Feb 9th PM - 81 TODAY!

Today's high was a sunny 81 degrees. Temperatures have been near perfect the past couple of days. We have not run either our heat pumps or AC units, but that may change. Tomorrow's high is supposed to be 69 and the high will only be 60 on Thursday & Friday.

After writing the post this morning I went back out on the beach and walked 3 miles. There is not much in Surfside Beach, but there is a lot within 15 miles of here. We drove over to an H-E-B grocery store in Clute, TX to do some grocery shopping. Kathy said the prices were great but she thought that she might not be over the sticker shock from the high grocery prices in Alabama.

We had lunch at Asiel's, which was just down the street from the grocery. Kathy had a blackened fish taco which she said was the best one she had ever had. I had a cup of chili and a chili dog. The chili was great but the chili dog was mediocre. It could have been a great chili dog if they had spent a dime more on the hot dog and bought a good hot dog. Both meals camp with a mixture of onion rings and French fries.

After unloading groceries I did another beach walk, but only about a mile this time. Morrissa came down from Houston around 2:30. About 4PM her future father-in-law, grandfather-in-law & grandmother-in-law arrived at the beach house they are renting. It is about a quarter mile west of the RV park. We went over and helped them unload their vehicles. All the homes near the Gulf are up on "stilts", so the main floor is at least 10' above the ground. We made lots of trips up and down the stairs/ramp.

Across the street from the RV park is a "Crabbing Pier". On our way back from the beach house we walked out on it. It is similar to a 100' long dock over a swampy area. The pools of water looked like they were 12-24" deep. It appears that you tie your bait (maybe a chicken neck) on a string and hang it over the side of the dock. When crabs come over near the bait you dip them out with a net. The water was very clear so it would be easy to see them. Apparently the crabs were all full when we were out there. There were some chicken necks still hanging in the water but we saw no crabs.

Only about 61 hours before we pick up our sweeties at the airport! We can hardly wait.

May God bless you and yours.