Just a quick synopsis.
We're back in the swing of things here - most of our Winter Texan friends have arrived. Karen and Steve from Wisconsin were only three hours from their home, hydroplaned and rolled their 31 foot trailer. The truck did not roll but incurred $5,000 in damages, the back end was 5 feet off the ground. Instead of getting here on the first, they arrived on the 11th with a new 5th wheel. We've enjoyed happy hour around the park with neighbors and at the activity center. BEST of all, Wednesday night dinners by Chef Betty. We've enjoyed our walks and bike rides along Fulton Beach Road, always so pretty. So far we've only seen egrets, herons, pelicans and those nasty gulls. Not all of their bird winter Texans aren't here yet either.
On a nice rainy day we decided to go to Corpus Christi (about 30 miles down the gulf) to shop for some new area rugs and shoes for Gary. Along the Causeway just before the bridge we ran over something, neither of us saw anything, we heard a "thump", then the tire sensor came on. We pulled off on the last exit before the bridge. LUCKY After an hour wait AAA came, changed the tire, our next stop was the tire shop to fix the tire. The full size spare we have was still full after 116,000 miles on the Jeep, thank goodness. After lunch at the Longhorn Steak house (thumbs down) we finally made it to the shopping center along with most of Corpus Christi. We struck out on the rugs but Gary did get new shoes. After a quick trip to the NEX at NAS Corpus Christi we headed home.
The weather has been mostly nice, from the mid 80's to low 70's even in the rain. Gary has started volunteering on the USS Lexington, nicknamed the Blue Ghost, a WWII era aircraft carrier that has been on Corpus Christi's bay front since being decommissioned in 1991 and now a National Historic Site. Two other retired Navy men in the park volunteer there and have taken him under their "wing".
I've gotten back to exercising at Snap fitness, the first day back I over did, man did I pay for it for several days.
Gail, Marti, Karen and I went to Aransas Pass for a Christmas Bazaar, went to lunch at Starfish Willies on the boat harbor in AP. We have yet to go there when the weather is warm enough to sit outside. We had a great time visiting and overeating. Next door is a 3 layer boat storage, It's interesting to watch them shuffle the boats in and out. Back in Rockport we checked out Castaways, the large local thrift store, you never know what you'll find there. We went to "old town" to a few shops before heading home. Around 4, RJ, Gail, Gary and I drove up to Aransas Wildlife Refuge. We saw a couple if spoonbills, many egrets, herons and at the top of the observation about 20 buzzards were hanging out until we scared them off. I don't think I've been that close to one before, big birds. We saw several deer, a HUGE alligator and an amazing ant hill. We had dinner at "Pops" just across Copano Bay from Fulton. It was crazy busy, we had to have a couple of beers during the hour wait for our food. We got back in time to watch the Ducks beat Stanford 38-36. Wah Hoo!!!!
Yesterday we spent the morning cleaning. Gary cleaned out the "basement", somewhere along the line we picked up a mouse (or two?) plus a bunch of ants from Tampa. The mouse chewed up two of my sweaters and my polar fleece socks. They must be able to make themselves very flat to get into the sealed containers. After the ice cream social Gary played pegs and jokers, I stayed in the coach and nursed a sore back. Our Seahawks lost to Arizona 39-32, they played miserably.
Sorry no pictures, we kept forgetting to take our camera with us, Gary did take the camera to the Wildlife Refuge, but the memory card was in the coach.
TTFN,
Gary and Pam
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