Activities at Kenwood RV Park

62 degrees with heavy overcast in La Feria -- got 1.5" of rain overnight.  Forecast had called for possible bad storms, but have not heard of any wind/hail damage.

Picture at breakfast one of the days
before Patty headed back to southwest
Iowa.

One of our Bougainvillea plants

trying to surround the

Prickly pear cactus in our

back yard.

A week ago we took money
at the Saturday Morning
Breakfast at the Rec Hall

Had a pretty good

turnout.  Vern had made up

some items - ham, Keish, 

biscuits & gravy; then

took orders for eggs

prepared any way, as 

well as pancakes.

Visited with Don Ferguson

 This is Bougainvillea plants of Neher's, just
adjacent to us.

When we returned

from Mexico a week

ago Friday there was

one red tomato.

There are now two

that are turning.

We leave two weeks from

yesterday morning, so

the tomatoes better hurry

up.  Plan on wrapping

what green ones we can with

newspaper and take them

with us when we leave.

 Yesterday, Friday March 18th was appreciation/fun day put on by corporate owners of Kenwood.  

They held golf car races

and blind-fold golf cart

races around obstacle course

of pylons.

Three-wheeled bicycle races.

 Was a very hot day; indoor

games were enjoyed

by many and the air-conditioning

was enjoyed by all.

This photo is a bit fuzzy, but the only one
I got of Don Ferguson making popcorn; with
the drinking water on ice beside him, this
was a popular spot.

 Phyllis did the blind-folded

transferring of cotton balls

from one bowl to another.

 Back out in the sun there was a "cake-walk" where they just passed plates with numbers
on them and a card was drawn to determine
winner of cake each time the music stopped.

 Mike, the activity director; Rosie, park manager; and Sandra, in housekeeping watch

the cake-walk.

Back out in the sun later was the water balloon toss.

Linda laid one on Orville that broke!

 These are photos

of Cindy, from Maintenance,

in the balloon toss.

She was quite animated.

 After the 4:00 pm lunch of pulled pork, baked beans, and potato chips (which Phyllis & I and Darlene & Bill served buffet style) there was a short program awarding winners of the various events and games.  Then Phyllis gave the girls of the office and Cindy quilts for their kids that the Care and Share ladies had made.

 Last night we went

to the hall--for the first time--

for "Dime Bingo" at request

of Dick and Deanne Messer

 Afterward we went to the Friendship Room and played "31" with this group -- a new game to us.

Phyllis is cleaning house as we are hosting a reception tonight for 60th wedding anniversary of our neighbors - Harold and LaRhoda Neher.  Quite a group of us are going to The Cattleman's Restaurant down towards San Benito before that reception.

More later, Lynn

More on Mexico trip

78° with 88% humidity - overcast at 10:40 am as I start this on Thursday.  Phyllis is at the Rec Hall working with the women at Share & Care where they put together quilts to give away to the needy in the area.

   Well, I finally got the Mexico trip photos sorted, edited, deleted, etc., and have them up on four sites.  If you wish to peruse them go to:


https://goo.gl/photos/JZ3fDTwRNmLcFpvh7

https://goo.gl/photos/dGvRkErLibr8xm8A7

https://goo.gl/photos/KWgnziZ8FZp6xp5e6

https://goo.gl/photos/RxRGEBocQZRo4Gf97

On any album left click on any photo and you can then go to full screen with it and then advance through them.  If you want to download any photo to your computer just right click on the photo and then left click on the "save image as" tab in the sub-menu. I just discovered that if you click on the circled exclamation mark at the upper right corner of any photo it gives the description I had put on the photo as well as other info such as date and time photo taken and info on camera ; I am still learning this new Google Photos.  Had always worked with Picasa Photos which Google is discontinuing.  If you have any questions, suggestions, etc., get hold of me.

The National Palace (Palacio Nacional in Spanish) is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. It is located on Mexico City's main square, the Plaza de la Constitución (El Zócalo).  The following photos are of  Diego Rivera's murals which are extensive and depict history and many aspects of the Mexican culture.

These murals are around the inside walls of this courtyard of the National Palace.

This is a photo of the front

of the National Palace, taken

off the net; I didn't get a good

photo of the outside of the

building.

Juan drove us to the archaeological city of Teotihuacan where the Pyramid to the Sun and the Pyramid to the Moon is located.

This gentleman went to great lengths describing the guava and other plants that many things are derived from.  He showed scraping the leaves to get long threads, and one layer of one plant can even be used as paper!  

This guava plant produces

liquid which, when fermented,

makes Tequila.  Other plants

produce substance which

can make other alcoholic

drinks.  One of them is from

the blossom of the prickly pear

cactus.

At right is the "honey hole" in
the center of the guava plant.
They can dip out the liquid that
forms in this base as it moves down
from the leaves into this natural
bowl when the center is cut out.

Wish I could remember his name--hers is Phyllis.

We spent quite a bit of time in a museum

to the pyramids at Teotihuacan

The Pyramid to the Sun

The other 5 in our tour group

walked to the top.

Patty & Phyllis didn't start; I

went only a quarter of the

way.  

 

This is the pyramid to the

moon, off in the distance.

Patty in front
of Pyramid to the Sun

Phyllis in front of the Pyramid to the Sun

All, in all was a very interesting day.

More later, Lynn