Category Archives: Week 1

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 →

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 →

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 →

We didn’t sign up for this!

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →