Monthly Archives: September 2010
Outrigger’s. . .
Today, as usual, we start with the requisite Landon photo.
He looks like he’s not too sure what’s going on, but whatever it is, he doesn’t like it.
Forgot to mention this yesterday, but when were in Ryan’s last evening, Jan looked around and said she kept waiting for the Amish to come in.
When we would visit Ryan’s in Elkhart IN, we always saw a large number of Amish eating there. Apparently, Ryan’s is very popular with the Amish for some reason.
Nick Russell called a little after 1 pm, so we could catch up and solve a few more of the world’s problems. They’re in the Gettysburg PA area, and say it’s well recommended as a great place to visit.
About 3 pm we drove up the road to Outriggers, our favorite local on-the-water seafood place.
In this case, on-the-water means on the Clear Lake Channel, connecting Clear Lake with Galveston Bay, and under the Kemah Bridge.
They have a great open-air deck overlooking the Channel.
And the view is great, too.
Of course, the food was great, too…as usual. We started off with a dozen raw oysters. Our waitress said we were lucky as the season had just started, otherwise they wouldn’t have been available.
For our entrees, Jan had a Shrimp and Oyster Po-boy, and I had a cup of Red Beans and Rice, and a dozen Boiled Shrimp. 
While we were eating we saw a shrimp boat come in to dock, followed by a large flock of seagulls. Deckhands usually are washing the trash fish off the deck thru the scuppers, and into the water. And the seagulls are always looking for a handout. 
Also nearby, we saw several of Jan’s favorite birds, pelicans.
We’ll probably try to bring Jan’s sister, Debbie and her husband, Jim, here next week.
More tomorrow…
Thought of the Day:
The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven’t read.
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Rig Cleaning Day. . .
Brandi sent this photo out and says Landon is smiling. He does look pretty happy. Sleepy, but happy.
I think it’s probably because he just filled his diaper and he knows someone’s going to have to clean it up.
Today was Rig Cleaning Day.
Jan’s sister Debbie and her husband, Jim, will be here on Sunday to spend a week.. So Jan went into cleaning mode.
We did find out one interesting fact, however. Beer makes a great tile floor cleaner.
We had a bottle of Alaskan beer we had brought back from there as a souvenir. Unfortunately, our souvenir bottle broke on the tile floor in the kitchen. In cleaning up the broken glass and wiping up the spilled beer, we found it did a great job in cleaning the floor.
Who knew?
We left for Ryan’s, one of our favorite buffet places, about 4:45 pm. Jan and both love their fried chicken, and decided tonight was the night for some. We also hoped to see Helen, a waitress there that we’ve know for about 10 years. We actually followed her down to this Ryan’s in Texas City. We used to go to the one in Webster TX, but when it closed, Helen moved to one in Texas City, and so did we.
But, unfortunately, we picked one of the two nights she wasn’t there this week. We’ll have to try again.
We got back to the rig about 6:15 and got ready for a great night of new TV shows.
More tomorrow…
Thought for the Day:
Insanity – electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.
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