Sunday, May 9, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
May 1, 2010 Goodbye to more friends
Yes - the Sabinal Grill is wonderful. It is sure to be on our 'stop' list when we are driving through Sabinal! David had an enchilada plate that he said was good, I had tilapia, baked potatoe and salad bar...yum! We shared a piece of lemon merengue pie! Then we took advantage of having our home with us, and pulled into a rest area to take a nap :) We had started our generator to 'exercise it' (you are supposed to do that every month), and had the air conditioner on - it was heavenly taking a nice nap before going on down the road!
We got set up on our lot around 6ish, and had an early night. The past couple days have been very busy - end of month stuff in the office, and much mowing, weeding, and spiffing up for the co-op since we are having our 23rd birthday celebration tomorrow! The club is furnishing 'speedies' (a wonderful marinated grilled sandwich) and everyone is bringing side salads...oh yeah, there will be cake and ice cream too! I'm making a big tossed salad with homemade dressing.
Last night 8 of us went to Bill & Rosa's for a goodbye dinner with some wonderful people, Mike and Caryn Drew. They've been work campers here at the park since November, 2009 and although we didn't get to know them over a long periof of time, we enjoyed their company while we did, and look forward to seeing them come back next fall! I've got some pics to add later at this spot!
Tonight we are going for groceries and having dinner at the Jade Buffet - David actually likes it - 'cause he loves their shrimp and fried rice...me, I like it all!
All for now - I'll try to post pics tonight or tomorrow!
Mike and Caryn, Bonnie & Ed, Bob & Jan...thanks for the memories!
We got set up on our lot around 6ish, and had an early night. The past couple days have been very busy - end of month stuff in the office, and much mowing, weeding, and spiffing up for the co-op since we are having our 23rd birthday celebration tomorrow! The club is furnishing 'speedies' (a wonderful marinated grilled sandwich) and everyone is bringing side salads...oh yeah, there will be cake and ice cream too! I'm making a big tossed salad with homemade dressing.
Last night 8 of us went to Bill & Rosa's for a goodbye dinner with some wonderful people, Mike and Caryn Drew. They've been work campers here at the park since November, 2009 and although we didn't get to know them over a long periof of time, we enjoyed their company while we did, and look forward to seeing them come back next fall! I've got some pics to add later at this spot!
Tonight we are going for groceries and having dinner at the Jade Buffet - David actually likes it - 'cause he loves their shrimp and fried rice...me, I like it all!
All for now - I'll try to post pics tonight or tomorrow!
Mike and Caryn, Bonnie & Ed, Bob & Jan...thanks for the memories!
Monday, April 26, 2010
April 24 - 26 Garner State Park
We packed up and left D'Hanis Sat evening at 5:25 pm. We headed up to Garner State Park for the first time - it is about 38 miles from Lone Star Corral...what a jewel this park is!
The only fly in the ointment is that you can't reserve specific sites, so by the time we get here on Sat all the good 'shade' spots are taken :( However, even the ones in full sun are nice...they have over 400 sites - with about 250 of them with electric and water, and 45 full hookups - there is several dump stations as well.
We decided on Sunday to go for a drive around the area - we went to Leakey, then up to Camp Woods, circled down to Uvalde and then back past the park and on to Utopia. We had lunch at Camp Woods at a place called 'The Sweet Shop' and we do NOT recommend it. I ordered a Patty Melt that was not grilled, but put on toast - and 'crisp' french fries that were limp and dripping grease...no way was the grease hot enough to fry them in. David got the chili and cornbread - the chili was like sloppy joes - and the cornbread was so dry that it was like eating sawdust. We each had ordered a milkshake, expecting a big tin container and a glass full - since it was $3.50 each...instead we got a 16 oz styrofoam cup. What a disapointment! If we go back to Camp Woods we will NOT be eating there!
We took lots more wildflower pictures - I'll post a couple here, but they simply do not do justice to the scenery! This park also has swimming in the Nueces River - paddle boats and kayaks too! We will definitely come back here again - and in the not too distant future!
