This is the first "gift" that Mark got from someone camping in the park. This gentleman came into the park early last week in a VERY large (and expensive)Prevost motorcoach. He worked for the local AB distributor for the area and was in Victoria for the 100th anniversary of the company. Mark had befriended him when he arrived and made it a point to always talk to him. Friday morning as he was pulling out of the RV park, he asked Mark what kind of beer he drank. Unfortunately, " Bud Select is the only beer I don't have with me, would you take Bud Light?" Of course, and he also gave Mark 3 hats. The motto to this story - be nice to everyone; you just never know what will happen.
Friday was a first for us in a really long time (7+ years). We had to attend a staff meeting at 9:00am with instructions from the owners to "don't eat breakfast before you come." The two other couples who are workampers, along with the owners all gathered in the office to start the once-a-month ritual. Breakfast was fresh fruit, OJ, and a choice of bacon & egg, sausage & egg, or carne asade breakfast burritos. Yummo!
Little did we know this staff meeting would last 2 1/2 hours - which meant we were late getting started on cleaning. Mike and Pam headed off to New Mexico for a two week visit with their son and his family while we had our our final day of training with Gene and Linda.
Saturday we had the first rain since we arrived over two weeks ago. The temperature dipped down to 85 while it rained for about 10 minutes, but quickly jumped back to the 90s we're going to have for the next 10 days. That allowed me to get some cleaning done inside the trailer. Unfortunately, after cleaning the office area, activity room, laundry machines, and 2 bathrooms - the last thing I want to do is clean my own house, but it had to be done.
After dinner last night, we headed up to the other end of town to check out the local mall. It was kind of sad - lots of stores had closed since we were here in the spring. The city of Victoria is growing very fast, with new restaurants springing up everywhere, but the retail stores don't make it.
Today we took a ride over to the city of Palacios, which is about 45 miles away. We thought we would be able to get Butch to go by the water. Once we got there, I decided he really didn't need sand in his feet and I didn't want wet dog in the truck. He likes water, so I'm sure he would have plunged right in. Instead, Mark walked down to the edge to check out the water temp. He says it was warm.
This is Palacios Bay, off the Gulf of Mexico.
The Palacios Pavilion has been on the waterfront since 1904. Hurricanes in 1961, and again in 2003 destroyed parts of it. The city has been deciding since 2005 what to do with it. Even though we could have walked on it, we didn't. I don't think Butch wanted to end up in the bay by way of a fallen pavilion. There was a roof over it when we last saw it 4 years ago.
Our next stop was to check out two other RV parks right on the bay. The tide was out when we stopped in the first one. The black specs in this mud are actually teenie tiny crabs - millions of them. Hopefully they won't be eaten by predators before the tide comes back in and they can safely return to the water. The RV parks are set in the midst of the home port where the local shrimping fleet ties up. While the spots are nice and the view of the bay is wonderful we can't help but think the aroma might be overwheming when the fleet is in and unloading.
We're supposed to be off work until Friday, but Gene just came by to tell us that Linda's mom passed away tonight. They will be flying back to Pennsylvania early Tuesday morning and won't return until late Sunday night. We'll most likely be working their hours this week to help out. It's gonna be too hot to golf early in the week, and supposed to rain the end of the week. Might as well stay inside the office.
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