Monthly Archives: February 2012

Mud, Mud Glorious Mud

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

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

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!

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

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

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 tonesĀ emittedĀ from the … Continue reading

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Android gains a Friend

Hot and humid again today, we maxed out around 27C (81F). Today we headed out to the town of Harlingen about 15 miles north of here. We had been here before but only to the shopping mall area. Today we … Continue reading

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Humid

Well, another hot and humid day. The last week or so has been lacking in sunshine and forecast doesn’t hold out much hope for the next few days. Today was shopping day, and that was about all we accomplished, life … Continue reading

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A Day at the Zoo

Finally a dry, but foggy morning and about 18C when we woke up. Today we planned to visit the Brownsville Zoo; looking at the web it didn’t seem too big of a zoo, and our expectations weren’t that great. As … Continue reading

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