Sunday evening we celebrated our anniversary - it's been 1 year since we lived in a stix and brix house :) We are still loving living in the motorhome - and each other :) We had a lovely spaghetti & meatballs dinner with salad and garlic toast - and a lovely bottle of white zin as well...yum!
This morning Cinder and I took a nice long walk, then I made a good breakfast - pancakes, sausage and eggs - about 10 which will hold us until about 3 when we should have an early dinner at the Sabinal Cafe - I'll report on that next time!
We've had a marvelous couple of days - David, darling, thanks for some more wonderful memories!
The only fly in the ointment is that you can't reserve specific sites, so by the time we get here on Sat all the good 'shade' spots are taken :( However, even the ones in full sun are nice...they have over 400 sites - with about 250 of them with electric and water, and 45 full hookups - there is several dump stations as well.
We decided on Sunday to go for a drive around the area - we went to Leakey, then up to Camp Woods, circled down to Uvalde and then back past the park and on to Utopia. We had lunch at Camp Woods at a place called 'The Sweet Shop' and we do NOT recommend it. I ordered a Patty Melt that was not grilled, but put on toast - and 'crisp' french fries that were limp and dripping grease...no way was the grease hot enough to fry them in. David got the chili and cornbread - the chili was like sloppy joes - and the cornbread was so dry that it was like eating sawdust. We each had ordered a milkshake, expecting a big tin container and a glass full - since it was $3.50 each...instead we got a 16 oz styrofoam cup. What a disapointment! If we go back to Camp Woods we will NOT be eating there!
We took lots more wildflower pictures - I'll post a couple here, but they simply do not do justice to the scenery! This park also has swimming in the Nueces River - paddle boats and kayaks too! We will definitely come back here again - and in the not too distant future!
Sunday evening we celebrated our anniversary - it's been 1 year since we lived in a stix and brix house :) We are still loving living in the motorhome - and each other :) We had a lovely spaghetti & meatballs dinner with salad and garlic toast - and a lovely bottle of white zin as well...yum!
This morning Cinder and I took a nice long walk, then I made a good breakfast - pancakes, sausage and eggs - about 10 which will hold us until about 3 when we should have an early dinner at the Sabinal Cafe - I'll report on that next time!
We've had a marvelous couple of days - David, darling, thanks for some more wonderful memories!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
April 21, 2010 Lone Star Corral
Hello all! As usual, the busier I am the less time I have to blog, and I've been very busy!
We had a fantastic Easter potluck here at the campground - and I cooked :) Yep, I roasted 7 hams for the dinner. One of the things that they do here that should be implemented more places is that after every event they do a write up on what it was, what was served, the cost and what was charged for the meal, including recipes. What a great way to help future generations of people preparing events! We had an Easter Parade with all who wore bonnets - you can see pictures at http://www.lonestarcorral.com/ .
We said good-bye for now to good friends Walker and Evelyn Lane who left April 2 to head back to WA for the summer - we'll see them again in the fall. Evelyn, I'm using your fridge and freezer - thanks so much for allowing us to do that!
We've traveled all over on our days off looking at lovely wildflowers - both David and myself have never been in a state where there are so many - looks like God just dipped his paintbrush and spread it around. I'll put some pics up later if I can.
The other 'big' news is that we have our first 'great' grandchild. Aaliyah Marie was born 6 days ago, and we will put some pictures of her up as well - as soon as we can! Unfortunately mama (Kelsey) and baby are in Grand Junction, CO and we are in D'Hanis, TX...so it will be a while until we get to hold her and see her in person.
On Monday we took a long drive, to Eagle Pass where there is a casino and we made a small donation, then to Del Rio, Bracketville (where they filmed the movie The Alamo then explored Garner State Park. We have reservations there for Sat and Sun nights - we have the Texas State Parks pass so it will be very inexpensive for us - yaaaayyy, we're going camping :)
All for now - have a great day, we sure will!
To all our friends both far and near - thanks for the memories!
