TUESDAY - There were 4 of us at the 8AM Men's Bible Study this morning. We had a good discussion time.
In the afternoon I spent a little over an hour at the Jam Session. There were about 45 people watching while I was there, watching about 15 singers and/or musicians. INHO one guy did a pretty good job and one lady did an OK job. After a half hour Kathy scooted off to the puzzle room.
The high/low temperatures were a damp, mostly cloudy 55/49.
WEDNESDAY - It was a nasty (nasty for southern Texas) weather here today. The low this morning was 50 and today's high was 54. It was cloudy and misted rain all day. Local folks are happy to get any rain, even when its cloudy and cool.
At around 7:30AM I checked and the Starship launch was still on for the day, at least according to the sites I visited. I wanted to go to Planet Fitness, since I had not been there for several days. We decided that after I got home we would go have a late lunch at Dirty Dave's in Port Isabel and then find a place to park on Padre Island where we could watch the launch. The launch was scheduled to occur at 4PM. We figured that we wouldn't see much with all the clouds and the low ceiling but we didn't think we would get many chances to watch a launch.
At Planet Fitness I did 30 minutes on a treadmill and 75 minutes on the resistance machines. The best workout I've had in a LONG time.
Port Isabel, Pirates Landing & Dirty Dave's. We had not previously noted the alley to get to Dirty Dave's. This trip we parked right in front of it.
Kathy always gets Crab Louie. I used to get Dirty Dave Beef Philly but last time I got it they had changed the bun and it just wasn't as good. I got a blackened fish Po Boy. Both the sandwich and the waffle fries were excellent. We have been there 4 or 5 times total during the 3 winters we have been here. Port Isabel is 40 miles from us/
While there I checked the launch time and found that the launch had been delayed until tomorrow. I think they revised the launch schedule before we left home, we just didn't check early enough.
We came back a different way. We drove along the Brownsville shipping canal down to near Brownsville and then came north. I wanted to see how much progress had been made on the HUGE LNG loading facility being built along the canal. We could see that a lot of construction was underway but since last year they had built a miles long 10' high berm along the highway. Last year we took a cruise up the canal. If interested you can read about it at: https://bertdsblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/day-39-thursday-january-11-shrimp-boil.html
Tomorrow morning I take the Flex to the a Ford dealer to have the AC worked on. I think the mixer box for the passenger side quit working. Sadly I don't know of any reputable local mechanics. The Ford dealer gets $185 to just to tell you what the problem is, that does not go towards the repair. If I'm right it should take him no longer than 10 minutes to pull out the glove compartment to verify that is the problem. I watched a video of a guy changing his, it took him an hour, but getting to the bolts that hold it in place was a real hassle. This may prevent us from going back south tomorrow to watch the launch. I already told Kathy that, if necessary, I could choke down another blackened fish Po Boy tomorrow.
We managed to get back home for nap time, at least I took a nap not sure about Kathy, and so that she could watch Wheel of Fortune before having to turn off the TV before before the lies started.
God is good. I pray that He bless you and yours. He has blessed me.
No comments:
Post a Comment