It is now almost the end of February. It has been a cold winter here, jsut like most places in the country, but nothing like home in Idaho. Can you believe it actually got into the 40s a few times, and even came close to freezing a night or two. Those few really nasty days reminded us of why we decided to come south. But it has warmed up quite a bit this past two weeks, and we are almost ready to crank up the old air conditioner. We know it is tough on all of your there in the cold country, but spring is sure to come there too.
My health continues to improve even more, and we are ever greatful for the blessings in our lives. We are already making plans to return next winter, but honestly, we are also anxious to get back home to all of our dear friends and family there.
We are posting some of the beautiful sites aroiund us here, in hopes we can get some of you to join us here for a bit next year.
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| This is a photo of the old lighthouse here in Port Isabel. We are only parked about a mile to the south. Behind the lighthouse is the bay and port. There is often kids rolling down the hill you see. We were not inclined to join them. |
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| We took a walk up the steps to the top of the lighthouse. Other than banging my head on a couple of low beams, the climb was no big deal. It is amazing what a couple years can do with the proper nursing. I happen to have the worlds most fantastic nurse, even if she is just a bit of a pain at times. She doesn't give me much slack, though I take all I can. |
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| This is from the lighthouse across the causeway. It is just over two miles long, and goes to South Padre Island,which is a beautiful resort area. The weather hasn't been conducive to much sun tanning on the beaches yet, but we still have 7 or 8 weeks to get some in. Heaven forbid, should we come home without our tans! |
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| We took a little fishing trip a couple weeks ago. It was a bit cool, and we didn't do too much damage to the fish populatioin, but we did end up we enough "Whiting" to make a couple nice meals. But I did get a fishing license, the first I've had in probably 30+ years. If we have to live off my fishing, we're both going to be dropping a few more pounds. |
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| This is Logan, one of the fishing guides, filleting our catch. We could tell he had done it a few times.nd |
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| This is our friendly Pelegan committee come to check on Logan's work. Don't they look like a nice bunch of pacifist at a church picnic? |
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| This is now the "clean-up" committee. I wouldn't want to be in the water with them when the scraps came over the railing. They are very interesting birds, and pretty much have the run of things. There are flashng lights as you go over the causeway that says "Watch For Pelicans". They have the right-of-way. |
We hope you are all well and happy. We find ourselves to be quite busy here most of the time, with a bit of work with Sling Pitcher going on, taking care of some callings in the Church here, our continued therapies, and making sure the golf courses around here have their share of divots, chuncks, and lost balls to remember me by. The water hazards are plentiful and the wind always makes them a bit more intimidating.
We hope to see most of you in just a couple months. Please don't hesitate to call or email any time.
Much love to all,
Kim & Kay
