Both my walk and John's bike ride were canceled this morning due to 30 mph winds that hung around the entire day.  The winds were so strong that they gave up watering the golf course as the water was either blowing away or evaporating before it hit and ground.

Following breakfast, John headed over to Wallace's for woodcarving.  I spent the morning working on the laundry and making phone calls to our accountant and making reservations for the winter Texan event in Uvalde next week.  

When John got home from carving we decided to head over to Del Rio for some birthday cards and a few groceries.  So much dust was blowing across the highway it was hard to see the road at times.  Since it was well after lunch time when we reached Del Rio, our first stop was Wendy's for a bite to eat.  From there we hit the mall for a little shopping and then made a final stop at Wal Mart for cards and groceries.  One good thing about the wind, it kept folks home and Wal Mart wasn't too crowded.  When we reached Bracketville, we swung by the post office and found a big closed sign across the doors.  Seems the wind blew the roof off the overhang on the front of the building and they had a tractor parked on top of the tin on the ground to keep it from blowing away.  We assume the post office will be opened again tomorrow once they removed the debris from in front of the building.

After resting a little from our trip to Del Rio, John and I headed over to the RV park where the Art Studio folks were serving a beef bar-b-Que meal as a fund raiser.  There were also many fine paintings available through a silent auction.  Toward the end of the auction the bidding was fast and furious.  We ended our day watching The Biggest Loser and some college basketball.  March Madness is coming soon and John can hardly wait for it to begin.  It will be wall to wall college basketball.