Week in Review: January 13 - 19

Sunday, January 13 dawned cold and blustery, with spurts of rain all day. Brr... We attended the 8:30 a.m. service at First Baptist Church of Rockport, followed by breakfast at Carolyn's Turtle Bay Cafe. The cafe is a local legend, and has the best breakfast in town! Everything is home-made and lots of it...and is served on paper plates and in styrofoam cups. Pancakes are the size of dinner plates; the corned beef in the hash is the leanest I've had (freshly chopped for the hash). Our plates were empty when we left, and our tummies were full!

Monday and Tuesday were cold, rainy and breezy. Other than going out to run a few errands, we stayed close to home. When I complained to our good friend Billy about the Texas weather (he's from Texas but lives in Washington State), he told us to stick around for a few days--it'll change.  And, it did!

Wednesday the sun came out! What a wonderful site on our 31st wedding anniversary! Although the temp was only 39 degrees at 7 a.m., it warmed up to the mid 60s by noon. We walked along Fulton Beach Road for 110 minutes, including photo op stops.

America Proud

Texas Proud

Giraffe-shaped driftwood

That night, instead of going out to celebrate our anniversary, we opted to attend the RV park dinner for a $6.00 Chicken Cordon Bleu, green beans almandine, cheesy scalloped potatoes and chocolate mousse. Yum! (I'm not letting Dick off the hook, ladies; we'll be going out for dinner next week to celebrate.)

$6.00 dinner!

Last week I mentioned the flowers Dick gave me--here they are. Lovely!

Wednesday night the temps dipped to the mid 30s. Very early Thursday morning propane tank B ran out of propane, so we woke to a very cool 53 degrees inside (the furnace runs on propane). Dick braved the cold to go outside to switch to tank A and very shortly we felt the effects. Warmth! Oh, how much we take for granted! As the day went on, the temperatures climbed to the mid 60s again, so we decided to ride the motocycle to Port Aransas for a day of shopping and photo ops. Can't pass up a good day on the bike!

These photos were taken in Port Aransas, at a "tourist trap" t-shirt shop. (No, we didn't buy any:))

Friday morning we woke to a sterling day of sunshine. (Billy, you were right!) It was a good day to get the laundry done, so between short walks around the park I was able to get that accomplished. While I finished that chore, Dick washed the black beast. Then, we headed for the clubhouse for another lunch with the RVers: $3.00 hamburgers with all the fixin's. Yum! That afternoon while I knitted, Dick rode his bicycle on Fulton Beach Road.

Another sunny day dawned Saturday, with temps in the mid-70s. Was a good day for a 60-minute walk on Fulton Beach Road, and more photo ops.

Parrot-painted lawn chair. Cute!

Peaceful scene, with sunshine creating
a million diamonds on the water.

Pin oak growing sideways due to prevailing winds.

Pelican flying over Capano Bay.

Bird refuge pier at Rockport Harbor  - so many birds!

Turtles sunning themselves at a local pond.

Later we went to an arts and crafts fair at the Paws and Taws Conference Center in Fulton. It turned out to be more of a food show than anything else, so we walked away very unimpressed. Afterwards we visited a local farmers market, as well as "our favorite store," Walmart. Later that day Dick rode the motorcycle to investigate local fishing spots including the Copano Bridge fishing pier, and to talk to some local fishermen for tips and info. Here's hoping he'll go fishing soon--anxious to dig out my filet knife and get to work!

Hope this finds you well. Thanks for joining us week after week. We miss you!

Gail and Dick