Hi Everyone,
I will try and get this address right, found out when I tried to go to it, I had given wrong address. Correct one is---------www.thedaytripper.com. Hope you all can assess it now, has many good shows on Texas.
Love,
Marie
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Day Tripper Address
Hi Everyone,
Just a quick note to let you know the Day Tripper address and you can view show there. It is http://www.daytripper.com/
I will even have to go there to view shows I missed. So if you want to know more about Texas, go there and check it out. It is a good show and I think you will enjoy it. They are on Facebook.
In Christ's Love,
Marie
Just a quick note to let you know the Day Tripper address and you can view show there. It is http://www.daytripper.com/
I will even have to go there to view shows I missed. So if you want to know more about Texas, go there and check it out. It is a good show and I think you will enjoy it. They are on Facebook.
In Christ's Love,
Marie
Friday, August 19, 2011
August News 2011
Hellp Everyone,
Hope everyone is having a great summer. Here in Texas we are having a terrible summer with record heat and drought. We have had no rain, not even from the last hurricane from Gulf. We still have land masses catching on fire and burning up. Last week 100 acres burned near Rogers, Texas. This is our 2nd drought year and now it is predicted we will have 3 years with 2012 being in drought conditions. They say this is the most severe drought since 1950 and the 2nd worst drought in Texas behind the 1950's. The ranchers and farmers are really suffering and have had to sell off a large portion of their animals because of the water situation and no food for them to eat. Also the wild life is really suffering now. We now have cougars coming into Temple, Tx city limits to eat dogs-cats and to find water. Where I live out at Lake Belton, no longer see many deer. A record 248 counties of Texas 254 are under burn bans. Our Thursday Temple Telegram paper says losses are now $5.2 billion. Our lakes are slowing going down and now debris is appearing on dry lake shorelines and they clean up the trash. Most of August has been 105-108 with no let up. August is always the hottest month here. At least the days are getting shorter now.
School starts next week here and I will be glad as the traffic in town will get some lighter and no more screaming kids during day in grocery stores. Always amazes me how parents just let their kids run wild now with not much restraint. This weekend is tax free for clothes and some school supplies. This is August 20, 2011.
We went to Port Aransas area last week for 4 days to enjoy Texas Gulf Coast. Went on a sunset cruise out of Port Aransas to see the bay dolphins and the Lydia Ann lighthouse. Information on lighthouse can be assessed @ http://www.lighthousefriends.com/. Very interesting information on site. We really had a nice 1 1/2 hour trip and came back in the dark. It was nice out on the bay water.
We stayed in a room at Motel 6-Accor Extended stay hotel at Ingleside, Texas which was reasonable and a full size kitchen with pots, pans, and dishes. This hotel and others at Ingleside was built to accomodate rig workers when they have to come in for a week from their rigs. Room was large and had a separate bathroom with tub-shower. Next time we will try to stay closer to Port Aransas as it was 10 miles from Ingleside to the Port Aransas ferry boat run by Texas Department of Public Safety. The ferry boat is free and takes you from Aransas Pass to Port Aransas. You would not believe what they put on those ferry boats. They can even put a 18 wheeler. Our beach of choice was Mustang Island State Park beach which was very pristine and clean. You can also go to Padre Island National Park here just out of Corpus Christi, Texas. However, we had no time to go to it. It is a long barrier island and you can get off by yourself. Every time we have been to Padre Island, it also has been clean with no problems. Saw Galeveston Island beach this week on Day Tripper program and surprise it was clean. I guess they had cleaned up the sea weed which is a problem there. Day Tripper program is a program about day trips to take in Texas and shows you the attractions as well as good places to eat. We went out on the jetty at Port Aransas and watched the sea turtles there as well as people fishing on jetty. I hate to say seafood was higher on Gulf coast this time with plates being $15.00 a person. We ate out 2 days and went to one favorite place under the South Padre Island roadway. This is Snoopy's and their seafood is good. There is a high bridge here and Snoopy's is under it at one of the inlet bays. We can get good seafood here in Temple for about $10.00 a plate. Louisianna Seafood here is one of our favorites off of Loop 363.
Then on Thursday last week, we took a 12 hour fishing trip out into the Gulf. Went out 45 miles and then stopped to fish at an old sunken oil platform. The last hour we were there the dolphins came around our boat to fish. Someone said, well we know there are fish here because the dolphins have come to feed. I caught my limit of 2 King Fish on regular reels at back of boat. My husband got sea sick 1 hour out of port and so did not fish. Second fishing trip this has happened. I told him no sense in taking you fishing anymore. He even took Dramamine which did not work. The boat let me catch his 2 King. Then I caught 12 Red Fish which we are having some for supper today. To get out to the fishing area it was a straight 3 hour boat ride. I enjoyed the trip, just would have liked the fish my husband would catch. I did not like the pole set-up on this boat because they had put motors on the rods. You really could not tell when you had a fish on the line because of the weight and set-up. Next time will look for a boat with regular rods. At least I hope they are not all like this. I caught one red fish about 2 foot long and I did feel it on the line. Was hoping to catch a tuna but no luck. No one on this boat caught their limit of Red fish. They all did catch the limit of 2 King Fish.
My brother Jerry has been in VA Hospital here in Temple for over 3 weeks and he came back to his Texas State Veteran's home last Thursday while we were gone. Had to go this week on Thursday for pre-op tests to have laser surgery on kidney stone in his bladder. This will be next Tuesday and I will be glad when it is all over.
