John and I left the house by 7 a.m. for our walk. Even though it was just starting to get light and the sky was overcast, the temperature was ten degrees warmer than yesterday morning. We wanted to get our walk done before the sun burned off the clouds and the temps really heated up.

After breakfast John headed off to wood carvers. He took his pelican and the purple ribbon it won at the fair so he could show it off to his carver friends. It is now sitting on a shelf for all to see when they come to Wallace's to carve. While John was gone, I did some more unpacking and sorting. With limited storage space it takes a while to find a home for all the things that came with us. It was also the time of month to pay some bills--that kept me busy a good portion of the morning.

Our supply of groceries was getting very low, so following lunch, we went to Del Rio to run a couple of errands and to tackle food shopping. Our first stop was Home Depot to get some weather stripping for the bottom of our exterior doors--the current stripping is coming off. Next, it was across the highway to Wal Mart for additional plastic storage containers and then on to HEB for groceries. We found some awesome sales on fresh produce, so we were able to stock up on a couple of our favorites.

We were just finishing supper when Stan stopped in to drop off our copy of the Kinney County News. As he was leaving, our neighbor, Richard, came over to welcome us back to the fort and to catch up on what has been happening with all of us over the summer. We spent a quiet evening watching Monday Night Football.