Davis Mountain State Park, Texas

Davis Mountain State Park, Texas

November 26, 2018

We are so glad we obtained an electrical spot as the evenings are very cool in the mountains and we can run our little heater.  It’s a cool morning we wake up to, but you can see the sun shining on the mountain tops.  Chris makes the usually morning perked coffee as I snuggle under the blankets waiting for the little space heater to warm the inside of the RV.  The park has Wifi but it’s out of range where we are parked.  After coffee we head up to the interpretive center where Chris works on uploading his blog and I try to get on Facebook, guess they have the sites restricted because I have no success.

We head back to the RV to have breakfast and get ourselves ready for the big cycle up to the McDonald Observatory, the first time I’ve ever visiting one.  

The sun is shining though a bit cool as we cycle the highway up to the top of the mountain.  Now I’m not doing to bad to start out, but as the road winds up and around I find I have to get off and walk up a bit.  I’m use to cycling flat roads not up a mountain.  After about two hours, with lots of huffing and puffing, due to the thin mountain air, I finally make it up to the Tourist Center.  Chris who has been cycling for years of course has no problem and makes it seem effortless.  I only started riding in 2014 so it was a lot of effort for me.

The visitor center is not at the top of the mountain, they have tours that take you up there for there shows, some night time tours.  We decide that the next tour that starts at 2.00 PM will not give us a safety net of cycling back down the mountain in the daylight, so we have a hot chocolate and cookie in the Cafe first.  Then wander around the center with all it’s space paraphernalia.  Outside the area is marked by a huge sundial, we think perhaps on our way out we will come for the tour up to the top and start our descent down the mountain.  Going down is a lot easier then cycling up a mountain.  Before i know it, the pedometer is showing 16.9 miles in record time for me at least.  The ride up was 11.6 and that took two hours the fide down only took an hour, with me only getting off once to walk up for a bit for a total ride of 23.4 miles.

McDonald Observatory

Sundial outside visitors center

A nice cup of tea and a lounge in the chair taking in the sun was in order.  Later is was a walk up to the bathroom for a nice hot shower, felt good to be clean.  As I’m sitting inside the RV waiting for my hair to dry, I start to feel the cooling air of the evening wrapping the inside, so i shut the doors and turn on the heater.  I still have a little cough from time to time, and it's a little wet, I hope a cold is not in the works.

Dinner is a hearty Chicken cacciatore with Pasta, a good meal to fuel back up on after a long hard cycling day.  No pigs came to visit this night and after a few games of crib we call it a night.

Davis Mountain to Van Horn, Texas

November 27, 2108

We are up early this morning and having decided not to take the trip up to the observatory, not a good idea coming down that mountain in the dark as there is no place to park the RV for the night, we start packing up after breakfast.

Chris want to drive up to the scenic outlook before we leave.  I have my video going on the camera.  Once again the hair is raising on my arms as we make our way up the twisting road, with u turns of 15 miles per hour up to the top.  It was well worth the trip as the view from up there is gorgeous, and the trip down not as bad since I didn’t have a camera in my shaking hands.

Top of Skyline Drive

A stop at Porters Food Store in Fort Davis to stock up and then we decide to stop at the Fort but we didn’t stay long as it wasn’t much of a fort and there was a fee to walk the grounds.

On the highway again we make it to the Pilot at Van Horn, Texas where we do laundry, check out the free wifi.  I’m looking for an app for my camera, but the wifi is too slow to download.  Chris gets his blog up, clothes dry and folded we head back for a overnight in the RV.

Seminole Canyon State Park, Texas

Seminole Canyon State Park, Texas

November 24, 2018

Today is overcast but warm, we quickly have coffee and breakfast then ride our bikes down the hill to the park office.  There is a guided tour of Fake Bell Shelters, the cost is $8.00 per person and there were about 20 people who signed up.  Our tour guide is a woman who offers some walking sticks.  I decide to take one since we will be walking down into the canyon and back up again.  I don’t want a repeat of the night I fell on the road in Magnolia Beach.

The path down are made of stone steps, some are big making my short legs stretch, Chris’s long legs no so much.  The cave or shelters as they are called have paintings from the Indigenous Peco’s people who inhabited the area around 2000 years ago.  This area was once a shallow sea and every now and they you can see the fossils of shells and other stuff in the rocks.  We climb up a few stairs trying not to disturb the bee’s nest in the trees to our first sightings of the paintings made by the Peco’s people.  Then we move onto the other site, where we are told to stay on the black mats as movement on the shelf will send up black dust that will eventually ruin the paintings over time.

