Day 89 - April 6th - Last Resort RV Park - Rockport, TX

Nothing much to report, except that Vacation time is running out quickly. Only 3 more sleeps until time to hit the road northward. I did take the time to check the 10 day weather forecasts for our chosen route through the Mid-Western States. Appears we have a window with fair weather all the way. The only anomaly is a few showers around Wichita, Kansas about the 12th day of April, about the time we will be passing there. Good weather forecast all the way to the Canadian border. Not even frost at night.

The photo of the day today will be of Denice, "Saving the wildlife of America". Today was laundry day, so we went to Aransas Pass, where the best laundry is located. Completed the project and were headed home. Just on the outskirts of town, I had just got up to highway speed, when the co-pilot shouted, "STOP". Now never one to question the co-pilot, I slammed on the brakes and pulled to the right shoulder.

"Did you see that"? she queried.

"See what" I responded.

"That big turtle trying to cross the road".

"Never saw it"

"Back up"

I did for about a couple of hundred yards, along the shoulder while highway traffic zoomed by. I guess nobody else saw, or didn't care about one Mr Turtle. We pulled to a stop and "MS. Save the Animals" was out of the door, stopped all 4 lanes of traffic and rescued poor Mr Turtle. Now that may be what she calls "Enhancing" the story a little, but she did save the turtle from a sure fired "flattening" experience. She took him and placed him back in his own environment to a water filled ditch. I'm sure he was thankful and so were we. Today we did our duty of protecting our fragile environment.

Day 88 - April 5th - Last Resort RV Park - Rockport, TX

Just another relaxing day. Breakfast, lunch, then a quick trip to HEB for supplies. Denice is making dinner for the Brown's and ourselves this evening so need a few more things. Dinner consisted of a Thia soup that she concockted, that turned out very good. Then the main course of Thia Shrimp on a bed of white rice. Now that was different story. As soon as she put it on the stove I detected the curry smell as being "Different". Now when Denice makes something "Different", I am always somewhat concerned. Now especially when we have company. Well, when presented onto the table, I took the liberty of placing the tangs of my fork into the juice. The tangs instantly turned blue from the heat. I touched them to my tongue, and felt nothing for a few minutes. Then fire shot through my mouth, until quenched with a glass of milk. Now a warning to our guests. IT IS HOT!!! Well we all took cautious helpings, but limited the amount of sauce. Everbody enjoyed, or at least they minded their manners, and said the flavor was great, but a little HOT! One helping each was all that each of us needed, and a gallon of milk.

Day 87 - April 4th - Last Resort RV Park - Rockport, TX

Another nice day in Rockport TX. At about noon John and Brenda invite us to go to Pizza Hut for lunch - we accept. Then after take the ladies to the Old Historic Street to do some shopping - They search through the stores looking for that most unique item that they can brag about to friends back home. John and I walk the streets, just waiting for their return. Not too much that excited us. Returned home by 3:30PM and did some more "nothing" until time to eat again - left over pizza.Talked on "Skype" to the both of our kids back home. Not too glorious of a picture. Snow, snow, snow. Although it is now starting to melt. Sure hope it keeps that trend as it is only 5 days until we need to head that direction!!!

Day 85 - April 2nd - Last Resort RV Park - Rockport, TX

Lazy Day - not really a thing to report for the day. Did some reading --- and resting. Denice cooked up a large bowl of Leek/potatoe soup. Gave Brenda half of it and we had the other half for dinner. Weather was very windy today, so we just hunkered down for the day.

Oh Yes, Mr. Squirrel outsmarted me again.

Made a Skype video call to Shannon, Samantha, and "The Little Dude" this afternoon when Samantha was picking him up from Shannons. That was entertaining to see them. Skype is a great program for us Snowbirds to keep in touch with Family back home. And you can take snaps of them from the video cam.

Pretty good sunset tonight, so drove down the bay and snapped these.

Day 82 - March 30th - Last Resort RV Park - Rockport, TX

Same old, Same Old. Breakfast, but then go to HEB for some groceries - Once there realized had forgot the grocery list, so now you need to realize that at our age, we had no idea what was on it, so had to drive back to ELTORO to get the list. Back at HEB bought the store out - well almost! Back home stored the loot. Salad for lunch - calorie free. Then Brenda and Denice start cooking for our "Finger Food" Dinner tonight.
Well so much for the diet.
Now it's 9:ooPM and dinner is over. I had to take a walk around the park, to walk off some of that "Finger Food". We had Jalapeno Poppers, "Yumm" , Potatoe Burger Bytes, "Yummm" and fresh vegetable Platter with dips, and for dessert Fresh Fruit Platter with dips. If you want to see, check out Johns Blog. A Great Evening.
P.S. Brenda, IF YOU GET THE NEW BOWL YOUR COUSIN MICKEY THINKS YOU SHOULD GIVE IT TO HER. WHAT DO YOU THINK???

