After visiting Mike & Donna; Nancy, Ron and family we headed to South Texas. Everywhere we found new friends to play Pickle Ball with. It's a game being played by people of all ages. You can set it up in your driveway! Go to www.pickleball.com to find out about it. Went to a country 'n Western Opry in Yokum, TX. Also went over to Progresso, Mexico. Border patrol with oozies! Drug and people sniffing dogs on our way out. Sad to leave our new friends but time to leave Texas. Heading North to meet up with daughter Kathy and grandaughter Megan [View Full Entry]

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So I was going a little crazy, you know, a classic case of the travel bug. I searched around for 2 days but I couldn't find anything that would work with James' study schedule, or if it did, nothing I could afford. So, after considerable pouting, I decided that we would go to South Padre Island. So now we're here. Some times we go to the beach, sometimes, we go to the hot tub, sometimes I read, sometimes we eat yum yum. One time we went to Schlitterbahn. That was fun, but not as much fun as the one in New [View Full Entry]

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The kite competitions were held today. Two teams did routines. Four people each with a two string kite fly in formations. It is spectacular to watch. A guy from Huston, TX came down and set up lots of kites to add to the festivities. He had big lizards, a cat, a teddy bear, trains of 50-100 kites and had fun keeping them all in the air. He showed Will how to fly an airfoil plane. It had a big pull with air filling the foil. Will had it doing loops! For just $150 he could own his o­ne. Will helped Rick, [View Full Entry]

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