.JPG)
.JPG)
Canyon Lake
Our new home
WOW - another month has passed. Can't believe we've been here 4 months. January started off a bit cool. Got up bright and early on the 7th to head to the Bakery to meet the Heartland gang and it was 42 degrees. That's cold to us since we have so many WARM days!Tuesday the 8th was an ugly rainy day. Stayed in most of the morning and worked on shredding a bunch of stuff. I was still sick so we went to town for more medicine. Took the long way home and rode around on the beach. We both find that so neat regardless of the weather. Started Wednesday the 9th with our walking/exercise class. Spent the rest of the day house cleaning and packing up a few things because we were heading to my sister's in Austin on Thursday.
After MUCH consideration and MANY MANY discussions.....we have decided to take up permanent residence in Texas. That's our reason for going to my sister's for the weekend. We spend every day checking out RV parks to be our home base for the summer. We found a spot in one of our favorite towns -- Canyon Lake. That's located about 60 miles south of Austin, 30 miles north of San Antonio. This is something we knew we were going to do in about a year and a half, but we feel the time is right to make the move now. We will be leaving here (Rockport) on March 1st for Canyon Lake. We will be there until the end of September at which time we'll come back to Rockport for the winter. A positive to all this -- we only have to travel 3 hours to get there versus 3 days to get back to Tennessee. This will be a new adventure for us, but we're excited to be going to the hill country of Texas. We will be at the Guadalupe River which is a big advantage for both of us. Lee will be able to do a lot of fly fishing and kayaking. I will have my sister come down so we can tube the river. This move will put us close to immediate family. In May of 2014 we will all come back to Tennessee for Austin's graduation and help Michael and Austin move out here also.
Back to Rockport on Sunday the 13th. Met the Heartland folks at Charlotte Plummers in Fulton for lunch on Tuesday. Sat for a long time watching an oyster boat come in and unload. Interesting how they catch so many in such a short amount of time. After they unloaded they headed back out for another catch. On Wednesday the 16th after our class, we set down and started making different lists pertaining to our move. Thursday was a beautiful WARM day, so we took a ride to Corpus Christi. On the way back we stopped at the beach in Port Aransas to watch the people, ships and birds.
Friday the 18th we went back to Fulton (this town connects to Rockport) to Alice Fayes to have breakfast with the Heartland folks. We took the long way back to our rig, but once we got there we loaded the truck with a cooler, chairs and kite and went back over to Port Aransas. FUN DAY FOR SURE. Kite flying is GREAT when you're at the beach....more wind. But - I'm glad our kite wasn't any bigger. I'm afraid it would have lifted me off the ground.
Saturday was Rockport Market Days. This is always enjoyable. Many many vendors. We took advantage of one of the vendors and had a new name sign made. On Sunday Lee and John went fishing. FINALLY caught some keepers. They processed the fish and both were able to put some in their freezers. Lee cooked some of his and said they were delicious. I wouldn't know because I don't like fish. Weird I guess.
Tuesday the 22nd was our 31st wedding anniversary. Celebrated by going our for breakfast and did a Walmart run. Hey -- it don't take much at our age. Wednesday was spent going to class. After we had breakfast we started rearranging cabinets. Then went outside to enjoy a beautiful 80 degree day!! Thursday the 24th was Lee's 68th birthday. Celebrated by going to Moby Dick's on the island with our Heartland friends, He started celebrating with an appetizer......a dozen oysters on the half shell. He was definitely a happy camper!!!! For his birthday he had ordered a "skirt" that goes around the front of the rig (picture will follow). This is very popular with fifth wheels. A great storage area, plus the bedroom is above it so it will keep the bedroom warmer in cold weather and cooler in hot weather. He installed that on Friday while I cleaned "house".
On Saturday the 26th we went to the Aransas Convention Center for a craft show. Sunday the 27th was another beautiful warm day so we rode to Padre Island to check out 2 beach parks. Lots of people were out either fishing or surfing. On our way back we stopped at the beach in Port Aransas to fly our kite for a while. When we're there I always want to go to the jetty to watch the folks fishing. Several blogs ago I mentioned a guy catching a stingray, well the catch on this day was a blow fish. I guess they do catch regular fish (lol).
Monday the 28th was pedicure day. That afternoon several folks here in the park had an oyster fest. OH MY GOSH - that was a learning experience for me. Never been to one. They had hundreds of oysters which they shucked and cooked....or you could have them raw. About 50 folks attended bringing other dishes. Food was everywhere!! We missed the first one they had because we were at Debi's. They want to do this once a month. I BET we don't miss the one for February.....per Lee!!!
Wednesday the 30th we went back to the beach. NO - not to fly the kite, but check out the ocean and jetty. It was 91 degrees....which broke a record, but the winds were 50 miles an hour. That was a sight to see....not the waves, but the way the sand blows real low -- and looks like it's making waves also.
Other than our class we've been staying close to home and updating our lists. There is SO MUCH to remember when we get to Canyon Lake, then in Tennessee and what all has to be done once we get back. We will be flying home the 5th of March. We have rented a truck and car hauler. We will be packing up our personal things and get my car and head back to Texas on the 6th. I wish we could see some of you while we're there, but we'll have to do that later. You are limited to the days you can keep the truck.
I'm sure there will be a lot of new adventures to tell you about, so we'll keep updating the blog.
Until next time.....take care
