Yesterday started off with a bit of fog that dissipated with
some clouds later developing, but it was very nice with a high of 27C.
We were asked to go
to South Padre Island with Ron and Janet to what is called Market Days. This is
a large display of arts, collectibles, jewelry and more being held at the
Convention Centre. There was a large attendance at this event when we arrived
and we checked it all out in 1.5 hours. We bought a small brush to clean the
vent, on the coach, from the clothes dryer and some bungee cords to fasten the
tire covers I bought earlier.
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| The Crowd |
We had a very good lunch at Blackbeards just down the street.
Afterwards, we went to a Turtle Rescue Centre. This centre had about 20-25
turtles with different issues but most had some type of severe limb damage or
amputation due to an injury. We happened
to catch a session explaining the centre and details about turtles. It was mentioned that only 1/3 of 1% of all
baby turtles born will live to maturity. Also, a lot of turtles are injured by
fishing lines and plastic bags thrown in the water, these wrap around their legs and
cut off the blood circulation.
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| The brace is the stick like object hanging up in the middle. |
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| The two largest turtle skulls. |
On the way home we made a quick stop for some ice cream and
checked out the water nearby. Another stop we made was at Bobz World another tourist trap with
a very interesting entrance. The building was full of the usual crap. It sure
is interesting what people will purchase.
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| This guy watched us eat our ice cream. |
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| Entrance |
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| Check the price out for this mirror! ($2,500.00) |
We did all this and still made it to happy hour (yea).
Another great session on various topics being discussed as well as Cathy and I receiving
ideas of places to go and things to see when we hit the road.
Til tomorrow...
