Dear Family, Friends, and PALS;

We are at the Long Island Village resort here in Port Isabel, Texas.  The weather is lovely, and it is actually blowing very little today.  But we are told that is an abnormality.  Guess we can't have everything.

We took a Christmas Lights Tour to Hidalgo, Texas, about an hours bus ride to the west.  It was nice, but for some reason, just does not seem like Christmas in Idaho.

This was actually a rock band made up of prehistoric (dinosaurs) band members.  Not super original, but there were certainly thousands of lights involved.

The Christmas Tree was all lights.  They don't grow them anywhere down here, so you don't see live ones of any size.

These were all at the grounds around City Hall in Hidalgo

Kay didn't blend too well with the "Angry Bees", thank Heavens.

As it started to get darker, these "dragons" and all their friends started to come to life.

Cinderella is alive and well here in Texas

This is Cinderella at the Castle.   Prince Charming is turned sideways so you don't see him.

This is looking out our rear window, up the canal that heads out to the Gulf.  It is as pretty as it looks.  There are generally Pelicans swimming in the canal right behind us.

Christmas Morning just behind our RV.  She still takes unbelievably good care of me whether I like it or not.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Just checking in to let you know we made it to Port Isabel. 

This was taken on  December 14, 2013, the day we arrived at Long Island Village in Port Isabel, Texas.  It's taken from the back window of our motor home. 

Hello, Friends and Family;

This is the 8th day of December, 2013.  We are presently still in Tennessee, spending a little time with my Brother, Brent, and his family. We will be on the road again, and on our way to Port Isabel, Texas in a couple days.

This a a picture of a very pretty girl standing by a basil plant in front of the old Arkansas State House in LIttle Rock.  Kay noticed the scent when we first walked up before a tour of the old Capital building.

This is Yours, truly, standing in front of the old Capital.  It was built in 1836, about the time Arkansas was admitted to the union, and served as the State Capital Building until 1912.  The Union Army occupied the building during the Civil War.  It is now a museum, and we enjoyed a brief tour.  This was on the 21st of November, our 44th wedding anniverary.

For our Wedding Anniversary "Date", we attended the Murray Dinner Playhouse, in Little Rock.  We enjoyed a delightful buffet, and an entertaining play entitled "Run For Your Wife".  It was about a guy trying to handle and hide from eveyone, epecially the wives, that he had two wives. It was much more than I would ever care to take on, but an enjoyable evening.

We are having a little work done on our  Motor Home, and decided to take the week of our anniversary and spend it in an Extendod Stay Hotel.  This evening has some special significance.  The 22nd of November marked our 2nd anniversary since the dreaded diagnosis of my ALS.  We were told at that time that we maybe could expect a year, but we would never see two.  So it is with much joy and satisfaction that we not only survived our first two years, but are flurishing, and well on our way to many more, with my health continuing to improve.

We wish all our many friends and loved ones a very special Holiday Season.  We are especially grateful for the many great friends we have made through our ALS journey, and pray for and love all our PALS (People with ALS)