Temperatures this week ranged between 58° and the mid-70s in
the morning hours. However, the sun quickly warmed things up, with temps in the
low 80s by mid-afternoon. Lots of sunshine and breezes!
This week was more of the same: Yoga, Pilates and Sweatin’
to the Oldies for me; walking the park and Fulton Beach Road for Dick, and working on the weekend. On his
walks through the park he saw egrets, spoonbills, ducks, tri-colored herons and
sandpipers.
His walk along Fulton Beach Road brought a sparrow hawk,
egrets and gulls.
Monday afternoon he spent a few hours playing Texas Hold ‘em, finishing 3rd & wining $5.
I spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday morning at the
clubhouse with friends helping Lynda make burlap and lace roses for her
daughter’s June wedding. Lynda bought yards and yards of different shades of burlap, as well as lace. Then, she soaked the burlap in a mixture of water and glue, letting them dry in the Texas sun, resulting in very stiff burlap! Over the 2 days there were 14 ladies helping out: cutting petals (in both lace and burlap), and gluing, and wrapping wire. She needs 144 of them! They'll be used as centerpieces. By the time we finished up on
Wednesday she had almost 70 of them done. We figure another couple days would get
them all done.
Dick climbed up on the roof of our camper to fix a leak in
the skylight over our shower. Apparently when the skylight was installed one of
the screws was tightened too much, causing a crack in the plastic. He caulked
it, and when we get to Marvin and Shirley’s in May we’ll have the skylight
replaced. Wouldn’t you know that the deluge of last week brought it to our
attention when water was pooling on the bathroom floor. The skylight extends a
bit over the shower enclosure—yup, that’s where the leak was.
Tuesday afternoon we went to Wii bowling, but part way
through the first game it died. No more Wii bowling ‘til we get another game.
Next week shuffle board will replace Wii bowling.
That evening we went to Panjo’s pizza with friends Bob and
Sharon, David and Marihelen, Dick and Fran, and Bill and Arleen. Time is
growing short for some of us, as plans are being made to leave for the summer.
We’ll have just a few weeks left to enjoy one another's company ‘til next fall.
We decided we needed ice cream so we trekked down the block for scoops of Blue
Bunny ice cream! Yum!
Wednesday we welcomed Todd and
Candy and their dog Charlie (Minnesota) to our site for a visit, shortly before
we all walked to David and Marihelen’s for a fish fry. Bob and Sharon joined
us. David deep fried lots of Sheepshead fish accompanied by potato salad, veggies and dip,
cheese and crackers, pickles and olives, and coconut pie for dessert. We were
stuffed!
Later that evening Dick went to the clubhouse to
play Texas Hold ‘em.
After Pilates on Thursday morning
a few of us spent time moving tables and chairs to prepare for the evening’s
St. Patrick’s Day dinner. Later in the day we met again at 3:00 to set tables
and finish decorating. Over 80 folks came for Chef Betty’s traditional dinner
of corned beef and cabbage, potatoes, Irish soda bread, and lots of table treats for dessert. YUMMY-YUMMY!
After dinner the park’s Baysiders band played for anyone interested in dancing,
or just listening.
Friday’s lunch was at the
clubhouse for hamburgers or crab cake sandwiches. Along with the burgers and
sandwiches we had veggies and dip, and left-over desserts from the previous
night’s dinner. YUM-YUM!
At 4:00 a few of us went to the
clubhouse for happy hour. Afterward, David and Marihelen invited us to their
place for shrimp dinner. David had gone fishing earlier that day, but was
skunked so he stopped and bought 5# of fresh caught shrimp for dinner. We had shrimp and
leftover potato salad. O, my goodness! David boiled the shrimp with the heads
on, so we had to peel them, but what a treat!!! The shrimp were HUGE! Neighbors
Dan and Donna (NY) with their black lab Callie, and Bob and Maggie (Missouri) also
stopped by. Lots of stories were shared, and lots of laughter!
Friday night brought a thunderstorm
and lots of wind. Power was knocked out in the area for almost 5 hours, from
about 4:00 a.m. ‘til just before 9:00. It gets really dark here in the park
when the lights are out… Dick worked
most of the day at the office, but met me at the clubhouse at 9:30 for cinnamon
rolls and coffee. Then while he went back to work, I knitted; I’m on #5 of 8 baby
sweaters, so I’m making progress!
That evening Dick and I went to
First Baptist Church of Rockport for The Sanctuary Choir’s Easter cantata, “The
Day He Wore My Crown,” and communion. Here’s just a sample of the caliber of
music we heard. Hannah Dishongh is the soloist.
Because services at the church
were the cantata, Sunday we elected to stay home rather than go again. Dick went
to work again (he can only work when he has access to the office computers) and
I worked on the sweaters. That afternoon we met at the clubhouse to play Pegs
& Jokers. This wasn’t a good day for the gals. There were 2 tables of
players, and the gals won just 1 of the 6 games played. Oh, well, there’s
always next time.
March Madness has struck our
household, so we’ve been watching quite a bit of college basketball, which we
enjoy.
Hope this finds you well. Our
activities will be winding down over the next 2 weeks, as folks will be leaving
for home. We plan to leave May 1 so we’ll see a pretty empty park before then.
Summer folks will be arriving later that month.
Until next week, stay safe and
healthy.
Hugs,
RJ and Gail
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