Well, today is our final one here on the fort and, as usual, we both have mixed emotions about leaving.  We have had a wonderful winter here in south Texas and enjoyed being with old friends and making some new ones.

John and I both walked the golf course this morning under cloudy skies and very high humidity.  Following breakfast John headed over to Metcalf's to finish up the caulking job on their shower.  While he was gone, I changed the bed linens and started giving the place a thorough cleaning.  Ralph stopped in for a visit late this morning and we said we would stop by his place to say good-ye some time in the afternoon.

After lunch, we got busy loading the rest of our stuff into the Honda and then mopped the tile floor in the house.  John then drove the golf cart, while I followed in the car, over to Gerald's place.  He has graciously volunteered to "babysit" our golf cart for the summer.  We bid him farewell and went across the street to say good-bye to Darlene and Everett who are also heading out tomorrow.  Next stop was Sandwick's where we ran into Ralph and visited out on their shaded patio in the warm breezes.  It wasn't long before Gerald joined our little group.  We bid them all farewell with plans to meet up in May when Dave and Valada make a quick trip to Bagley.  John and I ran into Randy and Nancy coming back from our house, so we all decided to head into town for something to eat as it was supper time.  We spent a very pleasant hour or so over our meal and, as we were leaving, Nancy gave me a cute little purple purse she made--I was so surprised to receive such a nice gift.

When we got back home, we finished packing up the few remaining items, ran the dishwasher, and cleaned out the fridge.  All the good-byes have been said and we are both sad and happy to be heading home.