I forgot to do a heading, so I will just do pictures.  These are things we don't see in Idaho.  This is the Pirate's Landing Restaurant.  It look right out into the water and across to South Padre Island.

I have never seen a pirate ship in Idaho.  This one is a tourist boat adventure.

I was sitting at the desk in our bedroom and saw this big ship moving down the channel. It is an aircraft carrier on it's way to the Port of Brownsville and is set fot dismantleing.   This picture was taken at the Port of Brownsville. 

The Yucca plants are all in bloom this time of year.  They get a blossom in February and March that looks like a candle.  The one in the center of this picture is just starting to bloom.  It is kind of maroon and white at first.

This small Yucca plant is in full bloom.  The picture does not show the bright yellow of the bloom.  The blossom looks like a cluster of popcorn. There are thousands of these in bloom right now between Port Isable and Brownsville.

So I finally found a cooperative pelican that would pose for me.  He was in the channel behind our motor home.  This is the only one I have seen with a red neck. 

Hello, Friends and Family.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

This is Logan, one of the fishing guides, filleting our catch.  We could tell he had done it a few times.nd

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?

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

January 19,2014

Great news in the Cherry family.  Trent was born on January 13th.  That is a new lucky day for our family.  Here he his just peeking out at the world. 

Who turned the lights on?

January 3, 2015

We are currently in Dallas for a few days.  Haven't found anything to take a picture of yet.  Big cities don't thrill me.  Here is our Christmas Day photo.  Kay

Here we are on Christmas day overlooking the canal right behind our RV.  Our neighbor owns the boat right behind us and the funny looking plant we are standing by.  The weather was calm and lovely on Christmas Day and the following Sunday.  But otherwise we have had wind and rain.  We are hoping that soon winter is gone in Port Isabel  

The plant is called a palamara plant.  Don't know if I spelled it right.  But this funny looking boomerang thing on it is the seed.  It will bloom this spring and I'll have to get another photo. 

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)