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