Monday, December 15, 2014.
Another morning doing some geocaching!
This time I am going to Pharr and park at the H.E.B. and bike to the caches. I will also test my repair to the tires of the bike. I am not careful of where I ride. Sand Burr, here I come!!!
On my way to the first cache, I see this car. IN the southern U.S., car owners love this type of tires and wheels. You should see this on a pickup truck!
One of the caches I found this morning.
An update on my "tire" fix, no flat tires today! Michele and me spend the afternoon relaxing. Her in the sun and me in the shade. The wind finally died down by night time!
This evening is our first bingo at this RV Park. Snow???
It is always interesting when you go to a new place for bingo. Rules are different in every Park. Lucky for us, the rules are not too different here.
No money coming in tonight. It is just going out!
Tuesday, December 16, 2014.
No bike ride for me today. Why? Just because!
The people of the Rio Grande Valley are so happy to see us, the Winter Texan, coming back every winter. Stranger will stop and say "Welcome Back". The businesses all have banners saying "Welcome Back Winter Texan". They understand the impact we do have on the local economy. We are approximately 133,000 Winter Texan and we spend about 755 million dollars per winter here.
After lunch, we decided to visit the little museum of Donna.
The last newspaper printed here was in the 1960's.
This was the population in the 70's.
Today's population is double what it was in the 70's. The population is 90% Hispanic and the main language spoken here is Spanish.
The sun is behind the statue of Donna so the photo is not that clear. Donna (1879 - 1969) is the name of the daughter of T.J. Hook who founded the town.
Donna was pretty and very independent. She was an entrepreneur, very charitable person and was loved by everyone in the town.
A sign explaining the "Chisholm Trail".
Once again, the wind is blowing strong. TV, reading and computer for the both of us for the rest of the day.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014.
More geocaching for me this morning. I take the car and the bike and head to the town of Pharr, which is about 12 km away.
With the car parked at the local grocery store, I start looking for caches.
My second cache is located at the Police Station! More precisely at the memorial for the past serving member of the Pharr Police Force.
The cache is located at the memorial, but I cannot find it. Its difficulty level is four out of five Starr! Maybe next time?
My third cache is on that tree.
Here she is! Some caches are easy to find some are very hard to find.
The next cache is located right downtown Pharr. Right under this bench!
It was not that easy to see!
My last cache of the day, it is also a wink for my brother Rolland who asked me to look for people with the same name as us, "Matte".
There are many different way to write our name because it has changed over time.
This cache is located under the big light post...
Jeremy has his son Gabriel for the next two weeks, so we skyped with both of them.
A good day!
Thursday, December 18, 2014.
We have a busy day ahead of us.
We will join Charles and Agnes this morning. First stop is at the grocery store for some "stuff" for the picnic.
Before lunch, we head to Bentsen State Park for some bird watching and geocaching. Charles and Agnes bought a GPS and want to try it out.
The gang! Minus Michele who is taking the photo.
The first cache of the day.
Next one is between the sign and the post.
As soon as we enter the Park, we come to a feeding area with many Chachalacas.
We also saw many Inca Jays.
A Golden-Fronted Woodpecker.
Our next cache is located in the middle of this tree.
Here we are coming back from the truck with the picnic bounty.
Good food, good friends and a good day, we are rich!
A bobcat crossing the road just up ahead.
This was nervous rabbit because of the bobcat!
In 2010, they had two big floods here in the park and the surrounding area. The arrow indicates the water level during the flood!
Here I am posing like "The Thinker".
We are going up to the Hawk Tower and there is a cache here too!
The cache was located at the beginning of the ramp. Here it is!
The tower is about two stories high and usually you can see many hawks, but not today!
One more cache.
Today was a good day for geocaching. We found seven caches. Two caches we could not find and we walked over 7 kilometers.
A good day at geocaching.
We have bought tickets for the Hidalgo Festival of Light. For $12, we have a roast beef diner and a trolley tour of the Festival of Light.
Unfortunately, the rain starts to fall before we get to Hidalgo!!!
Here are some photos before the rain slowed down some.
Our meal.
I think, we will have to come back when it is not raining.
Until next time.
Life is Good!
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