We are back in Port Isabel Texas. Currently camped at our construction site. Construction on our new house is currently underway with a break for Christmas and New Years. You can see progress here http://picasaweb.google.com/herb.stark/NewHouseConstruction
Walldog, Willie and Jake
Monday, December 24, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Fouth of July
Hope everyone had a great holiday. Ours was quiet as we spent the day going through old papers and pictures. We have been getting rid of unnecessary things in preparation for our up coming move. Amazing what we packrats keep. Later in the day we watched the Boston Pops and fireworks display on television. We look for our daughter Patrice in the crowd, but she was probably at home watching also.
Finally we got the bay tv reinstalled and working properly in our coach. Four trips to Lewisville for that snafu. For an item that I really did not care for in the first place, it sure has caused us some grief. We considered removing it entirely, but would just have something else to store. I cannot say enough about the first class service we received at Buddy Gregg's RV in Lewisville. They have bent over backwards to make us happy. Our list is issues is now gone. We may have more in the future I am sure, but for now they have made everything right.
Soon we will be in Louisiana visiting our children and later in the month at Wilma's family reunion in Pitkin. We had too much to do in Longview, so missed our planned trip to Colorado this month. Maybe next year.
Walldog, Willie and Jake
Finally we got the bay tv reinstalled and working properly in our coach. Four trips to Lewisville for that snafu. For an item that I really did not care for in the first place, it sure has caused us some grief. We considered removing it entirely, but would just have something else to store. I cannot say enough about the first class service we received at Buddy Gregg's RV in Lewisville. They have bent over backwards to make us happy. Our list is issues is now gone. We may have more in the future I am sure, but for now they have made everything right.
Soon we will be in Louisiana visiting our children and later in the month at Wilma's family reunion in Pitkin. We had too much to do in Longview, so missed our planned trip to Colorado this month. Maybe next year.
Walldog, Willie and Jake
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
What are we up to now??
We are buying a waterfront lot on the Laguna Madre in Port Isabel Texas. It is in a small gated community called "The Point at North Shore". We will be selling our home in Longview, Texas and moving into our motorhome fulltime as we build our new home. You can see details of the sale our home with RV garage in Longview Texas here. Of course our new home will have a garage for the motorhome also. We will also have a boat slip at our back door as our friends Sam and Bob have corrupted us with fishing fever.
Our granddaughter from Pearland has been visiting with us this week. Willie and she are at our old blueberry farm picking today. It is the peak of the season now, so find a farm nearby and stock up on these healthy berries.
Walldog, Willie and Jake
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Adios South Padre para ahora
Today we leave South Padre Island for now. We plan to return in December for another three months. We made our final walk on the beach today. Another beautiful sunrise greeted us and bid us farewell until December. Today we move over to Port Isabel Wal-mart so we can have a farewell dinner with our friends at Long Island Village, then on toward Houston to visit Willie's sister. In a few days we will be in Longview for the Spring.
Walldog, Willie and Jake
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Update 2007
Since mid Decem
ber, we have been at Isla Blanca Park at the very South end of South Padre Island. We are sitting on a small sliver of sand with the Laguna Madre in our front window and the Gulf of Mexico to our rear. Jake gets a nice walk up the beach and a romp on the sand dunes every morning His schedule allows his owners to view fantastic sunrises over the end of the jetty. Most days we get to ride our Trikes on the several miles of roads here in the park. Occasionally we venture up the boulevard but mostly stay right here in the park. Sometimes we take the Jeep up on the North beach and let Jake swim in the surf. We even tried a little surf fishing this year.
The ship channel pass
es right out our front window. We see shrimp boats, transport ships, tankers, amd huge drilling rigs pass by daily. It has been very interesting to google the names of vessels and see what they are and where they are going. We have seen a couple that were inroute to the scrap yard. We were able to determine their names from the Port of Brownsville web site, but the names had been sanded off and they were not flying a flag.
Two friends of ours came down this year and bought adjoining Sea Cottages out at Long Island Village. They have boat lifts and docks on the canal. Since they are avid fishermen, this is a great place for them. We considered it, but decided we like our MOBILE condo and our standing reservation at site S30 here at Isla Blanca.
