Monthly Archives: January 2012

Yet again the weather people got it wrong (there must be some ex-environment Canada guys down here). It was warm and overcast when we woke up, and about an hour later the rains came again. Because it has been so … Continue reading →

Woke up to a dark overcast morning. Somehow the weather forecast had changed overnight from 0% chance of rain to 70%. About 30 minutes later the rain arrived and stayed for about an hour. We were going to go to … Continue reading →

Today was a non day. Just sat around doing nothing, as a well trained retiree should. The day started warm and got to about 24C, but after lunch the deep freeze set in and temperatures plummeted to 20C. The highlight … Continue reading →

Cooler and calm again today, although we did struggle up to 24C by mid afternoon. Lyn wanted to do some shopping in Brownsville so we combined it with a day out to the beach. Although we had been to the … Continue reading →

Woke up to a cooler, 13C, clear and calm day. Lyn headed out to get a hair cut then we did the weekly shopping. After lunch it was crafts time for Lyn, and I played around with an astronomy programme … Continue reading →

Lyn liked the laundry so much yesterday, she made a return visit today! My contribution this morning was to clean the stove. After lunch we headed back to South Padre Island to visit the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre. The centre consisted of … Continue reading →

Today was a stay at home day. It was 21C, grey, overcast and very windy (as opposed to windy). This morning Lyn went to visit her friend the laundry while I continued to do research for the trip. Turns out that the … Continue reading →

Again a 20C calm and overcast wake-up. Spent the morning researching accommodation in the Cook Islands, and helping Lyn with some graphics for a project she is doing. After lunch we decided to head off to another wild life refuge just outside … Continue reading →

I’m sure I’ve used that title (or something very similar before), but I am running out of titles. 20C and calm at wake-up time. We headed off to the west today to go to Donna for a large open air … Continue reading →