Daily Archives: September 14, 2010
We want Fall back . . .
We had really gotten used to the beginnings of Fall while we were in Elkhart.
You remember Fall, you know, highs in the 70’s, low’s in the 40’s.
Well, not down here in Houston. When we got here yesterday it was 97 degrees. Today it was 93 degrees with a humidity “Feels Like” of 100 degrees.
And the low tonight is 75.
You know you’re back in Texas when the water from the cold water faucet is hot!
But there are some redeeming factors.
Here is our site here at Galveston Bay RV Park.
And here is the view out our front window from site 73. This is Dickinson Bayou which leads into Galveston Bay.
This is the slightly different view from site 80, where we’ve parked the previous two years. Jan likes this view better because the small island attracts a lot of birds and wildlife If and when our old site becomes available, we’ll probably move down the street.
Jan always puts out a bird feeder to keep the local avians from starving. We’ve gone thru as much as 50# of bird seed a week.
These are Monk’s Parakeets. There are large flocks of them in this area, although they are not native to here, but originally come from South America. They’re very hardy, and colonies are found as far north as Connecticut, and as far west as Washington state. The colonies are generally thought to have originated from escaped pets over the years.
But here’s the main reason for being here. This was my first chance to hold baby Landon. It’s really hard to imagine how small he is. The last time I held a grandchild this small was 17 years ago, with our granddaughter Piper.
About 11 am our son Chris came over to drop off a dead laptop for me to work on, and after talking for a while we headed out for lunch at Berryhill Baja Grill. They have great sandwiches, tacos, and tortilla soup, and we always enjoy it.
Coming home we stopped off at Kroger’s for some groceries, and then we were in for the day.
We’ll probably spend the next few days just jelling before we jump back in the swing of things.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the Day:
“Every morning, I get up and look through the ‘Forbes’ list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.”
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