As our tour guide tells us about the paintings I take lots of pictures before heading back up the canyon.  A very nice tour I would recommend to anyone.

When dinner is finished we take the bikes and ride up the old road trail complete with rocks and some ups and downs.  I’m able to ride most of the way through the changing trail only getting off once to ensure I don’t fall on the rocks that splatter the trail.  We make our way up to Panther lookout and stop to take a look at the view.  Across the way you can make out the pictograph tail painting of a panther in the shelter,  The view is beautiful with the canyon surrounding the river that runs down to the Rio Grande and Mexico.  We reach the end of the trail and park our bikes to continue along the Canyon Rim trail to the end where you can see Mexico across the Rio Grande.

It was a nice way to spend a day in Seminole Canyon State Park.  A little for sitting in the sun working on the tan, a hot shower, dinner and an early night.  The fresh canyon air takes is toll on us as it’s only 7:15 pm for lights out not my normally bedtime.

Seminole Canyon State Park to Fort Davis, Texas

November 25, 2018

The clouds have settled in as we wake for our morning coffee.  I take the time to catch up on my blog, Chris also until his laptop starts to act up.  Chris starts to pack up the campsite while I finish getting caught up and then make breakfast so we can be on our way.

Highway 90 is rolling hills as we plug along and make a stop in Langtry, Texas.  Langtry claim to fame is Judge Roy Bean, self proclaimed “Law west of the Pecos”.  The visitor center is large, with lots of tourist pamphlets that I pick up for our next stopover. Inside are kiosks depicting holographic scenes of the town of Lantry, Judge Roy Bean.  You accessed these holographs by picking up an old Phone receiver.

We step out back to wander around, there is a building called the Jersey Lilly Saloon and Billiard Room where the judge sold liquor at the bar and made his judgments on all types of crimes.  To the right is a cactus garden and I take the walk stopping to take pictures of the different flora of the area and region.  To the left of the saloon is an Opera House, which was actually the Judges residents.  The judge fell in love with a picture of the English actress and songstress, Lily Langtry, naming the city and opera house after her.  He wrote her often telling her about the town, unfortunately the two never met.  She arrived in her own rail coach a few months after the judge died.

Next stop was Sanderson for diesel, wow! - a high price of $3.69 per gallon, guess they can charge what they want.  We make a stop at the Frenches Grocer to stock up on at least two days of food as we are stopping at Davis Mountain State Park for two nights.

Another quick stop in Marathon to ensure we are filled with diesel for the mountains and we finally make it to the Park and pay for two nights with electricity - another state park second night coupon used for a cost of $30.

We make a walk up to the bathrooms and showers to inspect them, then continue up to the interpretive center where we run into a young couple with three children from Burlington, Ontario.  They are also making their first trip down south trying to find somewhere warm.  They will be heading west also, so we say our goodbyes and maybe we will meet in Quartzite Arizona at some point.

That night some wild pigs decide to visit us at our campsite, but I’m too late to figure out the flash on my camera or so I thought, you can just make one big one out in the background.

Texas Hill Country

Magnolia Beach, Texas to San Antonio, Texas

November 20, 2018

The sun is shining but with overcast skies and still windy as we leave Magnolia Beach.  There are a lot of campers that have also moved on, some to Mission, Texas, others well we just will have to wonder.

Penny the old doll is moving her vehichle, so I flag her down to snap a photo and say goodbye.  Now Magnolia Beach has it's pros and cons.  You can park right on the beach and it's free, people are friendly and respectful, there are bathrooms and hot shower although the hot showers were not open, the con's - no place to refill or dump your water, and travelling the 25 + miles round trip by bicycle does not allow you to grab lots of food for a few days.  They use to be able to dump and refill up at the volunteer fire department but a few ruined that for others by not paying or giving cheques that bounced.It was costing the little community more than it was taking in.

We stop at the Walmart in Victoria and I spy a Samsung Chrome notebook for Black Friday sale for $99,00.  Since Chris's laptop is experiencing fan issues we decide to stay in San Antonio a day extra to try a snag two of them.

We stop at the TA travel Center on the I10 for a hot shower, but it has no free internet, so we head over to the flying J.  We are able to upload our blogs, I"m still a little behind.  Tomorrow is site seeing day in San Antonio.

