Wow, it's the middle of March and we're only two weeks away from beginning our journey home to Wisconsin for the summer. It was a cool and wet winter in the Coastal Bend area of Texas as compared to the previous winter which was quite warm and VERY dry. When we left Woody Acres last March, the shallower two ponds were almost completely dry . . . only the deepest one still had any water. The day before we arrived here in November they had eleven and a half inches of rain which filled up the ponds quickly . . . we have continued to have quite a bit of rain over the winter so now instead of a drought, farmers are having trouble getting into their fields because they are so wet . . . seems to be no happy medium!
A bad winter here is still better than a Wisconsin winter! Light jacket, sandals, and always a card game somewhere. I played lots of bridge and cribbage and we both played Texas Hold'em. Between Christmas and New Year's we went up to San Antonio with Becky and Roger for three days. We took a boat ride on the Riverwalk to see all the Christmas lights there, went to the Mexican Marketplace, had lunch in a great Mexican restaurant, and shop
ped our way through the outlet malls at San Angelo. We went back to San Antonio in February for an overnight with Kathy and Bryan to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. Had a great day walking through all the vendors and enjoyed the rodeo and Trace Adkins. The next day we went back to the Mexican Marketplace and had lunch at the Buckhorn Saloon. At the end of February we enjoyed a Texas treasure IN Texas - we took in a Willie Nelson concert at an outdoor amphitheatre in Corpus Christi. Vintage Willie under a huge Texas full moon with the Texas flag as a backdrop - doesn't get any better than that! Then there was a quilt show, a pottery show, a few estate sales, Oysterfest, . . . .a good winter.Now spring is coming to the Coastal Bend; the redbud trees are blooming, the wildflowers are blooming (thanks to all that winter rain!), and temps are in the 70s . . . and we're almost ready to leave . . . go figure! The cemetary in Rockport is a riot of color . . . black-e
yed susans, bluebonnets, phlox, etc. - see photo. We will head up to Roundtop area for Texas Antique Week We will be there from March 28-April 4. We will be on the road for a couple of days and roll into Branson MO for a couple of weeks . . . how long we stay there will depend on weather reports from Eau Claire. My favorite Native American band, Brule, is now performing regularly at a theatre in Branson so I'm looking forward to seeing them while we are there.See you all back in Wisconsin in just a few weeks!!