Some of the things we've done since I last updated:
Met some internet friends, Phyllis and Len at Little Red Barn steakhouse, which was not little but was RED in San Antonio for a wonderful lunch. It is so nice to be able to put faces with names. Wonderful lunch with terrific people! Unfortunately, shortly after our lunch they were called back to Louisiana to tend to Len's mother who is very ill. Our prayers are with you my friends!
We said good-bye for now to good friends Walker and Evelyn Lane who left April 2 to head back to WA for the summer - we'll see them again in the fall. Evelyn, I'm using your fridge and freezer - thanks so much for allowing us to do that!
We've traveled all over on our days off looking at lovely wildflowers - both David and myself have never been in a state where there are so many - looks like God just dipped his paintbrush and spread it around. I'll put some pics up later if I can.
The other 'big' news is that we have our first 'great' grandchild. Aaliyah Marie was born 6 days ago, and we will put some pictures of her up as well - as soon as we can! Unfortunately mama (Kelsey) and baby are in Grand Junction, CO and we are in D'Hanis, TX...so it will be a while until we get to hold her and see her in person.
On Monday we took a long drive, to Eagle Pass where there is a casino and we made a small donation, then to Del Rio, Bracketville (where they filmed the movie The Alamo then explored Garner State Park. We have reservations there for Sat and Sun nights - we have the Texas State Parks pass so it will be very inexpensive for us - yaaaayyy, we're going camping :)
All for now - have a great day, we sure will!
To all our friends both far and near - thanks for the memories!
Monday, March 22, 2010
March 22
Just wanted to check in after another wonderful day in paradise :) We had a leisurely morning, starting off the day by catching up on emails, and doing a little personal work on the computers.
Then I used Skype to finally talk to a groomer for Cinder that I actually liked over the phone! This is a relief, since I've talked to at least 5 different ones, and either they were too expensive or they treated me like 'trailer trash'...which I am most asuredly NOT! At any rate, she has an appt on April 14th...yaaayyy!
Then we decided that we'd better go find the place so we'll know where it is, since we were thinking about it!!! We drove towards Castroville and found ourselves at the Dunlay Seafood Cafe, where David had a great burger and homemade fries, I had wonderful fried fish, and we split a piece of homemade buttermilk pie...oh my, heaven on a plate :)
We came home and relaxed until 'Social hour' and Monday munchies where we enjoyed ourselves - we came home and had dinner - a little late for St Patrick's Day but we had corned beef, cabbage, potatos and carrots...yum!
I took Cinder for a walk and now we are just relaxing - tomorrow we start 7 days in a row - so you probably won't see me for a while!
I'll leave you with a couple pictures :)
Then I used Skype to finally talk to a groomer for Cinder that I actually liked over the phone! This is a relief, since I've talked to at least 5 different ones, and either they were too expensive or they treated me like 'trailer trash'...which I am most asuredly NOT! At any rate, she has an appt on April 14th...yaaayyy!
Then we decided that we'd better go find the place so we'll know where it is, since we were thinking about it!!! We drove towards Castroville and found ourselves at the Dunlay Seafood Cafe, where David had a great burger and homemade fries, I had wonderful fried fish, and we split a piece of homemade buttermilk pie...oh my, heaven on a plate :)
We came home and relaxed until 'Social hour' and Monday munchies where we enjoyed ourselves - we came home and had dinner - a little late for St Patrick's Day but we had corned beef, cabbage, potatos and carrots...yum!
I took Cinder for a walk and now we are just relaxing - tomorrow we start 7 days in a row - so you probably won't see me for a while!
I'll leave you with a couple pictures :)
Sunday, March 21, 2010
March 3 through March 21 D'Hanis TX
I have been rather unfaithful at this blog ever since we came to D'Hanis...or Hondo (mailing address is Hondo...but we are only 1.5 miles to D'Hanis - and 8 miles to Hondo...go figure :)
We've been busy busy busy - David is learning all about the Texas grasses, water and maintenance issues involved in the park.
I've been learning all about quickbooks and the million and one things you need to keep track of to keep a 130 site RV Co-op park running. Whew, it's a lot of completely different things, but I love learning new things, and this is so much fun! The people are what make it so very fun and interesting!
On Thursday mornings (when we have off), we go with a group of Escapee's to Bill and Rosa's Saloon - for breakfast! What a blast - here are a few pics you can see we have a good time - the gals sit at one table and the guys sit at another...the waitress if phenomenal - she remembers which couple goes on one ticket!!! There are usually 10 - 15 at each table...much fun!
Some wonderful friends of ours from Cheyenne WY stopped to visit with us for a couple days, Pam and Gary Wisecup. They got in onTuesday afternoon and of course we went out for pizza!!! Wednesday we went driving around - first to look for bluebonnets - but we ended up having a history lesson in Castroville. It is a quaint small town with tons of history - it was settled by folks from the Alsatian region in France. Very interesting, some lovely old buildings and nice signage to get around. In our quest for bluebonnets we then drove to Devine TX, and although we did see 'some' BB's, not enough to suit me! We had a fantastic lunch at Rocky's Grill - I highly recommend it! Great food, nice atmosphere...definietely NOT texmex :)
Pam and Gary moved on the morning of the 18th - It was wonderful seeing you and sharing some sightseeing - next time plan to stay a bit longer and we'll do something really exciting (maybe we'll go to San Antonio and see a show!).
Then about 11 o'clock on the 18th, Ron and Kathy Bernard, our dear friends from Colorado came to visit. Once again we put on our tour hats and off we went - we had a wonderful lunch at Bill & Rosa's (see pic of the 'lunch portion' of country fried steak), drove by D'Hanis brick foundry which still produces after all these years, as well as the church ruins and the old cemetary. All too soon these good friends went up the road too. Hey guys, we loved the tamales - and David loved the sauce. When you come to the valley next year we'll order some ahead of time :)
Today, David and I once again set off to find bluebonnets - and find them we did. Here are just a few of the many many pictures we took - none of which do justice to the acres and acres of beautiful wildflowers we saw!
We've done much more this month - went to San Antonio with Walker and Evelyn Lane, where we shopped at Costco and had an early dinner at Golden Corral (talk about a huge buffet, wow), then we took Fran and Rich Tilgner in to have dinner at Johnny Carino's - it was as usual fabulous! Since we will be here at least a year, we bought a BBQ grill on sale for $75.00...and that thing took us 3 hours to put together! Why oh why don't they put clear directions on things...and mark the 'things' as well. We've also participated in Ice Cream Socials, Card Bingo, regular Friday night Bingo, dog park playtime with Cinder every day, and lots of socializing!
Our friends Dave and Janet from Covington VA are on their way home - I think they are in New Orleans right now, but maybe they've already left there - safe travels our friends.
I've volunteered to cook the hams for Easter dinner here, and I promise to get pictures - sounds like there will be a lot - so far we have 37 signed up - so lots of ham!
I won't promise to update more frequently - somehow the days are just flying by, and I have so much to learn, that by the time I get settled in the evening, the last thing I want to do is THINK !!!
I would be remiss if I didn't say that the weather here has been gorgeous - we've sat out several evenings for 'happy hour' without jackets - 75 degrees and NO mosquitos. Love it!
We've been busy busy busy - David is learning all about the Texas grasses, water and maintenance issues involved in the park.
I've been learning all about quickbooks and the million and one things you need to keep track of to keep a 130 site RV Co-op park running. Whew, it's a lot of completely different things, but I love learning new things, and this is so much fun! The people are what make it so very fun and interesting!
On Thursday mornings (when we have off), we go with a group of Escapee's to Bill and Rosa's Saloon - for breakfast! What a blast - here are a few pics you can see we have a good time - the gals sit at one table and the guys sit at another...the waitress if phenomenal - she remembers which couple goes on one ticket!!! There are usually 10 - 15 at each table...much fun!
On Tuesday evenings whomever wants to shows up at the Pizza Hut, where they offer an SKP special - buffet and salad bar PLUS drink for $6.00...can't beat that!
Pam and Gary moved on the morning of the 18th - It was wonderful seeing you and sharing some sightseeing - next time plan to stay a bit longer and we'll do something really exciting (maybe we'll go to San Antonio and see a show!).
Then about 11 o'clock on the 18th, Ron and Kathy Bernard, our dear friends from Colorado came to visit. Once again we put on our tour hats and off we went - we had a wonderful lunch at Bill & Rosa's (see pic of the 'lunch portion' of country fried steak), drove by D'Hanis brick foundry which still produces after all these years, as well as the church ruins and the old cemetary. All too soon these good friends went up the road too. Hey guys, we loved the tamales - and David loved the sauce. When you come to the valley next year we'll order some ahead of time :)
Today, David and I once again set off to find bluebonnets - and find them we did. Here are just a few of the many many pictures we took - none of which do justice to the acres and acres of beautiful wildflowers we saw!
We've done much more this month - went to San Antonio with Walker and Evelyn Lane, where we shopped at Costco and had an early dinner at Golden Corral (talk about a huge buffet, wow), then we took Fran and Rich Tilgner in to have dinner at Johnny Carino's - it was as usual fabulous! Since we will be here at least a year, we bought a BBQ grill on sale for $75.00...and that thing took us 3 hours to put together! Why oh why don't they put clear directions on things...and mark the 'things' as well. We've also participated in Ice Cream Socials, Card Bingo, regular Friday night Bingo, dog park playtime with Cinder every day, and lots of socializing!
Our friends Dave and Janet from Covington VA are on their way home - I think they are in New Orleans right now, but maybe they've already left there - safe travels our friends.
I've volunteered to cook the hams for Easter dinner here, and I promise to get pictures - sounds like there will be a lot - so far we have 37 signed up - so lots of ham!
I won't promise to update more frequently - somehow the days are just flying by, and I have so much to learn, that by the time I get settled in the evening, the last thing I want to do is THINK !!!
I would be remiss if I didn't say that the weather here has been gorgeous - we've sat out several evenings for 'happy hour' without jackets - 75 degrees and NO mosquitos. Love it!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Feb 22 through Mar 2
Ok, lots has happened, and I'm going to plead that we've been so busy that I haven't had time to do this, and that is true. However, we would be very remiss if we didn't recognize a couple events:
We treated Dave, Janet, Teresa, Rex, (Clara and Barbara were invited, but they just had coffee) to my sausage gravy and biscuits...and of course Janet made a wonderful fruit bowl, and Teresa made biscuits...it was all so good!
Lots of talking to Post Office, banks, etc., to get stuff straightened out - whew, I'm maybe halfway through.
A wonderful good bye dinner given to us by our friends, Janet and Dave - thanks guys, it was terrific. We'll see you again, down the road.
Two of the very hard things we had to do was to call Mom and Dad and tell them we would not be in PA for the summer - and to let Dawn and family (especially Ariel) know that we won't be in Okinawa over the holidays.. Both made me cry...
We're now in Hondo, and have two days under our belts - and we're still glad we came :)
I'll try to get better about keeping this up - we'll see how it goes.
Here's a couple of mixed pictures - no particular order.
We treated Dave, Janet, Teresa, Rex, (Clara and Barbara were invited, but they just had coffee) to my sausage gravy and biscuits...and of course Janet made a wonderful fruit bowl, and Teresa made biscuits...it was all so good!
Lots of talking to Post Office, banks, etc., to get stuff straightened out - whew, I'm maybe halfway through.
A wonderful good bye dinner given to us by our friends, Janet and Dave - thanks guys, it was terrific. We'll see you again, down the road.
Two of the very hard things we had to do was to call Mom and Dad and tell them we would not be in PA for the summer - and to let Dawn and family (especially Ariel) know that we won't be in Okinawa over the holidays.. Both made me cry...
We're now in Hondo, and have two days under our belts - and we're still glad we came :)
I'll try to get better about keeping this up - we'll see how it goes.
Joe getting a free H1N1 shot at Big Fisherman!
Last big group at Big Fisherman
Roseate Spoonbill in middle of pic!
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