Birthdays Come Once a Year!!

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach, Texas

Well today is certainly a milestone in life.  70 years old!!  Older than dirt they say!!  I'm not sure that one should be celebrating birthdays at this stage in life, but on the other hand I am more than thankful to be here for this birthday.  When one has had a brush with death, you tend to cherish the time that has been given you kinda by default.  So today is a proud day for me, as is every day for me.  I am looking forward to a bunch more days hanging around this old world.  

Just kinda did normal things in the morning while Sue and Lessie headed to Victoria to shop.  Ed and I  headed to Victoria in mid afternoon where we will meet for supper.  To kill some time, we did some shopping ourselves at Harbor Freight.  Harbor Freight here in the US is like Princess Auto on steroids back in Canada.  I wanted a new tool kit for my birthday, but managed to find a few other things to go along with it.

My Birthday Present (9.99 on sale!!)

No I am not gonna be a Doctor

A long overdue soldering iron

And to help the old eyes with the small projects.

So Ed and I finished our shopping a bit early so we headed over to the mall to just hang out and wait on the girls.  The mall wasn't really that busy today.

I was reading somewhere that Victoria is seeing a lot of kids who left town to study or train for careers returning to buy a house and settle down in the area.  There is lots of work for all kinds of trades here with all the petro chemical plants around.  It is nice to see this happening in towns.  Our own town of Rivers has seen the same thing happen on a smaller scale, and when it does we think to ourselves that maybe we are doing something right.

Well after about an hour it was time to head over for supper.  I chose Golden Corral because that is where old people eat!!  My friend Harold who was a cattle man calls it the Human Feedlot!!!  That handle is quite fitting cause its just a bunch of people stuffing their faces. I got to admit it is really good food!!  And the dessert is crazy good.  And better still...Ed and Lessie bought our supper.  We owe them one.  Thanks guys.

After that awesome supper it was back home to watch Survivor and relax.  Its been a good day and like I said, I look forward to many more.  Good Nite!!

A Little Bit of Electrical Work Today

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach, Texas

Another ship this morning.  The shipping in this channel has been kinda slow the last couple days so it is neat to see one go by.  Great way to start a morning.

Project this morning was to install a manual transfer switch between the main power and the inverter because for some reason which I don't have the time or expertise to figure out, won't accept generator power.  This way we can just flip a switch and run generator power to the entire motorhome if we want it.  I won't go into any more details for now.  I just installed it in the inverter box for now but will move it later.  A few pics of the process.

Undo some wires

lift it out where I can work on it

undo some wires

wire in transfer switch.

Then up on the roof I went to clean up the solar panels.  The salt air sure makes a mess of them.

That was it for chores today!!  Time for some R & R!!  We got out the Play Nine Game and had a good round.  Lessie beat us all!  It was quite breezy so we used sea shells to keep the cards from blowing off the table.

After supper we went for a little drive to check out the area.  Archie loves going on adventures with us.

We managed to catch a nice sunset while we were driving around.  That was it for the night. Good Nite!!

Our Friends are Heading East

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach, Texas

So it's Tuesday!  We could look at this as a sad day because today Jeff, Fany and Max head out on the next chapter of their journey. 

We sort of bugged them as they were getting ready to leave.  Yes I know that's not something RVers do.  You generally leave them be to do their thing.  We made sure they paid attention to their respective jobs. 

It was time for an official group picture and they were off.  They will be heading for New Orleans to have some fun for a few days before heading farther on to Florida and Disney World.  We wish them a good trip and a fun time.

And then it was just Ed and Lessie and us here on the beach.

This afternoon we went to Port Lavaca to check out the Walmart.  We had a few things we had to get.  

Archie came along for the ride and loved it.  We even stopped at DQ and he had a pup cup which made it even better.

No sunset tonight, just a big ole spider in the corner of the bathroom here at the beach.  Glad he wasn't in RRV!!  Good Nite!!!

A Pre Birthday Supper

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach Texas

While I was having my coffee a big ole ship passed in front of RRV.  He is heading inland to the Formosa Plant.  I always enjoy seeing the ships go by.

Because we won't be with Jeff, Fany and Max for Easter, the Easter Bunny came early.  There were shiny eggs hidden in plain site all over the beach by the RV's.  It was actually hard to see them.  Max did a good job of finding them all!!  It's always fun to watch a kid with Easter eggs. 

I received an email from Lectric Bikes in reply to the one I sent them yesterday explaining what had resulted from the changed parts.  The email was marked 3:02 am so I am figuring that they deal with phone calls all day and respond to the emails on the night shift.  Anyway they gave me a bunch of tests to do.  All of the test had no result except for test #2!!  Yippie!!  We may have an answer!! When I unplugged the wire as instructed the Code changed from E010 to E008 which indicates a faulty throttle.  I sent another email with the results and anticipate a response in the middle of the night tonight.  Fingers crossed.

2. Go to your throttle, and follow the cable down until you find the quick plug (you may need to unravel some of the plastic webbing). Then we will have you unplug your throttle by pulling (not twisting) the plug. If the error code on the display changes to E008, then we will replace your throttle and throttle cable.

Max enjoyed some time with us this afternoon.  He just chills in the "Magic Bed" with his treats and movies.

It was quite breezy here today but we sat outside lots and visited anyway.  Some of them went swimming as well. 

The result was that a few people did not see the sunburns sneak up on them.  Fany might be a bit crispy tonight I'm afraid.

Because my 70th birthday is in a few days, everyone decided to take me out for supper tonight at the Indianola Marina.  We usually like to eat here when we are in town so it was the obvious go to place.  We had a lovely evening there and had a big pile of food.  It was sure good.  Thanks for thinking of me guys.

Lessie, Ed, Jeff, Fany, Sue and Max (behind Sue)

You can fish right from the restaurant

Our bar tender.  

Lots of food

When we headed out after supper I saw the Indianola Marina boat sitting there.  What a massive machine.  350 HP with a twin propeller on it.  It must really go fast!!

Most people have gone home after the weekend so our little group looks kinda lonely on the beach.  Jeff and Fany and Max leave tomorrow so the group will get even smaller.

Max is going to have a sleepover tonight so Fany brought him over to get him settled.  He does real well sleeping here so this should be fun.

We witnessed another impressive sunset as we took Archie for his evening walk.  Its been a great day!!  Good Nite!!

Just Hanging Out at Magnolia Beach

WHERE ARE WE? Magnolia Beach, Texas

We just did a bunch of nothing today except visit and nap and nap and visit.  Thats what Magnolia Beach is all about.  It is Sunday so that is allowed.

And for my temperature watchers, here is the forecast for the next while.  We plan to leave Magnolia on Friday so should experience good weather till then.

For supper we BBQ'd some chicken strips, well I should say Jeff BBQ'd them for us.  They were good.

A little bit of TV and we were done for the day.  The moon is great again tonight.  Good Nite!!