All good things mus
t come to an end. The spring breakers will be arriving in March, so we plan to be somewhere else...grins. Soon we will return to North East Texas to enjoy its beautiful spring.
We plan to start our summer sojourn in Creed Colorado....our jumping off point last year for our Alaska trip. Our plans are to visit fewer places this year and stay longer.
Walldog, Willie and Jake
ber, we have been at Isla Blanca Park at the very South end of South Padre Island. We are sitting on a small sliver of sand with the Laguna Madre in our front window and the Gulf of Mexico to our rear. Jake gets a nice walk up the beach and a romp on the sand dunes every morning His schedule allows his owners to view fantastic sunrises over the end of the jetty. Most days we get to ride our Trikes on the several miles of roads here in the park. Occasionally we venture up the boulevard but mostly stay right here in the park. Sometimes we take the Jeep up on the North beach and let Jake swim in the surf. We even tried a little surf fishing this year.The ship channel pass
es right out our front window. We see shrimp boats, transport ships, tankers, amd huge drilling rigs pass by daily. It has been very interesting to google the names of vessels and see what they are and where they are going. We have seen a couple that were inroute to the scrap yard. We were able to determine their names from the Port of Brownsville web site, but the names had been sanded off and they were not flying a flag.Two friends of ours came down this year and bought adjoining Sea Cottages out at Long Island Village. They have boat lifts and docks on the canal. Since they are avid fishermen, this is a great place for them. We considered it, but decided we like our MOBILE condo and our standing reservation at site S30 here at Isla Blanca.
All good things mus
t come to an end. The spring breakers will be arriving in March, so we plan to be somewhere else...grins. Soon we will return to North East Texas to enjoy its beautiful spring.We plan to start our summer sojourn in Creed Colorado....our jumping off point last year for our Alaska trip. Our plans are to visit fewer places this year and stay longer.
Walldog, Willie and Jake
Update 2006
Lots has happened since we returned from our Alaska Journey. We attended the FMCA rally in Beaumont and fell in love with the new Monaco Dynasty. Since we have decided after two years in the Discovery that we like doing this, we decided to upgrade our condo on wheels.
After the Discovery National Rally in San Antonio, we we
nt to Dallas to "look" at new Monacos. We figured we would trade sometime in early 2007. Short story, they had what we wanted and made us a deal we could not refuse. So we left with a 2007 Dynasty.
We went on to Longview and were glad to find that the new coach fit in the garage. A short trip to Louisiana to visit Willie's homeplace and then on to Marksville to visit Walldog's sister and our great grandkids. We are pictured at the Paragon Casino Resort a Passport America site $6.48 one of the best values around.
Our shakedown cruise was to Ft. Davis and the McDonald Observatory. We wanted to put enough miles on to get some fluids changed as part of the negotiated purchase agreement. We enjoyed several programs at the observatory and saw plenty of wildlife. We stayed at the state park in Ft. Davis. A nice place to stay when you are in this area. It is convenient to the observatory and other attractions. Our next update will tell you where we are now.
Walldog, Willie and Jake
After the Discovery National Rally in San Antonio, we we
nt to Dallas to "look" at new Monacos. We figured we would trade sometime in early 2007. Short story, they had what we wanted and made us a deal we could not refuse. So we left with a 2007 Dynasty.We went on to Longview and were glad to find that the new coach fit in the garage. A short trip to Louisiana to visit Willie's homeplace and then on to Marksville to visit Walldog's sister and our great grandkids. We are pictured at the Paragon Casino Resort a Passport America site $6.48 one of the best values around.
Our shakedown cruise was to Ft. Davis and the McDonald Observatory. We wanted to put enough miles on to get some fluids changed as part of the negotiated purchase agreement. We enjoyed several programs at the observatory and saw plenty of wildlife. We stayed at the state park in Ft. Davis. A nice place to stay when you are in this area. It is convenient to the observatory and other attractions. Our next update will tell you where we are now.
Walldog, Willie and Jake
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