Second week of Christmas

During our lead up to Christmas we enjoyed our usual activities such as the Sunday night ice cream social and the Monday morning dance class which starts at 9:00 a.m. We had to pass on using the pool during the second week of December since a cold front came through early Monday morning. We saw the temperature fall over 15 degrees in less than an hour and we watched our awning get buffeted by the strong gusts of wind. We were lucky that it did not get damaged so Paul decided that he would have to roll it in before we left for Florida.

Tuesday December 11 we attended a demo of how to make different kinds of pesto given by the owner of the Blue Onion restaurant in Weslaco. After the demo, we got to sample the 6 kinds of pesto - what a treat! It was the first time the park has sponsored such an activity and we hope that they can find another restaurant to do something similar. On Thursday evening, we actually tried the restaurant - following a trip to the outlet mall.

Wednesday evening, Myrna and Dave invited a group of us to a pre-Christmas turkey dinner. Our contribution to the dinner were the margaritas and guacamole which all enjoyed despite the cooler temperatures. (I know all our northern friends are real sympatheic - since most of us were still in shorts! Ah what whiners we have become...LOL) Once the sun set, we retreated inside their house for dinner. We finished off the evening around Dave's propane campfire pit.

We started Friday the 14th at the Valley Baptist Hospital Christmas party for seniors. This is the way to a visit a hospital - breakfast, a Christmas concert by a local church's bell choir, and door prizes for all attendees. At 6:00 pm, we took the Fun 'N Sun train around the park to see the Christmas lights. It is amazing to see how elaborate some of the decorations are - especially on rv's with small storage compartments. After the train ride, we went over to the dance hall for the Texas Country Band.

Ah another week is done!