sleepy
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Just to touch base...
We enjoyed the Beach but we decided to head further south... we'll let the heat of spring push us back north.
We stopped breifly in Lake Jackson to reconnect with a friend from the 1990's. Frank had one of the nicest titles that I ever ran accross... he was the "Director of Discovery Development" for Dow Chemical... he was their Research Director. Big job for a regular guy... Dow had 77,000 employees. We made plans for our trip north.
Then on to Port Lavaca... NICE! when we get the pictures going you'll like this area. WE also visited Port O'Conner hile there. WE had some exteme winds and rain for a couple of days and the temps dropped from 84°F to 42°F... cause for mor snuggling. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
I always dreamed about eating at a place called Bubba's... there was no place to eat in Port O'Conner that interested us so we extended our loop to include Seadrift, TX... Bubba's Cajun Style Steak and Seafood. Let me tell you... it ws good!
WE are now in Brownsville, TX... I imagine we'll cross the border... we have our passports.
More later
Sleepy and Janet
BTW... I think thatt you'll enjoy the full reportwhen I get to it.
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sleepy
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Well, Brownsville is very nice... a lot of Winter Texans are still here (most came down in October) but most will leave in the next few weeks.
We went to South Padre Island yesterday... we went north on the island to the end of the Park road... there was a lot of loose sand blown over areas of the road.
I found an area where there had been a building... after a very bad storm or hurricane the only thing left was z shaped short driveway... with a nice beech overlook... got hung up briefly in some of the sand... but finally backed into position for a view from the slide.
Being Good Thursday we knew that the weekend would start later in the afternoon... since i am no longer "child proof, idiot proof, boom box proof, etc" we decided not to stay and headed bak to Brownsville.
With one stop on the way off the island. The whole south end of the island is a County Park with 1500 or 2000 RV's... for us it meant opportunity.
To dump tanks and take on potable water... it was a couple of days early but "it's better to be tank safe during a Holiday weekend" It cost us $5 for a day pass... and instructions where the primitave dump station was located.
The beaches were all beautiful... but had sea grass blown over sections,
The area between the sand dunes and the County Park is much like any other tourist nightmare... people staying in Condos, hotels, etc and standing in line for 2 hours for cheap pancakes.
Good news for you... Janet filled a memory card with pictures... bad news for me... processing them.
Have a good Easter Holiday
Sleepy and Janet
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Quote:We have one of the old grandfathered unlimited verizon plans which we use as our primary internet, on average we consume between 30-40 gigs a month with regular use of Netflix, Vudu, and Hulu.
....Matt: you guys are just watching too much TV man
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sleepy
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I wrote this a week ago... I couldn't get the forum to let me post...
We are still in Brownsville, TX area...the weather is beautiful.
We've been a little lazy.... instead of doing laundry we have just been buying what ever clothing we need...just lighter weight... summer versions.
...today it caught up with us... we did the Laundry mat for several hours then drove around half of Brownsville... along the Border fence... it's not bad looking.
Tomorrow we plan on heading to Port Isabel and Padre Island again.
Heat... and HUMIDITY will have us suffling north again before too long
I think we'll go north by a different route.
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sleepy
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Today is Friday the 25th of April
We returned to Brownsville from South Padre Island to wash the salt and sand off the camper and truck
While on South Padre Island we found a fantastic boondocking site... we could see a Class C that was boondocking somewhat close to us and off in the distance on the sound side we could see a 5th wheel doing the same. Neither of them seemed to have power... no lights at night
We watched TV at night... kept the lights burning to read...
It was really black outside... no moon.
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sleepy
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I did get a picture to post on Facebook...
I feel like I'm letting you guys down...
Almost a 1/3 of a million views... that is unbelieveable
Thanks ... we'll give you some nice pictures and narritive in the future we hope.
chet and janet
PS... she is doing her job taking pictures even with the shoulder that recently was operated on acting up again.
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SpknTC
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sleepy wrote:I did get a picture to post on Facebook...
I feel like I'm letting you guys down...
Almost a 1/3 of a million views... that is unbelieveable
Thanks ... we'll give you some nice pictures and narritive in the future we hope.
chet and janet
PS... she is doing her job taking pictures even with the shoulder that recently was operated on acting up again.
Bummer to hear about Janet's shoulder. What the heck is going on?
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sleepy
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We entered Mexico and faced 104°F.... thats too hot for anyone.
we returned to Lake Charles... rested a day and headed North East... trying to guess the tornado patterns.
We stayed last night just west of natchez, Miss in Lousiana
Tonight we are in Clarksdale, MS
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SpknTC
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sleepy wrote:We stayed last night just west of natchez, Miss in Lousiana
Tonight we are in Clarksdale, MS
More soon
Just finished The Quiet Game based in Natchez, MS. hope you took lots of pics!
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sleepy
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Corenth, MS
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