Jan 20, 2019
After our adventure getting back to Tx. from Brads things have settled down a bit. Weather still has been on the cooler side. Seems like we will have a couple of decent days and then the wind blows hard and blows in cold air and rain and much cooler temps. Oh well, better than the -20 below winds chills in Wi.. John and Laurie finally got here on the 10th. So good to see them again. They had a few issues on the way, one of which was their bumper breaking off and causing some damage to lauries bike. But they got here and now we are the 6 pack plus 1 (Marlon the dog) again! We do have a lot of fun together. Yesterday, on a verrrry windy day we set up a coquet court and played. Laurie was the big winner, I think she has been practicing at home even tho she denies it. We also entered a Chili cook off contest on Friday night here at the campground, but sadly we didn't win. I still think my chili is the best! We also went to  DONWES Flea Market in Donna Tx this week. It was smaller than I anticipated but they did have some interesting stuff. Will probably go back. I have been going to water aerobics 4 or 5 days a week. Class is held any morning it is over 55 degrees. The water temp is always 89 or 90 degrees so it is beautiful!  It is a very nice workout. Today we will be going back to Louies backyard BBQ for ribs and for the guys to watch some playoff football game. I am going to try and get a walk in on the beach too. .We have met a few more people closer to our ages. Jan and Phil, (Tennessee) along with Dave and Jo (Mn.). Both fulltimers. Nice folks.  We have also went to a street fair in Harlingen. Had a fun afternoon there found a fun bar with music. Classics I think it was called. And found a great good ol boys place called Harleys where Saari the bartenders is a hoot and keeps things hopping! I started a Diamond Dots picture class. Thousands and thousands of dots that get stuck onto a mat and hopefully turn out to be a nice picture. We will see.... Our friend we made last summer at Pine Harbor died here in Rancho Viejo this week. We just had a lovely dinner with them last sunday. RIP Dean Poppe.

Beth and I enjoying our free sample of a wine mixer

Classic bar.

Saari giving Todd some crap. He loved it!