Thanksgiving 2018

Wow its been a year since we were here with our friends.  This is our year to host the weekend. We stayed at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club behind the Flamingo.  We really like the location and we wanted to have dinner in our unit vs a restaurant this year, We wanted to spend more quality time with friends talking and relaxing and just enjoying our time together.

We came in a few days early to pick up our dinner from Albertsons Grocery store.  Kathy and John Castro came by on Wednesday night for a wonderful dinner from Cardena's Mexican grocery store and relaxing and visiting without the noise of the slots and waiters etc interrupting our conversations.


Thurs Happy Thanksgiving

Dinner was so good and relaxing, something we don't get to do at a restaurant.

Saturday night we went to Tuscany Gardens for a show and dinner.  The dinner was pretty good and the show was the Rat Pack is Back. The show lasted just about an hour and was pretty good.

Eric and I got a lot of birding, eating and hiking in while in Vegas.  We really enjoyed our condo with the full kitchen and separate bedroom. We will probably go back there next year, as we like the location and the space. (Its bigger than our RV!!)

Pics from our flight home...

We got back to Sam Houston National Forest on Monday, relaxed and recuperated until Wednesday when we drove over 200 miles to Goliad State Park for two nights. It is the site of an old mission built in 1782 and renovated in 1914-33

We went to Aransas WLR on Thurs.  seen lots of birds and ....   we know we are in Texas  These alligators were enjoying the warm weather too!

On Friday we headed to Kingsville for the night.

We spent the night at Nature's Own RV Resort.  It is right on Hwy 77, lots of traffic noise but its only for one night.  We were able to walk to a very large park with a lake and dam.  For dinner we headed to Baffin Bay for a delightful dinner.  The Black Drum was outstanding as was the grilled shrimp and fried oysters.  the sides were just ok.  would definitely go back if we are in the area.

Yes they have goats!

On Saturday Dec 1 we  finally head on to Laguna Atascosa for the next 4 months! Looking forward to meeting the other volunteers and getting settled in for the winter. Not sure what our availability to phone, tv or internet will be...

Bird count for Nov  Life birds is up one to 612, we found the Varied Thrush!  the Year came up 14 new birds to 417 and we ended the month at 184.