Great day
Had a great day. I got to beat Elaine at mexican train by one or two tiles three times! Dolphin at the bulkhead doing slow circles. Clare napping at our feet. It was too cold to do anything else. I …
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cold
Woke up to 34 degrees and wind gusts to 30. Me: I think we should stay in our pyjamas and play cards today. Elaine laughs and says that’s exactly what she was thinking.
Breakfast of champions
Mimosas and taquitos, coffee and doughnuts for dessert for the birthday kids. While we watched the turkeys in traffic on the front lawn, and the weather change every five minutes. Eventually we flanged up and returned to Port …
Port A lazy day
Today I was “the first one up?” at 10:00. Not exactly first in the morning. Dave, Elaine and Clare went to the grocery store while I went back to bed. They came back with food. But Elaine wasn’t allowed to …
odds and ends
agave
There are a couple of huge mesquite trees at the mission. Honey mesquite. Its a pest on ranchlands, cattle get into thickets of mesquite and cant be forced out. It’s thorny. Not a good shade tree. Old branches are deceptive, …
Port A
I love crossing on the ferry into Port Aransas. It is like taking a long slow breath and shifting into island time.
Morning at the mission.
This morning I had cinnamon cookies for breakfast. 🙂 They were a shortbread made with whole wheat flour. Hey, its like having adult graham crackers when you get up from your nap. Then to the Mission. This is the …
Jan 1 evening
We played mexican train to while away the hours till dinner. (Dave wins consistently. Elaine and I team up off and on. He still wins.) Then to Mi Tierras for margaritas and good mexican food. I love their lights and …
Mission closed.
So we wanted to see the nearby mission up close. But it is closed- three days a year and new years day is one of them. Tomorrow we see.
new years day
Elaine said lets go there. Dave and I said oh no that’s like going to Italy and eating at pizza hut. Elaine said but there are lots of cars it must be good. Ok. We went to taco cabana at …
New year’s eve
They said on the news this morning that fireworks are illegal in the city and if anyone heard anything they should call the police at this number. Oh sure, like that’s going to happen. We go on to the riverwalk …
San Antonio
We’re now in San Antonio. Home of the Alamo bowl. Tho we don’t really care. 🙂 We did the laundry. Elaine is watching the news. Dave is walking Clare, and all is right with the world. I think I’m in …
Lost Maples state park
Drive to Lost Maples state park. Winding roads reminds me why the guys like to ride here on motorcycles. Saw only three. It’s overcast and cool. We are here long after fall color so the lost maples are truly lost. …
Morning at Garner
We are heading out but first I want a stop at the dam in the park. Yesterday Dave said there is a big tree, probably 24 feet around. I make him measure it today. It comes to 23’8″ Dave’s a …
To apples
After lunch we walked the shops in Bandera. At the entrance to the general store there was a machine where you squeeze a trigger on a brass knob. I’m reading aloud: Squeeze handle. No electric shock. Dave says: go ahead. …
Bandera Cowboy Capitol of the World
As we come into Bandera there is a play getting started near the courthouse. Actors milling about in period costume. One talking to the kids at the corner of the audience. The kids are decked out in western gear too. …
Beyond Utopia
Today Dave took us to Utopia Texas, then on to Bandera – The Cowboy Capitol of the World. We first stopped at the museum at the park where we are staying. Garner state park was built by the CCC in …