A QUIET DAY

Today was sunny with the usual wind and a high of 31C.

We sat out for the am. and enjoyed the weather while listening to the radio.

We also made some phone calls to Canada and actually switched over to skype to talk to Janice and the twins Paige and Owen. We had a good talk with Paige who mentioned she wanted a puppy for Christmas - a pink and white one. Owen could care less about talking, he just played in the back ground. 

 After lunch we took the bicycles  over to the recreation hall to check out the sewing machines. Cathy needs to shorten the shorts we bought yesterday. We took the long way back checking out the various licence plates and the units up for sale.

                                                No activity on the shuffleboard courts.

All for now.  

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

Monday was a sunny day with a low of 18C and a high of 31 with no breeze.

We started the day off by going out for breakfast in the near by town of Weslaco with a group of neighbours. It was busy spot and we were encouraged to try the pecan pancakes made with chips of the locally grown pecans. Cathy went with the #2 and I had the #6 breakfast.

After breakfast Cathy and I rode over to the "Dickies" store, it was located in more of a warehouse and was huge, selling work clothes, school and nursing uniforms. We picked up a pair of shorts for me.

Cathy was able to get us tickets for this Saturday's dance with a rock and roll band, "The Cruisers" which are quite good they say and tickets for the New Year's Dance where we have been invited to join the neighbours who are going to be here. There are a few people leaving this week to go back home to their families for the holidays.

The park provides modems to use for a $5.00 deposit and they came and installed ours today. They provided the cable to connect into the coach and splitter for no charge which they say we can keep.

In the afternoon we saw a local maintenance man trimming the trees in the neighbourhood, the property owners can also hire him. It takes him about 2 hours to do a tree at a cost of about $20.00 a tree. He mentioned ants and cockroaches can climb up into the trucks and make nests.

Last night we went to "The Festival of Lights" in Hidalgo with Rick and Connie from Wiarton Ontario. This is about a 40 minute drive south west of Mercedes and is close to the Mexican border. This festival is put on by the town in the area around City Hall and the area around it including the parks and near by houses.  This is all sponsored by local businesses and most of the people working are volunteers with all monies raised going to the local charities. They have trolley, train and horse drawn buggy rides which take you around the area with a narrator. There are have a few rides for the kids as well. They start installing the lights the beginning of October.

Hope to post again this evening.