Day 80 - March 28th - Last Resort RV Park - Rockport, TX

Let me see -- What did we do on the 28th??? Is been a couple of days now since I updated ---and My Memory ---
I think we went to the maritime museum. Lots of old stuff there, so felt at home. That was in the afternoon. In the morning I guess we did nothing.
Three floors to the museum. All well done with lots of history. Then stopped briefly at the Aquarium. Small and not a lot of stuff there. Just Fish!
Got home. had dinner - not sure what ---
Finally decided to dig out my mini Lathe and make a bowl for Brenda. Went up to the RV Parks woodpile, and picked a good piece of oak firewood, and brought ot back to the motorhome. Oak is cheap here as that is almost he only type of tree around here, and so with the development of the RV Park extension, lots of excess wood is piled for the use of anyone that wants it. Mostly for fires, except for a person like myself that values it for what it really is. I know the price of it back in Canada. Cut of a 6" piece of the log with my trusty chainsaw, and attached it to the lathe. By dark was able to remove most of the bark, but will have to complete it tomorrow.
All for today !!

Day 79 - March 27th - Last Resort RV Park - Rockport, TX

It was one of those days. Not much action. Up at 6:00AM for coffee, then made one cycle around the park, about 1/2 mile. We had committed to walking every morning, but somehow it just has never happened. Guess we better get on with the program and get some miles under our belt. Let me tell you, there is not much room for anything under our belts as it seems all we have been doing is eating, and my belt seems to be getting tighter. After our short walk we had breakfast of cereal. Then rested till near noon. Denice made a great chicken soup for lunch from the leftovers we had from last nights HEB BAR-B-Que chicken supper. Of course when she makes soup, she makes lots. We now have 2 containers in the freezer.

After lunch made a trip into town. I need to buy an electric chain saw so I can cut some short log sections to put on the lathe and turn some small bowls. Brenda is threatening me, if she doesn't get one before we leave, so I better shape up and get after it.

On the way in we went by the beach route, and took a short jaunt out onto the public wharf. It is nearly 1/2 mile long out into water that they tell me is about 10 ft deep. Not sure what this guy was doing out there!! No fishing Rod, no camera, no ambition!!

Must be one of those retired snowbirds!!!A few fishermen are out there, but the only fish I saw them catch was some little trout-like fish about 6" long that they fed to the resident heron.

So once at ACE Hardware I was able to buy an electric Reminton chain saw with a 14" bar for $54.99. Not bad. One the way home, my co-pilot, suggested we stop at DQ for a treat. Once we had the ice cream, it was obvious that in the 92 degree heat it was going to melt before we got home, so we made a beline to the beach and enjoyed it there. While there Eagle Eyed Denice, who always has her camera, spied a new shore bird. Now I know its not a sparrow and not a crow, so what is it?? My birder partner says it is a long billed curlew. Here is a photo of it.Then home and some more slack time until time to get dinner. I get the barbie going and put on some back ribs, while Denice gets the rest of the meal ready. Very Good!!

Weather forcast is for a front to go through tonight with high winds and a severe drop in temperature to about 49 degrees. As I write this at 9:00PM it still has not materialized, so not sure if it is really going to happen or not.

I'll let you know in tomorrows Blog.

Day 77 - March 25th - Last Resort RV Park, Rockport, TX

Another day of just rest and relax. All I would be able to talk about would be what we ate.
Ham, pancakes, and eggs for breakfast.
Egg Salad sandwiches for Lunch.
Spaghetti and Meatballs for Dinner.
Called back to Pincher Creek, Alberta to wish our grand-daughter Samantha a very Happy Birthday - her 24th.
Because Dennis doesn't have a lot to say, I decided to add a bit.........we were watching the weather channel (a favorite pastime when you are getting near time to head north!)anyway...the weather north doesn't look to good......snowing, raining and flooding.....even tornadoes!! YUK! Dennis thinks we should just stay here, maybe another month (not me....humidity is about 95%). Of course, we need to go home for TAXES, Dennis says "maybe we should become Tax Dodgers!!!!! We don't leave here until April 8th, perhaps the weather will be better by then....
I went shopping with Brenda today.....first shopping I've done. Bought a couple of tops and a neat pair of flip flops.

Day 74 - March 22nd - Last Resort RV Park, Rockport, TX

Lazy DayDenice up and made breakfast for us, and John and Brenda, of sausage and white gravy and Bisquits. Her white gravy was much better than you get at the local restrauants.Didn't do a lot more that for the rest of the day, but rest and read. I have been reading a book, "A Time to Die" by Wibur Smith. I have found it very good, with non stop action, so have had a hard time putting it down. All his books are about Africa, and this was no exception. It starts with a hunting trip for Lions and an Elephant, but continues when the subjects encounter waring African Factions, and they get caught up in between them. I just had to get to the end, so did little else, and finished it in the evening.

