Back To Blogging

I had decided to take a little break from blogging and didn't post anything for about two weeks.  Today a couple of folks said they missed reading it so I guess it's time to get back into the routine of posting something every day.

The cold weather of the winter season seems to be behind us at last as the days are now much warmer with bright sunshine.  The Mountain Laurel is in full bloom and the wild flowers are beginning to show their beautiful colors.  

The activities here on the fort are coming to an end.  Saturday was the last RV park breakfast for the year and tonight was the final movie night.  As much as we look forward to Spring, it is also the time we say good-bye to our friends.  The migration north has already started and each day more folks are pulling out--by next weekend just about everyone in our group will be gone.  

Over the last two weeks John and I both kept busy with our usual activities--wood carvers, potlucks, cards, and golfing.  Our favorite event was the RV Progressive Dinner.  There were about 96 folks in attendance and we rode from site to site in golf carts.  The evening ended with entertainment by a country singer while we enjoyed dessert.

 

Catching Up

This winter has certainly been one of the coldest and wettest we have seen during our nine winters here in south Texas. We did manage to play some golf on Wednesday, but couples' was canceled again due to cold temps and strong winds.  The weather was a little better today, so John, Paul, and I played a round following breakfast at the RV park.  This afternoon we listened to the Clearbrook Bears basketball game on the internet.  It was the semi-final for the sub-section championship and the girls beat the number two team by 10 points.  They lost to this same team earlier in the season by 26 points.  It was fun hearing Hanna's name as she had steals, assists, and scored.

Next week we have some big events happening--the RV Progressive Dinner and H.O.P.E Golf Tournament.  Hopefully the weather will be warm and sunny.  Right now the forecast calls for rain on Sunday and Monday.  It's hard to believe that we will be heading north in 5-6 weeks--we should be home by mid April at the latest.  Some folks who live a little further south are heading out at the end of March.  This winter has really flown by!   

Another Cold and Rainy Day

As you can see from the title of today's blog entry, the day was another cold and misty one.  This is the third day we've had to skip our morning walk due to the weather conditions.

John headed off to wood carvers after breakfast and while he was gone I took care of changing bed linens and doing the laundry.  This afternoon we watched some more recorded shows and John did a little more carving on his new project.  He finally decided to brave the elements and headed over to the second hole and did a little practice chipping and putting.  The weather is suppose to warm up a little bit more tomorrow, but that will only last a day or two before we're back to low temps once again.  This has been an unusually cold winter here in south Texas. 

Cold Rainy Weather Still Hanging Around

Thought I'd take a few minutes and do some catching up on the blog.  The weather here has been cold and rainy, so we have been pretty much housebound this weekend.  All the special activities for Friday were canceled due to the cold weather, so we took a trip to Del Rio to do some shopping and get out of the house.  We did manage to play some golf on Wednesday afternoon and couples' golf was held on Thursday.  That got done just as a major cold front moved into our area dropping the temperature 15 degrees in just a few minutes.  We played with Charles and Vie and ended up in the money in third place.  The weather isn't forecast to improve too much over the next few days, but at least we don't have snow or ice.

We did have a little sign of spring--our Mountain Laurel bush along the patio bloomed last week but the blossoms didn't last long in the cold, windy weather.

Cold Weather Returned

  
A cold front with strong winds was forecast to come through sometime Sunday, but the morning was pleasant enough for our usual walk.  We followed our normal routine of church followed by lunch at the clubhouse and, since the weather was still holding, played a round of golf with Tootie and Roger.  After a little rest, John went back out to play a few more holes and as he was getting started the winds really picked up and the temps began to drop. In the evening we headed back to the RV park for the Sunday Night Movie.

The cold, miserable weather continued into Monday so all outside activities were canceled.  John did go to wood carvers in the morning and then spent his afternoon over at Sam Lark's working on some stairs to their storage area.  I got a new Kindle Tablet and have been busy getting it set up with email, etc.  Following supper, we headed to the service club building to see a travel log of the Miner's trip to Austria and Croatia.

Today was still on the cold side, so the ladies' golf was canceled.  John went out and played some this afternoon, but he did it alone as Paul and John wimped out (along with me).
This evening was potluck at the RV park followed by cards.  John lost both of his games, but I came away a winner.

Beautiful Weather Continues

Friday was a full day for us.  It started out with our walk around the golf course and then following breakfast John headed over to Sam Lark's to do some work on a closet  After lunch we played a round of golf and got home just in time to get cleaned up and head over to the RV park for the anual Stone Soup meal.  I ended my day meeting  up with the ladies for Bingo while John watched some college basketball.

This morning it was back to the RV park for the Saturday morning breakfast and then I headed into town to get a haircut and pick up the mail.  By now the temps were on the rise, so it was tee shirts and shorts for playing golf.  John B., Paul, John and I only played nine holes before calling it quits for lunch.  Our friend Ralph R. turned 92 this week and wanted to be able to say he golfed at that age.  John and Paul played nine holes with Ralph this afternoon.

Raph and Paul

Late this afternoon we Skyped with Amy and then went over to Rodger and Tootie's for some homemade ice cream made by Gene B.  We had a fun evening sitting around the fire and visiting.

A Little Break In The Action

Wednesday was clear but still a little on the cooler side.  Following our morning walk John headed off to men's golf where his team tied for first place.  When the guys finished, Paul E. came to pick me up so I could play the back nine with John and a couple of others.  Even though it was sunny, the wind was pretty stiff and by the time we finished, I had a sore throat and earache that lasted overnight.  I think allergies are causing the problem as I just finished an antibiotic on Monday and was told it would stay in my system for a week longer.

We decided to skip couples' golf today and went to Del Rio for breakfast at McDonald's and some shopping.  We picked up some groceries at Wal Mart, washed and gassed up the car, and made a final stop at SAS Factory Outlet Store for a few pairs of socks.  After lunch John played a round of golf with Paul while I just vegged out at home.  My sore throat comes and goes, so I'll just have to see what happens over the next couple of days.