(Real-Time Note on 6/8/2015: Well, as you may have noticed, I have severely neglected
this blog for a REALLY long time now. To
be honest, it is now closing in on the summer of 2015… Embarrassing, but c’est la vie! So, as I have done before (but not always
admitted), I will be reconstructing our past adventures and will back-date the
posts. Even if no one but me reads
these, it’s OK: I enjoy looking back at all the fun we’ve had as retirees on the
road!)
So, after arriving in Weslaco TX yesterday (Wednesday, December 5, 2012), we began our
winter in “the valley”. I kept very busy
this winter assisting with the picture book that is produced every other year
for Magic Valley residents. I had a
great time taking pictures of all the groups and activities and - other than
assisting with the process of signing up and checking in all the residents for
their formal portraits - I was primarily responsible for creating the activity
pages for the books. Fun, but kept me
pretty busy… And, of course, that meant
that John didn’t feel guilty at all (does he ever?) going golfing several times
a week with his buds, Tony, Fred and the two Bills.
On Tuesday, December
18, we went to see the Christmas lights in Hidalgo again.
Our oldest son, Eric, popped in for a short visit on Wednesday, December 19 and left on
Thursday, December 20. Always
wonderful to see our kids!
Christmas found us celebrating with John’s sister Jane and
her family, husband Tony, his parents Cornie & Maybelle, and our nephew
Jeremy & his wife Dawn.
John says “Merry Christmas” to all of you!
Later that afternoon we converged on the park hall for the
annual Christmas dinner with another couple hundred folks! Fun time and wonderful food, as usualJ
We’ve sure enjoyed this
group of folks as we’ve become better acquainted over the past few years. We have block party happy hours every couple
weeks all winter long and always have fun!
On Wednesday, January
2, we headed up to San Antonio for John’s hearing aid check-up at the
VA. With a five hour one-way drive, we opted
to stay overnight there… And, we did the
same thing (only two nights this time) on Friday,
January 25 for another routine medical appointment and to pick up his new hearing aids.
Part of our plan for spending one more winter in south
Texas was to do a few more of the touristy things that we hadn’t yet done. While we didn’t get to everything on our
list, we did manage to go to the Museum of South Texas History on Thursday, February 7.
It was pretty good, too – artifacts clear back
to prehistoric days...
...and the
original Native Americans...
...to the
early 1500's when the first Europeans probably discovered the Texas coast.
They even included some interactive displays
which I couldn’t resist donning!
All in all, a fun day!
Tuesday, February 26: back in San Antonio for John’s eye appointment and new glasses.
On Saturday, March 9,
we were in San Antonio at North Park Lincoln for a service appointment for the
car.
Thursday,
March 21: Finished packing up the rig and headed for the hill
country at around 9:30 a.m. Got our 2nd
annual Alaska gang reunion coming up!
