Week 2 - even better!

Ken and "the boys"



Good advice



Ken in "The Poor Man's Country Club"



View from above venue



Again, view from "The Poor Man's Country Club"



Our campsite



Kallie, watching out for us



"Windswept oaks", as they are described here
(they lean away from the sea)

Decided to post a few pictures at the beginning, to give you a chance to see what I'm writing about.  So far, we have truly fallen in love with this area.  Enough so that we have made reservations to stay here for three months next winter, beginning on December 1st.  The beautiful weather, the multitude of interesting activities, the friendliness of all our "neighbors" who come back year after year, plus the opportunity to really relax and just let the days go by, have all convinced us that we are where we should be at this time in our lives.  This past week we spent touring more of this southeastern Texas town, finding several fun places to eat, drink, watch the wildlife and the water, and generally enjoy the amenities the area has to offer.  Apparently George Strait, the country music singer, lives right across the road.  (I drove up his driveway, between the black wrought-iron gates with the large "S" on them, but didn't dare to knock on the door!)  There are huge, gorgeous mansions here on the Gulf, spaced amidst the poor living conditions of shanty-town folks.  The H-E-B grocery stores here in the south rival Muscatine's Hy-Vee in variety, size and prices, and there are two WalMarts within five miles in either direction, so we can easily replenish all our necessities.  Ken has been working on a few 'honey-do's, such as:  fixing the hard-to-turn shower faucet / the non-responding doorbell / the low battery fluid / the over-flowing 'black-water' tank / the tow dolly fenders that were damaged in-transit, etc.  And, I've managed to finish reading a few novels that have been collecting dust on my bookshelves for way too long.  So, after extending our stay here another week until March 14th, we will then head over to Fort Worth where we will meet up with nephew Jeff, wife Carrie, and their kids, and my "FUN" sister Karen, who will be visiting them then.  Meanwhile, we will be re-visiting some of our favorite places to eat/drink/people-watch.  But, on the not-so-fun side, we'll also be swatting Texas-sized mosquitoes / dealing with hair-frizzing humidity / sweeping leaves from our wind-swept campsite / etc.  Hope you all are enjoying life, too!