Day 71 - March 19th - Last Resort RV Resort, Rockport, TX

A quiet Day Today - Not much on the Agenda, except a hair appointment for Denice at 11:30. Took her down the Harbor Oaks Village to Hair Affair in Rockport, and I went on about my way. Over to Ace Hardware to see what they had and then on down to the Copano Bridge. Beside the new 2 mile long bridge there is an old one near water level that is now dedicated to a fishing wharf. With nothing else to do for a couple of hours I wandered about half way across. Took a few shots and talked to a few of the locals. Poor fishing today one told me, not warm enough. Not sure what that has to do with it, but any excuse will do.

1:00 o'clock I was back at the hair dressers and Denice was standing outside waiting for me. Not sure what they all do in there but she goes in for $75 and comes out looking like a million bucks, and 20 years younger. Wonder what they could do for me --------

By now, of course, it was after lunch time, so we stopped at Charlotte Plummers Restaurant on the beach front. I had Gigantic shrimp, and they were big ones, Denice had a shrimp salad. Returned home and rested the remainder of the day. Seven PM went over to John and Brendas for dessert, Pear crumb cake and ice cream. A couple of their RV Dreamer Blog Friend, Rod and Loyce, came over and we chatted till my eyes got heavy.

Goodnight all

Day 70 - March 18th - Last Resort RV Park, Rockport, TX

Quiet Day today - Laundry Detail - The park that we are in only has 3 washers and 3 driers and is somewhat ageing - Denice wouldn't put her clothes in until she cleaned the machines first. I think next wash will be down town. I think there is a couple of good ones down there.
Watched John polish his RV next to me. Wonder if some of that energy will rub off onto me. I did get him to stop and visit for a while to give him a rest, but then he was after it again. Sure hope he doesn't polish the paint right off! I guess these new rigs just don't have the quality paint mine has. Mine just doesn't need or at least get that kind of attention. (John, feel free to start on a new project with more challenge than on yours)
Can't talk anymore about what we ate for the day. Some folks think we do nothing BUT eat. I guess that is somewhat true. The other thing we do is BUY food.
Talked with son Ross today on "Skype". This is a great system to voice communicate over the computer, but has to be computer to computer to be free. Voice is instantaneous and clear, much better than over the cell, that is rather "hit and miss" here. E-mailed Shannon and told her to download it also. She answered she would, and then sent photos of the "Little Dude" our GREAT-GRANDSON now 9 months old. Now everybody knows how old we really are !!
If anybody else would like to talk directly to us and would like to use skype, the downloading process is relatively simple. Just go to the web to and search Google for "Skype". Once found the site just start the download process. After loading it up you will have to set up a name for yourself, and e-mail it to me so that I can include you as a contact. From there on, just call me or I can call you. When called, your computer will ring as with a telephone. You can also just send text messages.
We did call, on the cell to my brother Larry, back home in Edmonton today, to find how they are wintering. Everything seems good there, and the weather is not bad either. Enid is doing well, as she has been taking some medical treatments, and says she is on the upswing. Really good to hear Enid!! We think often about you guys and wish you were down here with us again this year. Last year we had a GREAT couple of weeks together in Arizona.
Well, I guess its time to sign off. I'm still full of dinner of BAR-B-Qued ribs with spuds, onions and turnips, done in the barbie in tinfoil. Just had to get that in.

Day 62 - March 10th, - Last Resort RV Park, Rockport, TX

A quiet day today. Just laid around and relaxed most of the day. Denice was just not quite up to par today so we just read and enjoyed our surroundings for the day. That is what retirement is all about isn't it?? Did go down to HEB (Here Everything is Better) grocery store for some supplies that we were short of. Found some pre-cooked Catfish and chips for supper.

Day 55 - March 3rd - Picacho Peak RV Resort

Not a whole lot to report today. Just kicked back for the morning after our Bacon and Egg breakfast. Denice brewed up some soup for lunch, and then we went to Casa Grande to do some restocking of the pantry shelves. Needed a Walmart fix I guess. Then stopped at the Outlet Mall on the way back. Made just a few small purchases. Then a Snow Cone for the return trip to Picacho Peak. Once home, put away our purchases, and wandered down to John and Brendas to shoot the breeze for an hour. Back home for Side Pork supper. We have always enjoyed Side Pork, but it needs lots of spices! I cooked (Broiled) it on the BAR-B-QUE. I have been packing a griddle of my mothers for years in the motorhome, but never used it. This seemed lke a great time, so I got it out of one of the back compartments, washed it up, and put it on the Barbie. I think that this is the first time it has been used in many a moon. I do remember my Mother cooking hot cakes on it on the coal stove on the farm. I had forgotten how big it was. It took the whole surface of my little barbie, but sure worked good. Then after supper we went back to John and Brendas for dessert. Angel Food and Strawberries. Pretty hard to turn that down. Now that's fine food for those that have to have Kraft Dinner for supper two days in a row, but they do have 1/4 million $$$ Motorhome!!!!!! Brenda said I would do this. ---
No photo ops today --------