March 25th thru March 31st 2013

Last Week In Aransas Pass --- Happy Easter....

March 25th   Monday

45 degrees this morning, Going to go to Corpus shopping....

David (my brother) called and said that he was in Georgia on his way to North Carolina, and that the highways are packed with Snowbirds heading north.

The guys shopped at Harbor Freight and Northern Tool.  Eileen and I bought at Academy Sports and we had fun looking around at Cavenders Western Wear store...  We had lunch at Denny's.. Came home and took Mr. Herbie out for his walk and then I put my feet up for a while.  Dan noticed that one of the batteries in the 5th wheel was getting hot and it was time to get a new one, so we went to Wal-mart and bought a new battery. We don't need any problems on the road...

March 26th   Tuesday

45 degrees this morning and the sun came out brightly.. Hopefully it will be a nice day..

Dan went and got a haircut and then this afternoon Eileen and I will go and get ours cut.  Dan and I went out for a sandwich for lunch and then went over to Howard's to give them an intinery of our travel plans when we leave.  I made a dinner at home tonight and it sure was good. 

Went and said good-bye to our neighbors Walt and Marge.  They won't be coming back next year, and we just chatted on a casual basis, but it was nice having them as neighbors.  

Time to put feet up and relax.  Oh we do alot of relaxing... LOL

March 27th   Wednesday

55 degrees this morning... Our neighbors Walt and Marge left early this morning.   Fishing Day for Dan..  Eileen, Linda and Myself are headed for Corpus and I printed off some coupons for our favorite stores.
Our 1st stop was at Micheal's and it is so hard to find something to use the 40% coupon on, when what I wanted was on sale already.. Then the next stop was at Hobby Lobby, same there, 40% coupon, I found a birthday gift for a friend,,, Then we went to The Botanical Gardens.  It was really interesting.. They had a reptile room, and there were alot of exotic birds outside in cages.  There is an orchid room, I personally don't see any beauty in orchids. They have a succulent area, where huge plants and cactus are. The have a herb garden which we got some ideas on how to plant them and mark which herbs they are. The guys did not do good fishing today.. The jetty boat was in for repairs so they went to different areas and did not do any good.
So, when we all were back home after a long day, The Howard's, Erickson's and us decided to go to Pizza Hut for dinner.  

March 28th    Thursday

It was in the low 60's this morning. I woke up and my right ankle was hit by that Arthritis.. I the other side was swollen. I was hobbling around and got the Ice machine out and Dan wrapped by ankle up and let the machine on for a couple of hours.   Dan worked outside and packed up the rest of the stuff.  Took down the satellite dish.  He went over to Howard's and got his fishing cart and some of his stuff and took it over to the storage unit.  It will be nice that we didn't have to take our dish home.  We met our friends Pat and Jim Doggett in Corpus at KiKo's for a late lunch/early dinner. Ron and Eileen enjoyed the food also..  They have really good homemade salsa, and I have to try to duplicate it.  We came back home and I took Mr. Herbie out for his walk. I seen our neighbor Carrie (from Northern Minnesota) and she walked with me and we had a nice conversation on the way.  Our park is getting pretty empty. 

March 29th    Friday        Good Friday
64 degrees this morning, sun is out.  Dan was is out wiping the dew off of the truck. My foot feels better this morning. I went and put alot of things away this morning.  I went to wash some clothes while Dan went and got some fuel.  My friend Judy gave me a cute little lamp that she didn't have any use for.  Just what I have been looking for.

Thank You Judy, I love it and when I look at it I will always think of you....

It seems like we are all ready to leave.  Dan and I and the Howard's went to Moby Dick's for dinner.  When we got back home, I worked on making a wind sock.

March 30th    Saturday

65 degrees this morning and sun is shining and the wind is gone... Yippe-e-e-e never fails when we are ready to depart there is no wind.   Dan, I and Eileen are going to Corpus to use our Bed, Bath and Beyond, Coupon... and then we are stopping at HEB to pick up a few things that we need for the road. Finished getting the last minute stuff put away, had dinner and then went to Dairy Queen for a good bye dessert.

March 31st    Sunday     Easter Sunday

Up early this morning. Nice morning out, Today is the day we leave the park..   Ron and Eileen came over at 7:45 AM  to say good byes and hugs.  They are heading to Illinois at their son Ron and family.. 

 We left at 9AM and Howard's are following us again this year.  We met them at the Park Entrance and off we went.  The 5 months sure went fast.. We headed up to the hill country.

 We stopped at the biggest BUC-EE's fuel stop we have seen.  Oh it is awesome.. Arrived at Riverside RV Resort about 1:30 PM and our Heartland friends who now call this park their summer home, had no idea that we were coming.  They were not here when we arrived. We are kiddy-corner from them, I can not wait until they get home and see us..

Lee and Linda came home and came around the corner and seen that there was a Landmark parked and then seen our truck and said oh my gosh that is Dan.  They were so surprised and Linda hopped out of the truck and came running over, laughing and smiling. So happy to see us.. It was hard to keep the secret.... But well worth the surprise.

March 18th thru March 24th 2013

March 18th    Monday
It is going to be a nice day and we decided that we were going to go to the beach today.  We left the dogs at home and off to the national Seashore we went.  Spring breakers are gone and that made it easy to drive on the island.

