Rollin' On The River

It's been quite a busy week.  At Monday afternoon's popcorn and soda there was special entertainment.  One of the German ladies played her electric keyboard while everyone sang along.  A few people even got up and danced.  This was a first for us, but quite entertaining.  This same German woman met me in the laundromat on Thursday morning.  For some reason, she thinks I speak German, and keeps trying to converse with me.  I just nod my head and smile.  They all left today so no more entertainment.

Mark golfed with the guys on Tuesday and then again on Thursday.  While he was golfing on Tuesday, I was at the ladies lunch at Jason's Deli.  As always, it was delicious.  On Thursday I ran errands, got a haircut, and just did my own thing for a couple of hours.

Wednesday we worked but got off early (5:00pm) so we could attend the second annual Welcome Back Winter Texans event.  We didn't really know what to expect since we missed last year's event, but we were very pleasantly surprised.  The Victoria Visitors & Convention Bureau hosted this event and invited all Winter Texans from the four RV parks in Victoria to this two hour event which included dinner and dancing.  The BBQ brisket, sausage, potato salad, and green beans were delicious.  Mark and Monty especially enjoyed the cash bar.  The band was a group of guys who play at all the opry houses in the surrounding cities.  They were very good and lots of people danced.  We danced about four times, but decided we need Texas Two-step dance lessons.  There were lots of people out there (many were quite OLD) having lots of fun.  I don't think my feet can move that fast. 

Mark giving Audrey some of his soda.  Audrey turned 1 yesterday, but no longer lives in the park.  Her mom comes in to get mail and to visit a couple of times a week.

This morning we dropped off Butch for his haircut appointment.  While we were killing time (breakfast at I-Hop, shopping at Target), Erik called to see if we wanted to go kayaking today on the Guadalupe River.  Of course we did!  It was sunny and 74 today and was going to be the last of the good weather for about a week.  We met at the river at noon and then Mark and Erik shuffled trucks around so that we had a truck at the take-out spot. 

Our put-in spot in Riverside Park.

Mark and Erik. 

Erik doesn't use a paddle - he uses his feet like on a bicycle. 

I was hoping to see some wildlife, but all we found was two turtles, an egret, and a duck.  No gators today.  We look forward to going back in a month or so when the trees start leafing out and more wildlife is out.  The 4.2 mile trip took us about 2.5 hours.  Even though we were going downstream, the wind kept us paddling for most of the trip. 

Bingo tonight - I won one game, and had to split another three ways.  Woohoo!

Mark stayed home and practiced playing the banjo. WooHoo!