La Feria, TX 73º with bright sunshine.
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| Michelle Miles, Patty & Cameron Miles |
These photos are from Christmas Day at the 5:00 pm dinner at our Rec Hall.
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| Lynn & Phyllis Miles |
Had a good sized crowd, although smaller than last year.
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| Bill, Marion, Darlene & Ardell ready to serve. |
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| Desert table was heavily laden. |
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| Kenwood people chowing down. |
Following morning, Monday, our daughter Michelle and her dog Dawson left by car for Ohio. It was still pretty overcast and cool, but we took off for Nuevo Progresso, MX with son Cameron & his wife Patty.
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| Prerequisite photo at entering Mexico - Patty & Cameron Miles |
Wasn't many people on the street, but this really young kid was working hard selling and fixing Elotes.
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| Lynn on the canopy walk. |
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| Phyllis on the tower to canopy walk. |
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Cam & Patty took off and walked full 7 miles on the hiking paths while we walked shorter distance, including the tree tower and the canopy walk.
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| Tree tower |
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| Phyllis on the canopy walk. |
We ate supper at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen and played some Pegs & Jokers when we got home.
Tuesday proved to have the first real sunshine since the kids got here last Thursday and we headed back to South Padre Island. We had to stop at Port Isabel at this store and they picked up some souvenirs for family. We headed to Daddy's Restaurant for some more seafood.
Then they finally got some sunshine on the beach after walking and picking up sea shells right from the water.
And we had our "last supper" at Applebees in Harlingen after stopping in Palo Alto Battlefield south of Los Fresnos, TX. We were too late in the day to walk the trails, but got lots of info at the welcome center and will return there in January, hopefully when Al & Carolyn Ruhde from Shenandoah, IA will be with us. We had stopped for some items at Sam's Club in Brownsfield (where I bought gas for $3.009 gal) before heading to Applebees. Was a long day, but with the sunshine, finally, it was a fun day for all.
This morning we were up at 4:30 am and left Kenwood at 5:05 am. This is what the highways look like at that time:
Was no traffic out at that hour.......... we stopped in the Kingsville Whataburger for some breakfast around 6:30 am
and were at the airport in San Antonio by 10:30 am, well ahead of our planned 11:30 am for their 12:25 pm flight. Phyllis & I headed south and completed our 500 plus mile day by stopping for some items at Bed Bath and Behind in Harlingen and were at our house by 4:00 pm. Cam called about 5:45 pm and was just deplaning in Cedar Rapids, IA ready for their short drive to Marengo, IA. It was 75 degrees here when we got to our house; nice change in the weather from the last several days. Talked on phone with Michelle this afternoon and she was in Alabama heading for a drive through the Smokeys on the way to Ohio. Life is good.
Till later, Lynn
Really enjoy your blog. Its like we are right there with you. See you soon.
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