Trip to the lake

Having run out of my blood pressure medication had to make a trip to HEB pharmacy this afternoon. Was surprised that there were very few shoppers but with a heat index of 105...I can see why.

Gasoline was going for $1.97 so I gassed up.

Waited until 7:30 p.m. to take a trip to the lake and my favorite campground Governors Landing. There were lots of people there but not as many as on Memorial Day weekend.

The sun was going down but decided to go check the 277 Campground.  I have not been here in a while.

Was happy to see campers enjoying the amenities.

Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Campground Hopping

Having had problems starting mother's mini-van on Friday decided we needed to take that sucker for a ride... to charge it up and to get rid of all the carbon monoxide built up by putting the pedal to the metal!  I drove it between 60 to 65 mph and for a few seconds got it up to 75 mph (it only goes to 85 mph) lol :D

Our first stop was my favorite campground Governor's Landing.  They had five campers.  One of them was a couple playing their guitar and singing, they seemed to be having a good time.  We waved to all the campers that were outside and they waved back, pretty friendly bunch today.

I believe Barney of OFM Adventures told me the International Water Commission was no longer releasing water downstream to Falcon Lake.  Maybe my CRS or perhaps it was an illusion...but for some reason or at least along the visitors area it looked like there was more water than the last time we visited.

Our next stop was San Pedro Campground...I can not believe mother did not say a thing (she hates it there) well...I will take that back...she complained about the condition of the road :-)

This campground is rarely full, even this week being Spring Break.  I expected more people but there were only three or four RV's.

The Billy Bob tree sure has grown!

Good use of the rack space of this older model Toyota.

On the way out I saw this white truck similar to one Barney of OFM Adventures http://ofmadventures.blogspot.com/ drives and as we crossed paths thought how it looked like him...but he is Bibe, Texas, so thought nothing of it. Later this evening when I got online he had left me a comment on my prior post asking if I had been driving a gold mini-van...so it was him!

We then hit the 277 Campground only to find it was closed.  Can't say I am surprised as there is virtually NO water there anymore.

Going rate at the Exxon by the Lake as well as all over town...

Well I will take that back...the new Stripes (that is not yet open) had the following price...kind of makes you do a double take and wonder if this is a glimpse of what to expect in the future?

Obviously someone with a good sense of humor or perhaps a wry one?

While the temperature did not reach 90 degrees like it did yesterday... it was warm, even late this afternoon.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

There is plenty of Bass at Amistad

Sorry I have not done a post in a while, I am taking a little hiatus as we still have company. Between cleaning house, helping my mother in the kitchen (notice I did not say cooking), washing dishes, washing clothes and driving my uncle to every store in town...I am pretty beat come night time, which is usually the only time I am able to go online.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  My long time readers might remember that I tried my hand at cooking my first turkey last year and since my cooking did not kill us...decided to try my luck again this year.  Happy to report that my mom, my uncle and I survived my cooking :D

I was telling my uncle about the bloggers that come to Del Rio and that I have had the privilege to meet in person.  He found their lifestyle very interesting and asked me to drive him to the campground where Billy Bob and Barney last stayed at as he wanted to see the old bridge that is now visible due to the drop in the lake level.

There was a man with his wife and mother-in-law fishing.  Further down the bridge there was an older couple who said they had caught catfish as well as bass.  It was really a beautiful day for fishing.  We walked to the end of the bridge and as we were making our way back, the mother-in-law was jumping for joy because she caught her first bass of the day.

He did not catch it...the lady in the back did!

Billy Bob if you are reading this, there is plenty of bass at Amistad waiting for you when you come back.  However your campground was occupied.

Your friend is still there though and I believe today was laundry day...

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.