San Antonio, Texas

November 21, 2018

We rise to cloudy skies today, the rain is supposed to start around 2 PM, so we quickly have coffee and breakfast and make our way around the 410 loop to exit 44 the entrance to San Antonio Missions National Historic Parks with the first one being Espada Mission.  We park and have a walk around taking pictures, nothing is open yet as it's not 10 PM yet.

We unload the bikes, lock up the RV and make our way over to the river walk trail.  The trail is a 25 mile round trip of rolling concrete sidewalks that winds it's way along the San Antonio river.  The trail will take us to the Alamo, and will we be riding, but not in the style of the 1700's or 1800's with horses, but a ride all the same.

From Mission Espada we cycle to Mission San Juan where I notice all the Missions are showing their age, broken stone walls and buildings of what once was a fort that protected the people from the Apache or Comanche nations attacks.  Each mission had a small regiment of army personal to protect it, which in some cases, like the Alamo not so well with just a handful of men.

The next mission past the Spada Dam is Mission Jan Jose, the largest one with a visitor center and tour.  We decide we will see if we want to take the tour, but soon the mundane speech of the tour guide has us off on our own.  We take pictures as we explore the mission and the church inside.

Our next stop is Mission Concepcion a somewhat smaller mission with the same crumbling stone walls with more walking around and picture taking. Soon we are off for the last leg in our missions journey the Alamo in Downtown San Antonio.

Part of the ride takes us off the walkway since no bikes are allowed and we ride through the streets to the Alamo.  The Alamo is small, not the bigger than life, expected of a place in history, puffed up by the big screen versions. Inside was small the inside of a church with barracks that the likes of Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and Captain Travis lived and died in when Santa Anna's army in 1836 finally broke the 13 day seige and killed the men inside defending it.  We heading into the museum which was a gift shop, it also had plaques along the walls mentioning all those who died at the Alamo.

It's lightly raining as we make our way back down the river walk trail, the weather app stated it would start at 2 PM but it started at noon instead.  We make it back before it starts to rain more heavily, a 25.5 mile round trip on my bike speedometer.  After a quick burger for lunch in the RV we are off to a rest stop just before Kerrville, Texas, it has washrooms and a sanitation dump.  

I try to secure two Black Friday Samsung laptop on the internet, but before I can finalize the checkout, Walmart.com goes down.  A check in the middle of the night shows it's back up but now the item is sold out.  I'm still going to buy a Chromebook to record my blog more easily without fear that I will lose it all on Chris's fan issued laptop.

Kerrville, Texas to Lost Maples State Natural Area

November 22, 2018

Another cloudy day after dumping and refilling our water, we make our way through the Texas Hill country along highway 39.  Chris states I need to imprint the highway into memory as he thinks it is the one I will be cycle down as part of the Southern Tier Bicycle route.  It's very beautiful and very hilly, as I contemplate whether I'm strong enough to tackle the cycle through the rolling countryside.

Chris decides to take a detour to Lost Maples State Natural Area, a Texas state park where upon arriving we decide to spend the night.  The park attendant states there are no spots, as it's there busy time, it's Thanksgiving in the US and lots of families go to state parks to celebrate.  She phones one person who reserved and they state they will not be able to make it, so we have a spot for the night.  When staying in Texas state parks it's $6.00 per person plus the camping spot.  We decide to buy the annual pass for $70 dollars which waves the per person fee and gives us 4 coupons for 1/2 price second night.  The cost for electricity and water for a night in this park is $20.

Lost Maples is nestled among hills and has a well preserved Eco system.  There are a few hiking trails that you can only ride your bike a mile in.  The paths are rocky, rolling and crosses the Sabinal River many times.  Chris is making me work this trail with my bike, sometimes I get off because I would rather not break a leg.

Lisa the park manager stops by to take a look at the Mack.  She is amazed by these unique RV's, once a couple from the UK sent a fixed up Army unit over and visited her park as well as North America.  I give her the full tour including the inside. She states that usually you can see the trees a nice red colour but too much rain in the area has stopped that from happening.

Before dinner we try another short trail, these trails were very busy today with lots of families hiking them and only two crazies on their bikes.  Another early night with the window open in the silence of the darkness.

Lost Maple State Natural Area to Seminole Canyon State Park, Texas

November 23, 2018

The skies are still cloudy this morning, after a hot shower and hearty breakfast we say goodbye to this beautiful park and make our way off to Del Rio and the next park.  The road runs along the Sabinal River winding it's way in and out.  Then it's up into the mountains, and me, who is afraid of heights has the drop off on my side of the road.  It seemed like 100 of miles of hair raising turns untile we finally make our way out of it.  Chris was enjoying the views, I was almost sitting in his lap and telling him the speed of each turn and every now and then to slow down being an annoying back or should I say front seat driver. To me it was a completely exhausting experience.  

