Category Archives: 2012

Warmth at Last

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Barry

A little late, I wrote it last night but it didn’t get posted. Shouldn’t really complain about the cool temperatures after finding out that most of Florida dropped below 0C the other night. This morning started out wet and about … Continue reading →

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Wet, Windy,Cold, Miserable

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Barry

We didn’t sign up for this!

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Dolphin Surprise

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Barry

Clear blue sunny skies greeted us this morning, the cost of this was a further drop in temperature to 44F. Although cool, it was a good day to go exploring so we headed off to Padre Island. Essentially Padre / South Padre … Continue reading →

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Luxury Returns

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Barry

It’s a few degrees cooler up here, but still overcast and showery. Evidently February is the wet month. As you may recall, when we set-up at the previous site we had a couple of problems due to water freezing over … Continue reading →

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Mud, Mud Glorious Mud

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Barry

Well, the rain continued to fall so after speaking to the boss man, I figured the best place to be was inside the truck watching the worker bees! The plan was to fill in the ruts with what they called … Continue reading →

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An INTERESTING Day

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Barry

Last night it poured with rain for about 5 hours, not exactly what we wanted. When we got up the rain had stopped, and I figured with the 4 wheel drive and the low gear position we should be able … Continue reading →

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Time to Leave

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Barry

Finally the temperature started to climb. Woke up to an overcast 15C and it got up to around 21C. Still no sighting of the elusive yellow disc in the sky though. We started packing up the stuff today for our … Continue reading →

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Blahhhhhhh!

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Barry

The weather is continuing in it’s attempt to mimic a Southern Ontario winter. High today here was 11C, high today in Ottawa was 7C. The highlight of the day was returning some stuff to Wal-Mart!   ’nuff said!

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We Are NOT Amused

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Barry

Well, after yesterdays disaster we were looking forward to meeting up with friends from Burlington and going to the kite festival on the beach at South Padre Island. We woke up to the sound of the furnace running, which is … Continue reading →

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Water Soluble Rodeo

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Barry

Woke up to warm and humid again this morning with the temperature climbing to 27C. After lunch we headed into the nearby town of Los Fresnos for the annual rodeo and agricultural fair. On the way in funny tones emitted from the … Continue reading →

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