South Padre Adventure

Butch's cousin Dick and his wife Joann visited for a few days in Sunny South Texas. These photos are from our South Padre adventure. The wind was blowing 'like 60' as my grandma used to say. The beach was void of people. The shrimp at Dirty Al's was wonderful!

 Oil derrick platforms in storage.

 Looks like snow but it is sand.

                                    Dick and Joann Jorgensen

  Looks like a barge. I was able to get this shot compliments of my new camera.

Butch and Joann

Designated seating.

                                                      Shrimp

                                                    Red Snapper

                                                         Crab legs

Postponed

We have had a bit of an upset in our plans. Joann caught a bug and cannot be too far away from a facility so we are waiting for her to find some relief and a desire to resume the activities. We ate the same food so that isn't it.
So for the time being, we are being leisurely.

I have a feeling it may not work to coax her to come down again.
The bloom is off the rose.

Jorgensens trip- Day 1 Mexico

 Mexican/USA border- the Rio Grande River

Lineup of chimineas

Baby Blankets

 These two pups were on guard duty in a store.

 The Red Snapper

Easter Pinatas

Lunch at Jessica's

 Joann left for a minute and the next time we looked there she was on the dance floor!

Seasonal Switch

In short order, we will be heading back to Iowa and the other half of our lives. My emphasis changes because I write about what is happening in our lives or to those close to us.
Butch's cousin, Dick Jorgensen and his wife Joanne are coming down to get the grand south Texas tour for a few days so I will have great opportunities for photo ops.  It will be fun seeing things familiar to us through their eyes.
Till next time...

Leo and Keri's grands. 3 out of 4

Little Clara Davis- the youngest at 1 month.

And her cousins Beckett and Brady Westergaard

Winding Down

Things are winding down around here so we finally had time to go to Harlingen and visit with friends Brian and Mary Carlson. Mary is a friend from our youth and a classmate of Butch's. Back then we called her Mary Ellen Minnehan.

They are coming to Iowa in August so maybe we will get to see them again this year.

We then stopped at Marlene and Bernards, picked them up and went to lunch at Los Asado's. I had talapia and it was VERY good. http://losasados.com/menu/
Then back to the Kelley's for cribbage. Always a good time with family. Shortly before we came home Dwight came by so we were able to say hello.

Leo and Keri's newest Grandchild -Clara Rosalie Davis

Mayo cake

I have enjoyed this cake before and it is yummy!! Also, if the print is too small you can click on the image to enlarge it.

Slower pace

People are beginning to return to their northern homes. We have made a few moves in that direction. We do have to make plans. I have set the date for mail delivery to stop here. March 22nd. I will need to call Jefferson and have it held at the post office till we get there. I do have a ToDo list and keep it from year to year tweaking it here and there. I use an app called ToDo in Chrome to do this.

I enjoy the slowdown when people start leaving. Traffic is lighter. Grocery aisles see less traffic as well. Fewer park events. More like being on vacation and less like fast paced living.
We have had some heavy rain events the past few days and a few more are promised. It hasn't stopped too much activity just yet but I am ready for sun filled days to return leaving the local weathermen twiddling their thumbs.

Padre Island on my Birthday!

Yesterday we met up with Marlene and Bernard and went to the Island, South Padre Island, where the seafood is fresh and Spring break has started. It was still easy to get around so it isn't in full swing just yet.

This is the pirate ship moored at Pirate's Landing where we stopped for lunch. I had a Shrimp P' Boy and coleslaw. Delicious! 

 Bernard and Marlene looking good!

The yellow-headed parrot was grooming the blue and white one. They did appear to be best buddies.

 It was high tide.

 Sandpiper

 A one footed sea gull. It did seem to be doing alright despite the loss of his left foot.

 Bernard and Spring breaker guys.

 Marlene and Butch

If they had not been looking down they may have known I was taking their picture.

Beach patrol. It was a hazy day