It was foggy when we got up this morning; the sun soon came out and burned it off. We attended a presentation from the Border Patrol at 9 am and it lasted 2 hours, lots of questions. Afterwards, we went to Walmart to pick up a few items and a birthday card then came home and at 3 PM, we went to the hall for live music and a birthday party for our friend and neighbour, Jack. We had fun and we all met again at Ed’s for some snackies. The wind became cold which put a damper on the whole thing and people left early. Val went over to Ed and Joanne to check on her as she has not been feeling well in the last couple weeks.
Overcast, rain forecast and very windy gusting to 35 MPH; what a day!!! Val went for her exercises this morning and did some Tai-Chi. I changed the oil and checked the air filter on our portable generator, started it and made sure it worked fine as we will probably need it in Big Ben National Park. The rest of the day was quiet. We went for burgers at the club house at 5 pm then home; no Happy Hour this evening, just too windy. We watched "Survivors” and listened to the wind buffeting the trailer.
The wind has abated some this morning and it is still cloudy but already 70* at 8 AM. It was a hot one, went up to 94*F (32*C) by 2 PM! Val did a load of laundry and I stayed inside under the A/C’s comfort and read. Around 4 PM, we all met at Ed’s place for H.H and it was still very warm; everyone was scrambling for shade. We went over to Louise and Dave afterwards then came home and I made the mistake of sitting down and passed out...too much bourbon!!!
Cloudy and warm, no winds! We headed back to the dentist in Nuevo Progresso for an adjustment on Val’s teeth. This was definitely our last time there. I don’t know why but the parking lot was full of cars, RV’s and busses yet nothing was going on in Progresso; we even asked around. We had lunch there and after our adjustments, we shopped a bit and Val picked up a couple items for grand-daughter McKinley. No problem at the border and the line up was small. We came home, had H.H at Louise and Dave and ended up inside having grilled cheese sandwiches and played a couple games of ‘Sequence”. I am very sad to report the boys won once again!!! To bed by 11PM!
We went to an outdoor “Cook-Out” at Mercedes State Park. It cost $10 for both of us to get in and we had to buy tokens worth $2. each which bought us beer and certain meals. We bought beer but there was so much food for free that we didn’t pay for any of it. The best was the rib cook-out. Each kiosk was serving their own recipes and was fighting for first prize judged by a group of people. There was lots of music including live shows. We saw a lot of our friends there from Pine and Pecan Street. We came home with full stomachs.
Of all rotten luck and so near to our leaving, I am with a very bad sore throat and runny nose. When we got home, I went straight to bed as I was feeling worst. Val went to H.H without me. At 6 PM, everyone went out for dinner including Val and I stayed home; I just wasn’t in the mood to socialize or be of good company. I asked Val to bring me a salad back. This was a farewell dinner for the 4 of us as we are leaving in 3 days and Louise and Dave tomorrow. I was in bed by 9 PM feeling lousy.
Val had a good time last evening which is good, she even came home with two glasses from “Olive Gardens” and so did Louise, given to them free! I got up this morning stuffed up but no worst for the wear. Dave and Louise left around 10 AM after saying goodbye to everyone. I vacuumed and washed the inside of the truck, put the BBQ and tables away and installed the rack on top of the truck. That’s it for today; Val did laundry; getting anxious to leave, not that we don’t like this Park, it’s just time to move on. Val went for H.H at Ed’s place and I joined them for a while but came home before anyone else, just not feeling right yet. Watched the tube for a while then went to bed by 9 PM. It was cloudy but warm all day and no wind to speak of.
What a day! It was warm all night and with my cold, I had a lousy sleep and I was up by 6:30 AM from all the coughing. We had very STRONG winds all day, gusting to 44 MPH. I went to Walmart and had an oil change and changed the two batteries in the truck; it had been acting up when starting in the morning and they were due to be change anyway. Afterwards, I phone ATT&T and renew my phone for another month but on a cheaper rate. We went back to Walmart to pick up some groceries for our stay in Big Bend as the Kirkby’s told us there wasn’t much there and food and fuel was expensive. At home, I stopped at the office and paid our final electrical bill then I loaded the kayaks with Val’s help, had the rig washed for $50, put away the satellite dish and all the chairs except two. We went to Happy Hour at Ed’s and afterwards, we said our final goodbye to those who won’t be there tomorrow morning. We are pretty well ready to go. The winds continued into the evening and finally abated. Rosemarie and Cookie came over to say their goodbyes, we walked over to Debbie and Al afterwards but they were already in bed; no lights in the house.
Tomorrow, we leave for Big Bend where we will be without internet and phone contact for a few days.
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