We were supposed to take highway 334 to Del Rio but it was closed and we had to detour almost 40 more miles out of our way.  A visit to the Walmart and i buy myself a HP Chromebook, mouse and bag, a little more than I wanted to spend, but now I can do my blogging with ease.  We replenish our food supply and head off to Seminole Canyon State Park around 30 miles away, in 24C weather and did I say the sun is shining!

We arrive at the park and spend two nights in a close to water spot, no electricity which was all I could secure over the phone since most of the park was full.  We head up to our spot and out the back of the RV was a beautiful view of the dessert plains.  It brought to mind U2's song "where the streets have no name"  Some fellow campers came by to check out the rig, Chris's touring the men, me the women, all amazed at our little Mack truck.  Tonight was dinner on the BBQ and we uploaded our blogs piggy backing off my cell phone hot spot and then turned in for the evening.

MAGNOLIA BEACH, TEXAS

November 9, 2018

Somehow in the wee hours of the morning, I manage to break the pull/push for the portable toilet.  The clouds are thick in the sky, there is a strong wind blowing outside the truck, it looks like the cloudy, rainy weather isn’t finished with us yet.  Today is a stay inside kind of day, where we embark on a crib marathon and somewhere along the way we lose count how many games won or lost.

Its early evening, the sky is still lite, the winds died down a little bit, we decide to take a walk to the other end into the town.  We get to the only convenience store in town and find that you can get bottled water $1.00 for 5 gallons, there is diesel and a little saloon at the rear.  On our way back, I fall I almost pulled a Tanis and somehow fell on the road, twisted my right ankle and injured my left knee.  All the way back to the truck I’m feeling the pain.   Back at the truck, my left knee is bleeding, no tear in my pants though, and I have a goose egg on my right ankle bone, looks like I will be off it for a day or two.

Chris takes the portable toilet down to the bathroom to empty it so he can have a look at it tomorrow.  I settle in to sleep, but around 1:30 am nature calls, outside I go limping all the way down to the bathroom which is about 300 hundred yards from where we are parked.  I’m on my way back when a SUV pulls over and a man in a Spanish voice says “Hey Lady”.  I keep on walking, then he backs up and says “Don’t you want to talk?”  I yell back at him I’m on my way back to my trailer, as I try to pick up the pace ready to walk over to the first camper if I have to.  Fortunate for me he doesn’t pursue and I make it back to the truck, quickly get in and lock the door.  I do have a little trouble falling back to sleep, but note to self-bring a knife or cell phone with me next time.

November 10, 2018

It’s still cloudy today, but the wind has lightened, and sometimes the sun peaks out from behind the clouds.  Still cold today, so as Chris works on getting the water pump fixed, we ended up changing out the pump because the other one had ceased, I now have my running water back to the sink.  He also fixed the portable toilet, so no more midnight jaunts down to the bathroom.  I take some time to sit in the sun when it is shining chatting with the people as they walk by.  One lady is from Warroad, Minnesota.  Another old guy from Port Lavaca stops by to chat, you know the type that likes to here himself, tells us it gets right busy here with lots of people coming down from Quebec.  He tells us about a nice restaurant in Indianola, the direction we first cycled in.

Chris finishes tinkering with the wiring, decides to go for a cycle, me I’m going to give my ankle another day before I try.  He heads out for about an hour in the Indianola direction, and comes back to say we are going to cycle tomorrow morning for all you can eat Pancakes.

Evening meal done, we prepare out blogs for when we have internet, and then settle in for the night.  Hopefully the low pressure has gone and the sunshine/warmth returns tomorrow.

November 11, 2018

It’s Remembrance Day, I think of my father and all the Canadians who lost their lives at Dieppe.  No perked coffee this morning, just the good old fashioned one cup drip so we can ride our bikes into Indianola for pancake breakfast.  It’s a half hour of cycling along the shoreline under grey skies and yes wind until we reach the restaurant in Indianola.  An old guy had stopped the day before and told us about it and Chris’s cycle last night had us wanting all you can eat pancakes for $4.99.

This place also does RV Parking, monthly is $250 with electric and water, but we are not staying that long, prefer to boon dock on the beach.  They have a large deck that faces the ocean and it’s where the bathrooms can be accessed.