I had told him I would stay last week but he said no, please go on your trip so we did. But I did worry about him and we talked every day by my cell phone. Then September 6th, he has to go to Dallas VA for annual spinal check-up. He has a major spinal injury and Dallas is in charge of his care for it. They will send wheelchair transport for him early that day and we will not get back until 6:00 pm or so. A full day with a lot of road travel on IH-35. So life goes on here. I need to write some inspirational stuff in a future blog.
Take care everyone and stay cool. Remember read your Bible each day, you will be better for it.
Love In Christ,
Marie
Hope everyone is having a great summer. Here in Texas we are having a terrible summer with record heat and drought. We have had no rain, not even from the last hurricane from Gulf. We still have land masses catching on fire and burning up. Last week 100 acres burned near Rogers, Texas. This is our 2nd drought year and now it is predicted we will have 3 years with 2012 being in drought conditions. They say this is the most severe drought since 1950 and the 2nd worst drought in Texas behind the 1950's. The ranchers and farmers are really suffering and have had to sell off a large portion of their animals because of the water situation and no food for them to eat. Also the wild life is really suffering now. We now have cougars coming into Temple, Tx city limits to eat dogs-cats and to find water. Where I live out at Lake Belton, no longer see many deer. A record 248 counties of Texas 254 are under burn bans. Our Thursday Temple Telegram paper says losses are now $5.2 billion. Our lakes are slowing going down and now debris is appearing on dry lake shorelines and they clean up the trash. Most of August has been 105-108 with no let up. August is always the hottest month here. At least the days are getting shorter now.
School starts next week here and I will be glad as the traffic in town will get some lighter and no more screaming kids during day in grocery stores. Always amazes me how parents just let their kids run wild now with not much restraint. This weekend is tax free for clothes and some school supplies. This is August 20, 2011.
We went to Port Aransas area last week for 4 days to enjoy Texas Gulf Coast. Went on a sunset cruise out of Port Aransas to see the bay dolphins and the Lydia Ann lighthouse. Information on lighthouse can be assessed @ http://www.lighthousefriends.com/. Very interesting information on site. We really had a nice 1 1/2 hour trip and came back in the dark. It was nice out on the bay water.
We stayed in a room at Motel 6-Accor Extended stay hotel at Ingleside, Texas which was reasonable and a full size kitchen with pots, pans, and dishes. This hotel and others at Ingleside was built to accomodate rig workers when they have to come in for a week from their rigs. Room was large and had a separate bathroom with tub-shower. Next time we will try to stay closer to Port Aransas as it was 10 miles from Ingleside to the Port Aransas ferry boat run by Texas Department of Public Safety. The ferry boat is free and takes you from Aransas Pass to Port Aransas. You would not believe what they put on those ferry boats. They can even put a 18 wheeler. Our beach of choice was Mustang Island State Park beach which was very pristine and clean. You can also go to Padre Island National Park here just out of Corpus Christi, Texas. However, we had no time to go to it. It is a long barrier island and you can get off by yourself. Every time we have been to Padre Island, it also has been clean with no problems. Saw Galeveston Island beach this week on Day Tripper program and surprise it was clean. I guess they had cleaned up the sea weed which is a problem there. Day Tripper program is a program about day trips to take in Texas and shows you the attractions as well as good places to eat. We went out on the jetty at Port Aransas and watched the sea turtles there as well as people fishing on jetty. I hate to say seafood was higher on Gulf coast this time with plates being $15.00 a person. We ate out 2 days and went to one favorite place under the South Padre Island roadway. This is Snoopy's and their seafood is good. There is a high bridge here and Snoopy's is under it at one of the inlet bays. We can get good seafood here in Temple for about $10.00 a plate. Louisianna Seafood here is one of our favorites off of Loop 363.
Then on Thursday last week, we took a 12 hour fishing trip out into the Gulf. Went out 45 miles and then stopped to fish at an old sunken oil platform. The last hour we were there the dolphins came around our boat to fish. Someone said, well we know there are fish here because the dolphins have come to feed. I caught my limit of 2 King Fish on regular reels at back of boat. My husband got sea sick 1 hour out of port and so did not fish. Second fishing trip this has happened. I told him no sense in taking you fishing anymore. He even took Dramamine which did not work. The boat let me catch his 2 King. Then I caught 12 Red Fish which we are having some for supper today. To get out to the fishing area it was a straight 3 hour boat ride. I enjoyed the trip, just would have liked the fish my husband would catch. I did not like the pole set-up on this boat because they had put motors on the rods. You really could not tell when you had a fish on the line because of the weight and set-up. Next time will look for a boat with regular rods. At least I hope they are not all like this. I caught one red fish about 2 foot long and I did feel it on the line. Was hoping to catch a tuna but no luck. No one on this boat caught their limit of Red fish. They all did catch the limit of 2 King Fish.
My brother Jerry has been in VA Hospital here in Temple for over 3 weeks and he came back to his Texas State Veteran's home last Thursday while we were gone. Had to go this week on Thursday for pre-op tests to have laser surgery on kidney stone in his bladder. This will be next Tuesday and I will be glad when it is all over.
I had told him I would stay last week but he said no, please go on your trip so we did. But I did worry about him and we talked every day by my cell phone. Then September 6th, he has to go to Dallas VA for annual spinal check-up. He has a major spinal injury and Dallas is in charge of his care for it. They will send wheelchair transport for him early that day and we will not get back until 6:00 pm or so. A full day with a lot of road travel on IH-35. So life goes on here. I need to write some inspirational stuff in a future blog.
Take care everyone and stay cool. Remember read your Bible each day, you will be better for it.
Love In Christ,
Marie
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