20 February

82 degrees and very bright sunshine 57% humidity at 4:30pm on Saturday 20, 2016

Well, we picked up Patty at the Harlingen Airport on Thursday - didn't get a picture of her, but here are her suitcases!  It was just before 1 pm and we stopped to eat lunch at a Whataberger and then I dropped Phyllis & Patty off at the Rec Hall so they could work with the quilters.

At 4:00 pm 

we were back in the

hall for the Meet & Greet.

Patty has been here many

February's and lots of people

stopped to welcome her back

this time.

We went back down to the hall

to play Bean Bag Baseball, at 6:30 pm, but guess I didn't take any pictures.

Arnold and Kathy Waxman had been in a permanent on our street, then sold it several years ago and bought a 5th wheel that they left permanently.  This week they traded that 5th 

wheel, with its steps inside, for a travel trailer.  They are in their late 80's or early 90's and this should work better for them.

Phyllis and Patty

went with quite a few ladies in the park for

their "Red Hat" day in Weslaco.

These are the photos Phyllis took there.

 

 They had a fashion

show and here are 

couple of the models

from the park.

Marion Finken

and Darlene Winslow

A carload of the "Red Hat Bachelors
went to a Mexican Restaurant
in Weslaco for lunch.

Tonight is the "50th" celebration where all couples having been married 50 years or more will be recognized and those who are celebrating their 50th this year will be honored.  

They have moved the 

race-car track to a spot

on the next street directly across

from us.  This way they can leave

it up.  It had been on a parking

spot and taken down and put 

up every week.

More later, Lynn

Mid-February

62 degrees and very foggy as I start this at 7:00 am Tuesday.  Car temp showed 93 when we were driving yesterday near McAllen.

Phyllis was Master of Ceremonies Sunday

evening as she and 2 other ladies

put on the Valentine Supper at the 

Rec Hall here at Kenwood RV Park

in La Feria, Texas

Rev. Baker giving
blessing just before
the meal.

 Caterers from McAllen

served a good meal.

With two doing the

serving and three doing

the dishing up in the 

kitchen it took a little while to

serve everyone.

Phyllis had the crew come out of recognition
and they were given an envelope
containing the tip.

Our tickets for the evening were $10 each
and that included meal, tax, and tip.
Meal was Cordon Bleu with mashed potatoes,
green beans, and green salad.  It hadn't included desert, so the three girls made pink cake that they had set at each place.

Lavin played the 

piano before supper

and during the program

as needed.

 Kath Saunders

did a song/dance

routine

Kathy Connelly read a poll
that had been published on
most searched web sites from
each state for Valentine gifts.

Phyllis read a Valentine Poem

 Darlene Winslow did a routine

where she sang to a CD while

pulling various items from her

bra (including golf club, many vinyl records, photos, neck ties, a full length fishing pole.

The song had a sad ending
and Darlene did an
appropriate crying bit.

A drawing was held

for the raffle on several

blankets and sewn items

by the Car and Share group.

Think they said over $500

was raised - which goes to

buying materials for the hundreds

of quilts they give to charitable groups

every year.

Had a brilliant sunset last night,
though this photo doesn't catch
a lot of it -  wasn't able to get
to a place where could get
good shot of it.

This is the fog out our

back door at 7 am this morning

This shows the

humidity at

7:00 am.

Oh yeah, I have gotten a little 

work done in the Texas Room.  Getting

a breaker box put in and may, some day, 

even get it hooked up replacing the

extension cord now powering everything

in that room from a plug in on the

outside of the end of the mobile home!

Yesterday we drove to McAllen to LazyBoy store, looking to replace the recliner of Phyllis'.  They are good and sturdy but a little on the high side.  Will do some comparing of other furniture stores and see what we will do.  Patty Steckelberg is coming in to Harlingen Air Port just after noon on Thursday.

More Later.

Valantine Day tomorrow

80 degrees here at our home in Kenwood RV Park in La Feria, Texas at 2:00 pm Saturday afternoon.  Clear sky and very bright sunshine.

Thursday and Friday was the big NASCAR races at Kenwood RV Park.  Merve Stauffer put a lot of time and money in to the layout over the last several weeks.  At left Phyllis is running her car around the track against Ruth Stauffer.

We both ran 5 races Thursday and then returned Friday to run 3 more in the finals.  I won enough the first day to be in the winners runoff, but was eliminated in the finals.  Phyllis was in the losers division on Friday and was also eliminated.  Was hot both days and Don Ferguson was helping straightening out the cars (after 3 bumps into the board and unable to get turned around) both days and about did himself in. 

We got a kick out of Joany (from Gretna, NE) running her car--she put a lot of body English in it, twisting herself around trying to turn the car, and even talked to it when it was near her.


Since we had been eliminated and the Veggie Man came around about 4 pm we left and didn't hear who got the three trophies that Merve had in his car.

Both days there

were quite

a few

observers.

 There have been quite a few

sugar cane fields burned the last

week or so, even with the daily high

winds.  They burn so hot and quickly, that within 

a short time the fire is done.  But, they produce

quite a bit of smoke (burning some 40% of

the matter of the cane--leaving the green

stalk, which they want for the

sugar content) and it rises quite high

in the atmosphere.

 They are limited by

weather factors:

humidity, temperature,

wind at various levels

and have no trouble with

burning adjoining areas.

If the weather is just right

and you are down wind you can

see some "Texas Snow" -- the

small black burned cane

pieces.  There was

quite a wind yesterday when these

photos were taken of fire just south and east

of our park but we did not

witness and "Texas Snow"

 Couple of tomatoes
that are setting
on two of my
seven tomato
plants.

Couple of

motorhomes

that came in early

in February from

Missouri.

 This morning, Saturday, Phyllis & I
helped serve the breakfast at
the Rec Hall.  Quiche, along with
biscuits and gravy went
over well with the 50-some
people who ate.  In this
photo we were just about
ready to start. 

Phyllis at the "taking
money table" -- $4 per
serving.  Not too bad
for a really good meal!

Some of the early eaters.

Merve Stauffer, when serving

was about done.

This photo was taken

early in the morning,

before the cooking

was finished and before

people started showing

up for breakfast.

Virgle Greene,

Bill McConnell and

Merve Stauffer were

working up the eggs, etc., while

Phyllis was getting supplies from the refrigerator.

This morning was

quite damp.

I took this about 9:15 am

when it was 74% humidty

and 68 degrees.

Phyllis, along with a couple others, is involved with putting on the Valentine's Day meal and program tomorrow evening.  They are having the meal catered and has a program following.  Lot of decorating this morning and to have the Rec Hall closed at 11 am tomorrow after church for all the setup.  Think there are around 140 tickets sold.

Later, Lynn