heating up here

I am having withdrawal symptoms now that sue is back home at work. :-( It is true that distanace makes the heart grow fonder. Last Monday I met Dave and Genni Bailey from Brantford, Ontario at the Longhorn restaurant for Lunch All I had was a baked potatoe which if you looked at the picture of the one Sue got at this restaruant when she was down you will know why it filled me up. After Lunch I invited Dave and Genni back to Fun and Sun for a tour. Dave is the activities director at the Fig Tree RV Park that they stay at (a much smaller park) and was interested in what we did at this park. I think he was a bit in awe of the size and number of activities and facitlities we have here. Paul and Jane joined us for drinks at my rig as well. I washed the RV roof on Tuesday and on Wed. got into trouble with the ladies here at the park as while in the pool I started walking in a counter clockwise direction.......????? I guess there is an unwritten rule that traffic in the pool goes only one way (maybe to get the water moving in a lazy river motion) anyway I guess I'm just a rule breaker and a few of the ladies let me know it. :-0 Oh my ......some seniors are so so so well senior. I have been taking advantage of the warm weather and sunny skies and have worked on my tan. Today Saturday I headed off to the DonWes Flea market (this one is set up for RVer's) then dropped into the Weslaco Onionfest. Pictures are posted here. http://picasaweb.google.ca/collindo99 Interesting afternoon. I met a couple of winter Texans but these ones were only from the Texas panhandle. We had a nice chat while standing in line waiting for a Blooming Onion. She informed me that she could not sleep at night if she didn't have her gun with her. Oh well ya don't mess with older Texans. I have great difficulty understanding that attitiude as well as the depth of feeling here in Texas from Seniors against the health care bill. They say they don't want "socialized" medical yet they all take advantage of there seniors health program which I believe is a government program. Oh well for all it's shortcomings I'll stick with the Ontario Health care program, and am glad we got it. well back out to enjoy a few more of those 90 degree rays.
Doug.

whew I'm tired

What a great week, but boy am I tired. Monday was spent shopping during the day then getting ready for the Luau. Pics posted here..... http://picasaweb.google.ca/collindo99 We had a great time at the dinner and dance and met many new friends. Tuesday we went to the Texas Roadhouse for supper, then getting ready for our Mexican trip for the rest of the week. Wednesday Paul was kind enough to drive us to the pickup spot early in the morning where we loaded the bus for the trip to Real De Catorce. Our 3 days in Mexico were great. The scenery was great, the people friendly and of course my partner fantastic. I have posted pics with captions on the trip. We arrived home late on Friday night but were up Saturday to head out to Progresso Mexico for a last round of shopping for Sue. Saturday night we invited Paul and Jane out to supper and had another great time. We had an early rise to get Sue to the airport in McAllen for a 5:30 am flight on Sunday. I couldn't sleep when I got back so decided to go to church but have basically vegged the rest of today.
Doug.

Sunshine and Sue

Sue arrived safe Friday night and the weather so far has been great. Sunny and warm. We went to South Padre Island Saturday for a great day at the beach and to get fried. Had lunch at Dirty Als.....great shrimp, fish and crab stuffed Jalepino peppers. Then on to the beach........found a secluded area to sunbath then decided to drive south on the beach to the built up area to see the hoards of March break college students........what a zoo At 5pm we were in the line of cars heading across the bridge back to the mainland and it was a solid line of traffic going back onto the island of college kids getting ready to party the night away. Stopped at a shell shop on the way back and of course couldn't pass up a Dairy Queen. Sunday we went to the local Episcopalian church and saw the ministers funky new hair doo. Then to Dennys for brunch and back to the park to the pool and hot tub. Paul and Jane had us over for supper last night and we went to the Sunday icecream social for desert. Sue mentioned to one of the servers that this was her first ice cream social so he piled on the ice cream she must of had a gallon herself. Then back to Paul and Janes for good conversation and drinks.
It is a bit cloudy today so of course that means shopping weather to Sue. Pics located here
http://picasaweb.google.ca/collindo99

Doug.

this and that

Well I am getting excited Sue is scheduled to visit tomorrow......  I have been keeping busy over the last few days.  Went to the Borderfest celebrations in Hidalgo with Paul and Jane and had a good time...... saw Charro as well Pics in the photo gallery  here   http://picasaweb.google.ca/collindo99 
I was also invited to a cookup across the way the lady was cooking seafood gumbo for the first time very good.   Then someone got out a guitar, keyboard and mic and we had a singing session.   The following night the rig next to mine brought out his setup (boy these guys have all the equiptment)  and we had an inpromptu concert ..... there are some really good musicians and singers here.  
I went to the movie as well last night and saw Shutter Island.   A bit dark and artsey but a good movie non the less.   I had to go to the wash station here in the park this morning to wash the truck (got to get it clean for Sue  :-) )    and as the temps are again going to be up in the high 80's will spend some time at the pool. 
doug.

talented people

Today was the arts and crafts display day. A day for the clubs at the park to show off their wares. There sure are some talented artists of all kinds here at the park. I have posted some pictures of the display day here. http://picasaweb.google.ca/collindo99
I also visited the Iwo Jima Memorial in Harlingen  Pics in the picture gallery above.
Doug.

I'm alive I'm alive

Had a good time at the Titanium Luncheon yesterday and afterwords visited the DonWes Flea market. Today I went to the morning Koffee Klutch but was a good boy and didn't have any of the very sugary donuts. The Valley Baptist Medical center had a health fair here this morning to highlight there services and I had a number of tests done for free. My blood pressure was 120 over 82 almost perfect. My blood sugar after having breakfast was 84 which was very good and I also stood in line for a long while to get an ABI test. That's a Ankle/Brachial Index to see if I was at risk for PAD that's Peripheral Arterial Disease. They use a Doppler machine to compare your blood pressure readings of the arms and legs. As my father has this I figured I better check it out. I came out with a reading of 1 which generally means normal. soooooo I'm alive and good for another 50years or 500,000 Kms. As it was near noon when I finished the tests I decided to get lunch at the lunch counter they have here in the park. Today I had an open faced hot pork sandwich with mashed potatoes and bread pudding for desert. This afternoon I did some maintenance chores around the trailer had a nap and then went for a long walk. Temps were good with partly sunny skies.
Doug.

we have a winner

Things have dried out nicely here as it hasn't rained in quite a while. Temps are warm most days in the 70's some in the 80's. Yesterday I cleaned up in the trailer then drove to Brownsville with Paul to visit Harbour Freight (discount tool store) and Best Buy. Short trip as it is only about 20 Min's to Brownsville from here. Carving club in the afternoon then Paul and Jane took me to the Texas Longhorn restaurant and bought me supper to celebrate my birthday. Brisket and ribs and the establishment threw in a banana desert for my birthday. Back at the park there was a Las Vegas Casino night going on. You purchased tickets, used them to play and any tickets you had left you put your name on and put in a bag to try and win the associated prize. I was quite lucky at blackjack and so had quite a few tickets to sign. I ended up winning two prizes for Sue. Today I am off to a Titanium Luncheon further up the valley and will probably stop into the DonWes Flea market as it is right behind. This flea market is run by RVer's for RVer's and has lots of the usual stuff plus lots of things (obviously) for RV's there is also a large farmers market across the street, time to stock up on grapefruit and pineapple.
By the way thanks for all the birthday wishes.
Doug.