Awake: 6:15am Temp 64 sleep 6+46 sunny overnight @ Mission, Texas.
This morning, before coffee or breakfast, K & I walk over to the main hall & have our blood drawn by the Rio Grande Regional Hospital staff for various tests. G & G along with 50 + others in this campground took advantage of this opportunity. Our timing was good; the location convenient; a short waiting period & a very fair price. We + G & G will have the results mailed to our permanent addresses. The rest of these winter Texans will receive their results in a week here at the campground.
Next, K & I do our 30 min of exercise with our man, Gilad.
This being Ash Wednesday, Gary & Grace are curious about our going to Our Lady of Guadalupe church for the blessing & ashes. We ask them if they would like to join us… & they did. This isn’t the 1st time G & G will be receiving a blessing & ashes but @ their church, Presbyterian, ashes are distributed every other yr or so. When Gary approached Fr. Roy, he told him he was not Catholic, but Protestant, so go easy with the ashes; G had the BIGGEST, blackest ashes cross on his forehead.
When we return to our motorhome, I take a few minutes & trim a small bit of Grace’s hair that was bothering her, then spend 35 min giving Kathy her # 12 haircut. She trims mine in 15 min.
Tall Kathy is having trouble reaching the higher grapefruit on the tree at our campsite, so Gary brings over his 7 ft ladder for her use. A little while later, she had some 23 picked to bring along with us.
Next, we are invited to go with G & G to visit Skip & his wife, Ginger, @ the Alamo RV Park where they are work campers. Skip works 24 hrs a week @ this campground in exchange for free camping. When we arrive, we are just in time to join a large group of Skip’s neighbors & fellow work campers for happy hr; 50 + people in a wide circular pattern. Women in one group separated from the men in another group. I should have taken a photo….it was a senior moment. Nice crowd, friendly, casual & very relaxed.
After about an hr, we walk over to Skip & Ginger’s motorhome to check it out. It’s a nice clean machine with plenty of space for those (2) young people. Next we follow Skip & Ginger who lead us to the nearby Texas Road House on East Jackson Ave in McAllen for dinner. This place was packed; people sitting & standing everywhere inside & out. One of the host’s tells us a 30 min wait time. Ha! I’m thinking. Would you believe 15 min later we are in a booth & ordering. Kathy & I share a fresh salmon dinner & it was unbelievably great. We say our goodbyes & good wishes for happy camping to Skip & Ginger & then return to our bus. Gary seems to be feeling better every day but occasionally will mention the stiffness in his chest.
No movie again tonight.
High temp=79 Lights out: 12:02am
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