Breakfast done, we head back to settle in to play some more crib.  The TV at the restaurant called for cooler weather tonight and tomorrow, so we head back out to the convenience store on our bikes to get gas for the generator. After the generator is started, and the inside of the truck is warm, we boil water and have a bath the old way, in the shower by dumping cupful’s of water over us.  He needs to go into town to get another pump for the shower.  Fresh and clean all we can do is stay inside and play some more crib as it’s too cold to sit outside.  The weather is supposed to break by Wednesday.

November 12, 2018

The wind is calmer so we think maybe we can cycle into Port Lavaca today, but by the time we finish breakfast, the wind has picked up and the temperature lowers.  This low pressure system is putting a damper on our beach side fun.  Nothing to do all day but stay inside and warm.  Tomorrow, we will take the truck in and check out the weather situation for Padre Island, San Antonio and El Paso in the McDonald's. 

November 13, 2108

It is a cold night and I don’t get much sleep, to wake up to yes the same strong wind, grey skies and cold weather.  We pack up everything and head for Walmart in Port Lavaca for food supplies then on to the McDonald’s for free Wi-Fi.  Chris puts up his blog, I chat with my daughter on Facebook messenger for a while.  There is a tractor supply company, and we make a quick stop and find a replacement pump.  We decide to head back to Magnolia Beach since the weather is no better anywhere else.  There is supposed to be sunshine tomorrow with the weather increasing to 58 F and into the 60’s.

It’s afternoon and the wind has died down somewhat, no whitecaps on the ocean.  Chris starts the generator and we sit inside the warm it’s creating inside the RV another marathon of crib, have dinner and because of lack of sleep on my part and early night.

November 14, 2018

What is that yellow ball in the sky, omg it’s the sun and it’s warmed up.  Chris is up perking the coffee his job, I sit on the end of truck feeling the warmth from the sun.  There are more people about today walking their dogs.  There is two fish that the sea threw up on the shore and the wind is lighter than it has been for a few days that low pressure system has finally moved on.

We decide to ride the bikes to Alamo Beach into the light wind and back to the camel sign and then truck, which is a good 16.1 miles.  I slowed down when we had to turn back into the wind for the camel sign which is closer to Indianola.  Hopefully the weather will stay better for me to get into better shape.

We spend the afternoon sitting in the sun, chatting with the people as they go by.  An old guy from Ontario is chatting Chris up when I come back from the washrooms.  He retired 26 years ago and has been coming down to Magnolia Beach for many years.  He tells us they had problems with a pipe collapsing, thus the reason the showers were not open.  He also told us that you use to be able to get water from the volunteer fire department and down your grey water for $5.00, but some as he said RV’s from Quebec ruined that for non-payment.  He is the chatty type for sure and it’s soon time for dinner.  Chris works on his blog and I cuddle up under the blankets and call it another night.

November 15, 2018

Up at the usual 6:30 am and the sun is just peeking above the horizon, it’s going to be warmer today about 68 F and there is just a light wind. We decide to have breakfast outside in the sun, an omelet and apple juice suffices for today’s breakfast.

Today we decide to cycle up Indianola way and take a road to the right before arriving at the marina.  This road takes us up to the Indianola cemetery.  The cemetery was constructed in 1852 and the first person buried was a boy of 10 who succumbed to cholera and yellow fever epidemic that went through the area in 1852.  As we walked through the cemetery, there were more graves of children as young as 2 weeks of age to 16, and some adults.  There seemed to be something that happened in 1867 but it wasn’t posted on the plague commemorating the cemetery.  There were maybe a handful of graves in the little graveyard with all dates back in the 1800’s.  After a short interlude we head back to sit by the camel sign and enjoy some of the sun shining on the ocean.

Back at the RV, I set about working on my tan.  A woman and her two female dogs decide to say hello, one the dogs reminds me of my old dog lady, and she looked a bit sheltie.  The woman thought so to, but was told otherwise.  I guess I did make an impression with the little one though.

Chris decides it’s time to clean the windows of the truck and shine the chrome, so I help him out for a bit and then settle back into my chair in the sun.  A day can go by so fast in the winter, darkness sets in so early.  We both take time to get our blogs ready as we are heading into Port Lavaca to shop, do laundry and get on the internet and another early night.

November 16, 2018

The sunrise is beautiful this morning, so after a quick coffee it's into Port Lavaca to do the laundry, shopping, breakfast at McDonalds and free Wi-Fi.  First stop is the laundromat, where Chris leaves me and he goes to Walmart to get the shopping in.

