Very hot and windy here in Rio Grande Valley

 85º with 25 mph winds here in La Feria at 11:05 am Wednesday.  Now, at 2:15 pm Wednesday, it is 94º , with 25 mph winds and bright sunshine here in the valley.

You can see we are in for some hot days.  I mentioned in last blog that we finally turned on the air conditioner.  It will remain on for some time it looks like.

Was interrupted by our good friend Mary Jo Herzberg, from Villisca, IA, coming with her two daughters and one son-in-law.  Visited a bit at our place, showed them our house and Texas Room.

Then, Mary Jo got in with us and the other three followed as we drove down to Emerald Grove park where she and Oliver stayed many, many winters.  Drove through the park so she could see some of the old places and spotted Tony, who did own and manage the park when they were there.  She was able to visit with him.  His grandson runs the park now and Tony is retired, but he still messes with cleanup, etc.  She said Tony told her they take several cruises each year and are really enjoying retirement.

Mary Jo rode with us as we drove down Business 83 and through some of Harlingen, reminiscing about a lot of places, etc.  We ended up in San Benito at the Longhorn Cattle Company for Barbecue lunch.  Lots of food and most of us have at least one more meal to eat from leftovers.

Got my hair trimmed

the other day.

Monday the people who regularly play bingo on Monday evenings bought pizza for themselves and spouses or partners.  Ed Stanger was still "in charge" with Denise's help, and helped by Dave had lots of pizza and salads for all.  I didn't stay for the bingo itself, but there was some pretty high prize money awarded during the evening.

On Monday the Kenwood Dirt Devils, a radio controlled car club that meets at the track here in the park, put on a hotdog luncheon, for donations.  Had a pretty good turnout, including quite a few guys from out of our park who work with the Dirt Devils.

These pretty flowers are in front of Lawrence Ferguson's place.  He is from Ansley, Nebraska, in Custer County.

Have pot-luck supper tonight.  Phyllis has quilting tomorrow morning.  We are going to Mexico to have our teeth cleaned on Friday.  Will go to Port Isabel late Saturday afternoon to meet Mary Jo and her kids at Pirate's Landing.  She and one daughter will be flying back to Iowa this Sunday.

There you have it!

Later, Lynn