March 19th    Tuesday

Up early today, left at 7:30 to take Herbie and Molly to Salty Dogs Motel..  Surprisingly Herbie did not hesitate.  We left for San Antonio. It is a nice day.  We went the back roads day instead of the Interstate.  We stopped at The SAS (San Antonio Shoe) factory.  The guys looked at the Classic and Old Car Museum.  We walked through the general Store.  We had 2 bags of popcorn and a coffee and coke all for .25 cents.  What a deal.  I bought a bag of penny candy (small bag) stuffed full for $2.00. It was a nice break before we got to the Hotel.  Drove to Riverwalk to find the parking structure, and then went to the hotel and checked in and rested for about 1/2 before we headed back to the Riverwalk.

We walked the Riverwalk, walked to The Alamo, bought tickets for the boat ride, and ate at Casa Rio for dinner. Casa Rio is the oldest family owned restaurant on the River (est: 1946)  We have eaten there a few times before but the next time we think we will try a different one.  

 Downtown San Antonio by Riverwalk

 Look who is coming out of Mc Donalds by Riverwalk

 San Antonio river Boat Ride

 One of many family of ducks

March 20th    Wednesday

We met Ron and Eileen for breakfast at the hotel. Dan likes to stay at the Dury Inns as they are nice hotels and most of them have a Happy hour with 2 free drinks each, hot food, and a very good breakfast for a reasonable price.     We had a nice ride home again, back roads but a different roads.  Stopped in Rockport for lunch before we went and picked up our furry children.  They were so happy to see us, and when they got home they both crashed..  I am glad that Herbie likes going there, and he knows that we will come back and get him.. I feel good leaving him there.

Dan and I both crashed when we got everything put away and settled..  

March 21st    Thursday

I called the post office today and made sure that they are not going to send any more mail down here.  Found out that it is still snowing and that they had over 200 inches of snow so far.

Today Eileen and I went shopping with Barb.  We went to a resale shop in Corpus Christi, and I was really impressed on how organized it was.  Items we hung buy sizes, colors, and the store was clean.    After shopping we went for lunch at The Olive Garden, and oh it was so good.  All You Can Eat Soup and Salad.  That really worked for me.
Dan had washed the Landmark, and started to organize and put way some of our stuff from outside.  He also vacuumed and put the furniture back to where we can close up the slides.  I made him a wonderful breakfast for dinner.. I ate to much at Olive Garden that I was not hungry.

Dan's welder also arrived late this afternoon, and he was happy for that.  Ron, will take it back home with him when he leaves.

After dinner Dan decided that it is a Dairy Queen night. Ron, Eileen, Dan and I headed for Dairy Queen.  The Dairy Queen in Aransas Pass is a nightmare.  They never get the order right.

March 22nd    Friday
I got up early this morning (5 AM),
Ron and Dan went to Corpus to Harbor Freight to get some wire for his new welder that he bought.  I went and washed clothes only to find out that the propane ran out and I could not dry, so I had go to laundromat and fry them.  When Dan got back, he we went to dry them. After that we went to Ransom Road and visited with Larry and Ginnie.  Then we went out for a sandwich and came home and unwind..  took Mr. Herbie out for a walk and visited with a few people who were out and about..


March 23rd    Saturday

Dan and I had our coffee and discussed what our plan was going to be next week.  We didn't do much during the day until we went to China Garden for dinner with Ron and Eileen and Ralph and Barb. It was very good. After dinner Dan took the Island on the way home and we went on the beach. Dan stopped and Eileen walked on the beach for awhile looking for sandollars and she found a sea bean.. It is a seed from tropical fruit and the ban comes from Belize or Costa Rica...there are many different types and she found a sea heart bean...  then we stopped at Roberts park and watch a barge come through with a part of a oil rig on it...  and some dolphins... Seen a beautiful sunset.. A wonderful end to a nice day...

March 24th    Sunday

Windy again this morning.. Had an interesting early morning situation.  I was woken up at 2:15 AM by a shrieking nose.   I got up and looked around and then woke up Dan and told him that there is a detector that is going off.  In the meantime, Herbie woke up and then he was in disarray (shaking and panting and racing around.  One of the  detector went off.. What had sent it off was a Cherry Blossom Glade air freshener.  Once Dan got the noise under control, Herbie wanted to go outside.  Normally I would just open the door and let him out for potty, but I knew that I had to put a leash on him, as he would run.  Yep, I had a leash on him and I opened the door and he took off to the road.  So here I am, in my pajamas, barefoot walking down the street. I had just gone to the end of the road and wanted to come back and Herbie did not want to.. I got him back and now it is 3 AM and I was wide awake, and Dan went back to bed.  I stayed up with Herbie and watched TV for 2 hours and then went back to bed.  Herbie was all calmed down.     

We had breakfast at Ron and Eileen's, Yummy.... Then Dan and I had to go get some groceries and   then we stopped over by Gene and Linda's for a visit and then we decided that we were going out for dinner at Beaches Cafe.   Ron and Eileen joined us.  Seeing that they were out of Bread Pudding, Dairy Queen was on the menu for dessert.  Ralph and Barb joined us and we had a great visit, as Ralph and Barb were leaving in the morning.  

What a week... time to unwind.................

A week from today we leave our Winter Home and head to the Hill Country before we

Head  North.. Hopefully the snow will be mostly gone...