While I am waiting, I talk to this guy who is originally from the area but leaving in the UK and married to an English teacher.  He works heavey equipment cranes, has worked in Fort McMurry, the middle East and now came over with the largest crane in the world from Holland which was set up down the road.

Chris makes it back as I am folding the laundry and we head over to McDonalds for breakfast and Wi-Fi,  For some reason Chris can't bring the blog site up so he heads over to the Tractor Supply Store and I chat with my daughter for a bit before heading over to.  With pump parts and outside/inside therometer purchases we head back to Magnolia Beach.

It's T-shirt and sandals weather today, our spot is still waiting for us.  While Chris fiddles with the pump I walk down the beach to chat here a there.  There are three fishermen that took a spot beside us and I ask if they have caught anything, one tells me no.  I continue on to the couple from Georgia, they have all the bells and whistles, semi truck pulling a trailer with pop outs and a smart car on the back.  They also have two Cam Am Spiders on the back of the semi, satellite and a drone.  They are just stopping on their way to Quartzite.  It will be their first time there as well.  It was interesting to know that prescriptions medicine can be filled in Mexico without a prescription,  Good for me as I do have thyroid and antibotics for my arm in case of infection.

I walk a little farther down the beach to visit Penny and old woman who lives in her 2004 station wagon with 4 small dogs, two cats and has solar power.  She has been doing it for years, living on an $800 a month social security pension.  She will be staying about 5 months as she wants to buy a van next.  She is quite happy travelling and staying in the parks all over the states.

I then stop to say hi to the texas lady and her English beau before heading back to the RV.  I can see the guy from Ontario is there chatting up Chris as he works.  So to help Chris I start chatting with him asking him about his wife.  He had been coming down here for a number of years, the last time with his wife was 5 years ago, as his wife developed dementia and is now in a nursing home.  I respect when someone looks after their loved one for as long as they can.

Shower pump together we have lunch and then cycle into Indianola and back for dinner.  Darkness has set in, you can see the stars out, it's just enough time for some Crib and then turn in.

November 17, 2018

We awake to sunshine but not for long, the day is overcast but warm.  Since tomorrow is supposed to bring some rain, we clean the windows in the RV.  It's amazing how much dirt can get in between them.  Another project on Chris's agenda is to old all the hinges and fix the garbage bin door as it seems to be catching on some metal somewhere.  Chris is very handy and likes to be busy, soon the door is as good as new.

Now all the work has been done we take a cycle to Alamo Beach once again.  We are cycling with a wind behind us and make good time to the beach.  Travelling along the streets a dog decides he wants to walk with us as we cycle.  We come upon a skunk, that dog squares off with him, but decides to fight anohter day.  He must have been in a fight with one before.  With the dog running along with us Chris decides to take a ride off into a grass covered road where it comes to end in a puddle.  Turning back, the dog stops to chat with a few others that had come running out to the road and we continue on without him.

Back at the RV, having a snooze in the chair, a woman who used to live in Canada stops by.  She lived in Ontario when the nursing situation was not so good and got a job down in the US.  They are both retired now and RV is there mode of relaxation.

I head to the bathroom for a last visit and stop to chat with a woman from Quebec, Lise has been coming down for years also in their slide in camper on the truck, Bigfoot. It's another night of playing crib and calling an early night.

November 18, 2018

It's cloudy with some misty rain falling, but warm around 20 Celcius, my morning walk down to the bathroom and back has me chatting with an old guy who's crab trap is empty.  He said he hasn't caught anything in a week, due to the colder temperatures.  He is retired after have four heart attacks.

Further on down the beach the two trailers from Quebec are hooking up, the one guy says rain is in the forcast for the next few days, so they are heading over to Mission which is on Mustang Island.

The sun comes out and hides the behind the clouds, just a teaser it is, another few hours and it's back out again.  Chris is rewiring the poarch lights to a switch at the back of the RV.  Two women in a Transit Van pull up where the people from Quebec vacated hours earlier.

The wind has changed suddenly, coming from the North and with it whitecaps once again on the gulf. With the clouds coming in we retreat inside to another evening of crib. Tomorrow my ipad goes on cellular for the day.

November 19, 2019

We wake to the whistling wind and no sunshine with another low pressure system moved in.  Looks like another day of sitting in the RV and playing crib,  The ipad confirms it, but it's warmer than the last pressure system.  Tomorrow we leave for San Antobio, so there is nothing more for today than the same old no sitting in the sun enjoying the ocean breezes.