Small but Mighty Rattler

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach Texas

This morning our friend Susan came down to the beach for a walk.  She parked the John Deere Jeep across the road and headed out for her mile or so walk. 

After about an hour, we received a call that she had found a rattle snake on the beach just up from where we are parked.  She had phoned her husband Randy to come and kill it, but she wanted us to see it first.  It was just a wee baby, but they tell me that they are really venomous at that stage.  Randy came and killed it and got rid of it before it could hurt anyone.

We just hung out for the afternoon and caught up on nothing.  Randy and Susan have asked us to join them for supper.  Randy caught a mess of Red Fish yesterday and was cooking them up.  He did them on the BBQ and they were delicious.  On our way there we checked out Edgar Magnolia and found him dress up for the Halloween/Thanksgiving season.  Edgar is the local mannequin that the locals dress up to fit the occasion.

We had a nice supper and then played some dominoes after.  

Every once in a while we are reminded that we are in Texas and find a gun just hanging around ready for use.  This one does double duty, but I bet if a skunk crossed the lawn, this bad boy would be pressed into action.

We spent some time on the patio telling some tall tails before heading home about 8 pm.  Thanks for having us over!!!

We caught sunset on our way out and the afterglow when we got home.  Good Nite!!

Some Fixing Today!!!

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach Texas

We are still just hanging out here at Magnolia.  Ships come and ships go every day and I take less and less pictures of them.  

Couple projects today.  My back tire on the lectric bike went flat finally so today was the day to change it.  The job was actually easier than I figured it would be.  The old tire gave out all around the sidewall.

And the Chinese inverter I bought a couple years ago gave out.  I probably could have fixed it but for $150.00 for a new one from ACE Hardware, what the heck.  We only use an inverter for like 2 months of the year.  

That was the extent of my day today.  Good Nite!!!

Lessie's Birthday Supper

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach Texas

Moving Day today.  When we got to Magnolia Beach, we parked close to the bathrooms and near the cabana's to be away from the water from the Bull Tide.  The first night the water covered the beach and almost made it to where we were parked.  Anyway, the cabana area is an area that attracts car livers and basic homeless people some of which are a little bit unstable.  They like it because they have a roof over their head and a table and bench to put their stuff on.  The lady beside us introduced herself and made sure we knew she suffered from schizophrenia.  Thank you for that important piece of information.  I do not think any less of her as a person, but in the same breath, I don't need to subject myself to that situation, so the decision was made to move farther down the beach.  We like to be near the water anyway!!!

Ed and Lessie beside us

It was hot again today, so we spent most of the day indoors.  Good thing there was a nice breeze blowing.  I did manage to get outside for a little too long apparently.  No that is not frost bite!!!

A little red

Once again, a few ships came and went of the course of the afternoon.  It seems busier than usual in the channel.

Lessie's birthday was yesterday so we took her to the Indianola Fishing Marina for supper tonight.  It is a place we usually visit at least once while we are here.  Its only 5 or 6 miles down the beach and they have good fish and seafood.  Plain but good.  The fun thing is that we get to sit out on the deck and watch all the fishermen.  They were catching lots of crappy tonight.

Our table on the deck.

Thats all of the sunset I could get

There are a few shrimp boats tied up right outside the deck.

As it gets dark they turn on their neon green lights which gives and eerie glow to the fishing area.

We had an enjoyable evening and were home by 8 or so to watch some TV and then bed.  Good Nite!!

Ed and Lessie Arrive

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach Texas

Well it was like they knew we were coming.  3 ships came into the bay today as a small welcoming committee for us.  Being a prairie boy, I can never get enough of watching ships.

I have an app on my phone that tracks the ships movements so I get a heads up when one is coming.

This afternoon our friend Sue visited us and brought us our mail.  There are things we order online that either don't ship to Canada, or we need down here so we get them shipped to their house.  They are so kind to collect them for us.  (no picture!!)

Later in the afternoon our friends Ed and Lessie showed up in the "Bird".  They will be spending some time with us before we head to Mexico later this month.  

We just sat and visited for the rest of the day and then about 7 we went our separate ways.  The sun went down as usual in the west.

And the moon came over the cabana!!!  It will be a hot night to sleep I think.  Good Nite!!!

Finally at Magnolia Beach.

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach, Texas

Well move day today.  Big drive indeed!!!

We always like to be at the beach however this morning our friend Susan called to say there is a bull tide which means the water is actually flooding over the beach.  We decided there must be a place we can park down there anyway, so we headed down there.  

Sure enough there was a nice spot that looked fairly dry.  You could see that there had been some water around on the beach but I chalked it up to a ship wake earlier.  So I surveyed the situation and found what I thought might be a high spot.  There was a nice breeze so it wasn't too bad for hot.  

As the afternoon wore on the water started to rise slowly and we both said, maybe this was no the spot for us!!!  No problem, we pulled in the slide and moved over by the cabana's.  They are on a little bit higher ground.  

Had a nice supper and I looked over at our old spot.  Yup, made the right decision!!!  The water had completely covered the area where we were parked this afternoon.  It looks like we will be high and dry in the spot we are in.  

Our spot was middle of the picture.

It wasn't long and the sun set in the west.  We were done for another day.  Good Nite!!!

Getting a Few Things Done

WHERE ARE WE? Victoria Texas

Well it was gonna be another hot one.  The temps show no real let up in the next few days other than some rain which will further increase the humidity.  I know, I know, I can hear you.  We bought into this lifestyle so we need to embrace it.  Loved having my man cold while it was 30+.  By the way I have been miraculously healed and will live a while longer.  I think Susan was a little jealous of me getting all the attention I did, so now she is down for round #2.  She is feeling quite badly today.

Embracing means staying hooked up to power for AC, one more day. I got to thinking that maybe it is time to get some decent size fans for when we go to Magnolia Beach and for Mexico use as well.  So I headed downtown to check them out.  Harbor Freight had some big industrial ones which would probably blow the back wall out of poor ole Percy.  

But of course while I was in Harbor Freight (Equivalent of Princess Auto) I had to pick up a few things.  Some zip ties are always handy. 

I needed some bolts and nuts to fix the couch.  I ended up buying a whole box of them for cheaper than just buying 6.  Always good to have extra's.

The thing I really wanted to look for was a deflector for the leaf blower that I will be using to get rid of the debris around the pool deck in Mexico.  With a straight pipe on the blower some of the debris will spread out in front of me and blow into the pool.  So I figure the answer would be to put a 60 to 90 degree elbow on the end so I can walk along the edge of the pool and blow the debris to the outside.  Didn't know what to look for but this is what I found.  I think it will work real well and can be adjusted to any angle needed.  I just knew there were alternate uses for dryer ducting!!!  What do you think??  Maybe a little black paint later?

                                                 

And speaking of the pool I picked up a little treat for the pool!!!  A pool thermometer.  Last year we had 3 of them and all that did was spark a controversy as to which one showed what the real temperature was.  I'm going to throw out all the old thermometers and this will be the official one!!!

Then it was off to HEB for some groceries.  We need a few things to get by with.  And yes bologna and a pumpkin pie are necessities.  

Archie has been cooped up all day in the MH so I took him for a little wander down at the dog park.  He found a little friend and played a bit, but spent most of his time just wandering and sniffing.  

The Riverside Park is a really nice place to spend time.  There are a couple lakes, a frisbee golf course, a normal golf course, a Zoo and lots of places to just relax.

Well that's about it for today.  A little quiz to end with today.  Which piece was mine???? lol Good Nite!!