game. Both of the kids are really good athlete's. As far as we could see the two kids never fight (although we are told differently). On the way home from the game it was a quick stop to the grocery. We had to hurry home for the football game. Michael is a huge Cowboy fan. Sorry Michael, I guess the Redskins played better than the Cowboys. We bar-b-qued for dinner. Celeste has a special way to grill salmon. It was really, really, good. Yum. After dinner we played a game and laughed so much I almost wet my pants. We left yesterday morning and came back to Magnolia Beach. It was good to get off the road.
Celeste is a wonderful hostess and made us feel so welcome. We really enjoyed our time with them. Thank you Michael and Celeste.
David and Carol
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Big Night Out
Last night we went to Victoria, Texas. This town is pretty big compared to other towns around here. David took me to Olive Garden for dinner. It was really good.
From here at Magnolia Beach to Port Lavaca is about 10 miles. Victoria is about 25 miles.
Because the storm surge hit here from hurricane Ike, just about everything in this RV park was covered with sea water. Because of the salt in sea water, most of the plants died as did all of the grass. So my job for the past week has been to go around and either cut back the dead parts or pull them up completely. Most of the plants are tropical such as alot of different types of palms, banana plants and lillies. It's such a shame to take some of those out. Some have been here quite a while.
Again today, the wind is blowing and the mosquitoes are out. There are thousands of them and they are merciless.
Nothing really happens out here. The big talk of the day yesterday was a car that kept going by. Who is it? Why do they keep on driving by? We spent a couple of hours discussing that. David has been building a fence and helping to put in a water line for some new RV spaces that are going in. I don't think he is thrilled with it but he does it anyway. At least it is something to do.
We've been keeping an eye on what is going on with the economy and the big bailout. On the one hand you know that if you received a million dollar bonus from your job and then your company went broke, you'd be on your own. The government would not come and bail you out and ask the taxpayers to pay for it. However, if they are not bailed out it affects everyone and everything. What happened to responsibility with finances? I realize alot of lenders gave loans that people could not pay back. But would'nt those same people realize that there would be no way they could pay for these houses? Oh well, we will maybe see today what is going to happen.
David and Carol
From here at Magnolia Beach to Port Lavaca is about 10 miles. Victoria is about 25 miles.
Because the storm surge hit here from hurricane Ike, just about everything in this RV park was covered with sea water. Because of the salt in sea water, most of the plants died as did all of the grass. So my job for the past week has been to go around and either cut back the dead parts or pull them up completely. Most of the plants are tropical such as alot of different types of palms, banana plants and lillies. It's such a shame to take some of those out. Some have been here quite a while.
Again today, the wind is blowing and the mosquitoes are out. There are thousands of them and they are merciless.
Nothing really happens out here. The big talk of the day yesterday was a car that kept going by. Who is it? Why do they keep on driving by? We spent a couple of hours discussing that. David has been building a fence and helping to put in a water line for some new RV spaces that are going in. I don't think he is thrilled with it but he does it anyway. At least it is something to do.
We've been keeping an eye on what is going on with the economy and the big bailout. On the one hand you know that if you received a million dollar bonus from your job and then your company went broke, you'd be on your own. The government would not come and bail you out and ask the taxpayers to pay for it. However, if they are not bailed out it affects everyone and everything. What happened to responsibility with finances? I realize alot of lenders gave loans that people could not pay back. But would'nt those same people realize that there would be no way they could pay for these houses? Oh well, we will maybe see today what is going to happen.
David and Carol
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Does the Wind Ever Stop?
Most people who know me know that one of the things I cannot stand is the wind. I can take the rain, snow, sunshine and heat more than I can take the wind. Sometimes the wind will blow for a couple of days during a storm but here...it has not stopped since we arrived. Granted, it is beautiful here with a clear view of the Gulf of Mexico and great palm trees. When we first got here I noticed the wind blowing but figured it was because of some tropical pressure somewhere. However, after days of it, and I'm not talking about a little breeze but gale force winds, I asked if it ever stopped. The answer was, "this is nothing, it really gets bad in January".
So, right away some kind of allergies blew up my nose and now the eyes water, nose runs, sneeze and cough. I feel like I need to sleep all the time. But, we are here doing small jobs and of course all of the jobs are outside. So no, the wind never stops.
