Sorry, couldn’t do the blog as we have been a bit busy. The
weather was great again for both days with highs of 29 and 31C. There was a bit
of flog both mornings which dissipated quickly.
For these two mornings there has been a flock of about 15
wild Red Crowned Parrots which roost in nearby trees for awhile. They are quite
noisy and even squawk while they fly. They
have been appearing on the warm mornings only while we have been here. They are
about the size of a amazon parrot (the parrot we had, Felix) with a green body, red patch on their heads and a
yellow beak. They are endangered due to habitat loss and poaching.
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| As close a picture Cathy could get. |
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| Picture from Cathy's I-pad for clarity. |
Wednesday, Cathy and a bunch of woman went shopping to keep
the Texan commerce thriving. I stayed behind and went for a long bicycle ride
throughout the resort and fixed the brakes on both bicycles, so they wouldn’t
make a loud noise went applied. Then I relaxed and waited for happy hour where
plans were being made for the refrigerator replacement for Doc and Nancy’s
coach. They were replacing their current one with a household unit which was
larger. We were to start at 9 am.
Thursday
Everyone was at Doc and Nancy’s bright and early. It is the typical
setup when you get a bunch of men together – More Chiefs than Indians but it
went very well.
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| New frig. |
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| Window out |
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| Supervisors |
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| Old frig. ready to go out |
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| Old fridge coming out the window |
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| New one coming |
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| Going in! |
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| Rick explaining the facts of life to me. |
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| Cleaning around the window frame getting ready for new weather gasket. |
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| Window in, Done! |
After doing my part for the extraction /installation Cathy
and I decided to go to Los Ebanos, about an hour drive to the west to see the
only Hand Operated river ferry on the border. This barge would carry up to 3
cars. It is very interesting to see and it was powered by 3 guys and a fourth
would straighten the barge out as it approached the shoreline by pulling on
another rope attached to the main line with a pulley to swing the barge around
straight. It took them about 2 minutes
to get across the river.
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| New U.S. Border Station |
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| Mexican side |
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| Leaving the U.S. |
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| Gut with hat using pulley to straighten the barge |
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| We ate at our first Whataburger - there are a lot of them here - McDonald competition |
On the way home we stopped for groceries to stock up for our
departure on Saturday when we will be heading for the Texan hill country. We
are feeling reluctant on leaving this great resort and especially the fine
people we have met here. We had an outstanding
time here.
Stay tuned...
