A few shots from the bay area where
the surfers learn. Also a wayward
long legged bird that is not afraid
of the beach traffic. Finally, what
do you do while watching the Iowa
Hawkeyes on TV? Well, take pictures.
I will try to download the pics of
the dolphins........
No photos tonight. Even with 4 bars, they won't download. Sorry. I have
some great photos to share.
Sunday was a beautiful day after a week of overcast days, rain, wind and
temps in the 40's at night. I went to the beach, rode the bike, back to
the Breeze in time to watch the Hawkeye Women win a big game over
Michigan, back to the beach, cocktail hour to celebrate a victory......
I felt like I was in Carver Hawkeye Arena, since I have the Big Ten
Network. I took game photos. They came out just beautiful. I wonder if
its the camera or the big screen TV?
Today was a work day, golf day, oil change day. I finally picked up two
pounds of that wonderful garlic shrimp at the HEB Super Store in Pharr.
I mix the shrimp with onion, lemon, lime juice and some spices and hot
sauce, put it all in a plastic bag and let the shrimp soak up the flavors
for a couple days before enjoying....
Mexican security is in an uproar the past month. Today they disarmed all
of the police in the big cities along the border. This was done by the
Mexican military. Not sure about another booze run any time soon. The
police will pick up tons of pot and cocaine daily, but it is only 1/10th
of what gets over the border. I guess the fence that homeland security
wants to build might help with this problem. the local mayors want them
to dig out the Rio Grande River and widen it and make it deeper to
eliminate the walkers and bad swimmers. The Feds want to do something
different and are taking the land owners to court to get access to the
property to make assessments on how to build. We need some cooperation
here in the Valley. Fog advisery tonight and down to 65. Weds it
will be 72......sure beats home, big wind today along with a big temp
drop from 56 yesterday to below zero today along with wind. I don't miss
that weather.Will try again to post some photos tonight, great surf shots!
two little spectators on the causeway walk
some beaching time, waves, the Port Isabel
Lighthouse, Big Red went for a ride.......
this is the life of a retiree..........enjoy
I have just been living like a retiree this month. As I just posted,
the 5 K walk. the rest of the time, three trips to Alamo. We gave
the neighbor a price on the mobile home, no reply yet. I hope they
say YES. I cleaned the entire inside and started to gather all of
the stuff to take home. Jeff arrived on the 4th, cleaned the outside
of the mobile and painted the roof. I cleaned out the shed and
was kept on my toes by a little wiggly animal, small cameleon, I am
sure that isn't spelled right. Mom had four sale signs in the shed,
for garage sales. I was throwing out stuff, into the garbage can
and a scrounger came along. I ended up giving him a load of old
things, including a rusty gas grill and yard shears that we couldn't
open. also a power scrubber that Jeff didn't want, since it doesn't
work! We pack the trailer tomorrow and Jeff heads home on Weds.
greg is coming down the week after the Super Bowl. Has to wait, there
probably aren't any flights available to Dallas or Houston...
As for my beach. The last three days awesome. blue skies and only one
day of high wind. That keeps me off of the beach, the sand in my
toes is OK, but not in my eyes. So you try to find a spot by one of
the buildings to block the wind, but usually, no spots open unless
you get there before noon....
golfed this week finally. Had a nice front nine, even a birdie, along
with three or four pars. Back nine didn't go as well, had a couple
pars, but kept hitting the ball into the water for some reason! Felt
great to get back on the golf course, first time since November.
Take good care and have fun in the snow!
Marian is about 83, Jeff, Michelle and me, the baby, all walked
across the causeway on Saturday. Beautiful weather,
not a cloud in the sky. The event was a 10K run and
5 K walk or 3.5 miles. We continued on after getting
to the walkers finish line and it came to a total of
4.6 miles to Louie's Backyard Restaurant. fun day,
we were pooped afterwards, I usually get in about 2.5
miles a day when i go pick up the mail in the after
noons......don't need to train anymore, back to the
bicycle.......
I hope ya'll rang in the new year in a
great way. I did, as usual, hooked up
two TVs so I could watch lots of football.
I love the Rose Bowl Parade and completely
forgot to attend the Polar Bear Dip on the
Island, at noon. Didn't know if I would go
all the way into the water, or just a short,
or just take pictures..........anyway,
i forgot! the wind was blowing seriously.
Maybe 30 MPH. I went for a walk before the
Rose Bowl Game and found a lot of people
down by the jetties. Lots of body surfers
and people fishing. Watching the waves
crash on the rocks was wonderful. I
continued on down to the beach, where I
ran head on into the wind and sand in my
face. Only a few vehicles of gawkers, so I
headed back to the Breeze for my cameras.
Of course, this time I was smarter, I drove
Big Red. shot some video and took some still
shots, but forgot to check the camera settings
and only found a couple shots good to print.
didn't make it through the Hawaii game, neither
did the newspaper, who won?