So, right away some kind of allergies blew up my nose and now the eyes water, nose runs, sneeze and cough. I feel like I need to sleep all the time. But, we are here doing small jobs and of course all of the jobs are outside. So no, the wind never stops.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Trials of Travel
OK, so this is how our trip went. We left Paso Robles and went to Bakersfield to see Sarah. We drove from Bakersfield to Banning, CA. We stayed there for 2 nights. Then we went to AZ. While there, we went to see the town of Tombstone. We did all of the touristy stuff. We went to Boot Hill and of course took lots of pictures. When we got back, David noticed one of the tires on the 5th wheel was totally bald, showing alot of cord. He found a tire shop that would come and change the tire. We stayed there for 2 days. The next day we drove thru New Mexico. When people say the world is too overcrowded, they obviously have never driven across this country. Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, we blew another tire on the 5th wheel. We tried AAA.
They didn't know where we were and then we found out our 5th wheel was not covered. We did not know where we were either so David had to walk back along the road to find a mile marker. Along the road was thousands of huge grasshopper looking things. They were tan with coral colored bodies and blue in their wings. They were about 4 inches long. David had to walk on the road with them jumping all around him. There was a road sign in front of us advertising trinkets
so we tried information and she finally got 1 number in the whole town. The number he called was the trinket place. The only other business in this town (I use that word loosely) was a tire shop(good for us). The people at the trinket store did not like the people at the tire shop and would not give us their number. The only thing we could do was just hobble into the tire shop at about 2 miles an hour, we had 5 miles to go. The name of this town is Segar. There was one man there ( for sake of saving his pride, we'll calm him Bubba). Bubba is about 500 lbs of no nonsense. One word answers are all you'll get from him. He did show us where the other 2 tires that we haven't changed yet, were rotten. Of course Bubba wanted cash. We did not have enough cash so I walked to the trinket place and used the ATM. After spending $500 we were on our way. We made it that day to Van Horn, TX. We ended up staying there 2 days. We then drove on to San Antonio. We went to the Riverwalk and to the Alamo. Both of us really loved San Antonio. We stayed there for 3 days and then drove to the Gulf Coast. We are now at Magnolia Beach, TX.
They didn't know where we were and then we found out our 5th wheel was not covered. We did not know where we were either so David had to walk back along the road to find a mile marker. Along the road was thousands of huge grasshopper looking things. They were tan with coral colored bodies and blue in their wings. They were about 4 inches long. David had to walk on the road with them jumping all around him. There was a road sign in front of us advertising trinkets
so we tried information and she finally got 1 number in the whole town. The number he called was the trinket place. The only other business in this town (I use that word loosely) was a tire shop(good for us). The people at the trinket store did not like the people at the tire shop and would not give us their number. The only thing we could do was just hobble into the tire shop at about 2 miles an hour, we had 5 miles to go. The name of this town is Segar. There was one man there ( for sake of saving his pride, we'll calm him Bubba). Bubba is about 500 lbs of no nonsense. One word answers are all you'll get from him. He did show us where the other 2 tires that we haven't changed yet, were rotten. Of course Bubba wanted cash. We did not have enough cash so I walked to the trinket place and used the ATM. After spending $500 we were on our way. We made it that day to Van Horn, TX. We ended up staying there 2 days. We then drove on to San Antonio. We went to the Riverwalk and to the Alamo. Both of us really loved San Antonio. We stayed there for 3 days and then drove to the Gulf Coast. We are now at Magnolia Beach, TX.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Another Day in Paradise
As we woke this morning, we knew it would be another beautiful day. The wind is still blowing. I'm sure it blows continually, some days stronger than others. You can see the Gulf of Mexico from our 5th wheel windows. We are in a spot called Magnolia Beach. Further up the road is Port Lavaca. The clouds are drifting in and later it will rain. There is not much to do here, actually there is nothing to do. We are here in a work camping position. There are no clear jobs to do so it is mostly just cleaning yards and odd jobs.
This is one of the areas that was effected by hurricane Ike. The wind did not do alot of damage but the storm surge ruined so much. There was 2-3 foot of salt water over everything. That means all the grass, tropical plants, and palm trees. Salt water killed almost all vegetation around. David and I are helping to clean up in exchange for our RV site.
More later on our trip here....it's always something.
This is one of the areas that was effected by hurricane Ike. The wind did not do alot of damage but the storm surge ruined so much. There was 2-3 foot of salt water over everything. That means all the grass, tropical plants, and palm trees. Salt water killed almost all vegetation around. David and I are helping to clean up in exchange for our RV site.
More later on our trip here....it's always something.
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