December here

La Feria, TX 67º at 6:55 am
      Been a while since I have posted.

 Most of time still working on the house, but have taken time to ride the trikes some.  Sunday we loaded both trikes in the back of the Excursion and drove to Llana Grande RV Park in south Mercedes.  It is about 1 mile to ride all the streets here in Kenwood RV -- we rode 7 miles at Llana Grande and probably covered 3/4th of the streets there.

Santa's sleigh landed on an "outhouse" in the photo at left -- instead of the Schmitt house.

The streets are wide and all covered with very smooth asphalt in this park.  Majority are permanent units, but there are a lot of "in and outs" and many of those looked to be from Canada.

    This house is still in the RV Park.  Quite a second story above the garage.

One day while riding we stopped at Stars for some hamburgers and onion rings to take home for lunch.  Yesterday we stopped at Subway on the way back from a ride and got some of their December promotion of 6" for $2, brought home to eat.

 Thursday they started the "Sew & Care" work at the Rec Hall.  Both Phyllis & I had loads on our trikes of material and 100 finished baby caps that Phyllis had made during the summer.

This is a bush, with butterfly, that we rode by in southwest La Feria on Saturday.

We had watched this city recreation hall being built last winter.  Was surprised at their choice of colors and patterns for the exterior of the lower portion of the building.  What do you think?

Countrywood is the area that the city Recreation Building is built in.  They have a nice sign at the entrance to the area.

Started last week on replacing the front door and screen door.  We knew there was some wood damage as when the door was slammed some times there was rotten wood falling from the header.

When I got into the walls discovered quite a bit of old termite damage.  Recall that the Pest Control guy we have spray in the spring mentioned that several years ago they had found termites and exterminated them and he keeps a watch for signs of any new activity.  These 2" x 4"s were quite eaten up.  Fortunately, most of the damaged areas were removed to make way for the larger door.

This is the new door the night it was first put in.  We went one night with just cardboard covering the opening.  With our RV Park being a gated community with gates locked at 8 pm we weren't too worried.

 Although there are a few towel racks to add and some shelves to be built in the small area by the new shower, the bathroom is basically finished.

By not enclosing the area by the sink, but having open shelves, it has much more useable space.

Have played Pegs & Jokers several nights at our neighbors - Bob & Bobbi Raab.  At right is Bob & Bobbi and Ardel Finken.

Doug Salzwedel and Marian Finken

Meinself, Betty Salzwedal and Bob Raab.

Sunday we attended the La Feria Methodist Church, along with many others from Kenwood.

We and the Raab's ate at IHOP after church.

Yesterday we stopped at Patty & Glen Loveridge's RV and visited a bit.  They snapped some pictures of us on our Recumbent Trikes in front of their rig.



Will post again within the week.  Lynn