Category Archives: 2012

You Guys are Lucky

Another warm day up in the 80’s. No sun though, overcast and humid. This morning was shopping morning, and the smart-phone had its turn to impress Lyn. We loaded an entire list of items we may one day want to … Continue reading

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Getting Warmer

Partly Cloudy and up to 83F today with no wind until late evening. Every thing started out fine, but after breakfast the water died. A quick check round confirmed that, for once,  we were not at fault; it appeared that … Continue reading

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Translation Required

Finally, summer has returned. Today was mostly clear with the temperature up to 24C. This morning was routine work on the trailer, time to flush out the black water tank and, as the sun was out and the wind had … Continue reading

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Instant Palm Tree

No furnace this morning, clear skies and around 65F. Today is Presidents Day down here, which is a federal holiday celebrating the birthdays of two of the countries early presidents, Washington and Lincoln. In celebration of the day we hung … Continue reading

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Disaster!

Woke up to the sound of the furnace running. The sky was blue and the temperature around 12C. Lazing around after breakfast and disaster struck, the internet went down! About 30 minutes later it returned, so life got back to … Continue reading

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A Lazy Saturday

Rained overnight and throughout the morning and the wind was as strong as we have seen it here. Temperatures around 20C After lunch, the rain stopped and the skies cleared, we risked getting blown away and went for a walk … Continue reading

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Aquarium Time

Again, warm overnight and overcast throughout the day. We had many short sharp showers and the occasional thunder-boomer. We decided that today would be a good day to visit the Texas State Aquarium which is just back along the causeway between us … Continue reading

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Lazy Day

The forecast was not too promising today. Although it was up in the mid 20’s there was a forecast for quite a bit of rain. As usual the forecasters were wrong. So far there has been no rain! The highlight … Continue reading

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Getting Warmer

Woke up to temperatures in the mid 60s with fog. The temperature continued to climb to around 80F but it was humid and overcast, with a couple of short sharp showers. It wasn’t a day for exploring so Lyn carried … Continue reading

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Suicidal Dolphins

Getting warmer! Today reached 21C, not quite as hot as the 27C forecast, but at least it was warm and dry. We headed back to Aransas to visit the University of Texas Maritime Research Unit. There were a series of … Continue reading

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