Winding down our winter stay in the Rio Grande Valley

80 degrees in La Feria, TX as I start this at 3:39 pm on Saturday afternoon.  Heavy overcast with an occasional spit of rain, but not amounting to anything.

 Last Saturday we helped our next door neighbors (From Hiawatha, KS) celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary which was actually the day before on Friday the 18th.

 Imogene and Harold Williams (from Marion, IN), Petie and Jim Cleveland (from Ohio) were at the table at the Longhorn Cattle Company restaurant near San Benito, south of  Harlingen.

 In the center is LaRhoda and

Harold Neher (from Hiawatha, KS)

and Phyllis is at the far right.

Jim and Lavin Boozer (Kell, IL) were
across the table from us.

Neighbors 2 doors down,

Bob and Bobbi Raab (near

Minneapolis, MN)  were to

our right.

Bill Winslow took Phyllis and my picture.

At the far end

of the table, near the center

of this photo, is Doug and

Betty Salzwedle (near

Minneapolis, MN) and

at right are LaRhoda and Harold Neher

Wasn't until right now that I realized I missed
getting a photo of Bill and Darlene Winslow (from West Branch, Michigan) -- they sat directly across the table from us!  Bill is in the center of the photo at left

and Darlene is second from left
in this photo.

We had returned from the restaurant to
our place for a nice visit and then
ice cream and cake.

The guests of honor (though

LaRhoda got the

cake and ice cream

and helped Phyllis

set up everything.

They were really appreciative of all their friends

here in Kenwood that the have spent so many

winters with.

All enjoyed themselves
and their time together.

On Sunday morning we rode with Bob & Bobbi Raab to Arroyo City, Texas  to the Baptist Church.
Our church here at Kenwood is done until next December.  Bob Wright, the minister, used to be the Minister here in Kenwood RV Park some 10 years ago.

 
Phyllis got to visit a bit with Beverly Krissemeyer, who was here first piano teacher back in southwest Iowa---and her father was one of the two ministers it took to marry Phyllis and myself in 1963.

 Spent some more time this last week

working in the Texas Room.  No, I

won't get it done this year, but should

within a few years.

Built a bookcase type of

shelves right under the kitchen

window, which completes

about half of the wall

against the mobile home which

is the east side of the

Texas room.

Phyllis, last night, burning the candle at
both ends---------no, actually was
burning two candles on a rock.

I pulled the trailer

near the front

door of our house

so we can spend this

week moving things

over, so we can leave

for Iowa next Friday morning.

When Joe, "the vegie man" was here yesterday we got several things, including this 50 lbs. of carrots and 50 lbs. of Mexican 1015 onions.  Monday we pick up, from another source 50 lbs. of grapefruit.



 

Started packing the pickup for trip north.

More later, Lynn