Sunday, April 28, 2013

Return to Tilden TX

We're back in Tilden at the same post we had before taking our break on Mustang Island. Yes, it's somewhat remote, clearly off-the-grid, but a pleasant place to be. We'll be here for the next 8 months.

One last look at the Gulf of Mexico from Mustang Island beach. Won't be back here until Jan. 2014.

Fresh seaweed on the beach. Our gnome saying farewell to the beach.

Pat and our gnome.

 Our summer garden at Tilden. It's all containerized and/or raised bed and went from seeds to sprouts in only 3 days. The tomatoes are pre-starts.
 
Molly and Annie usually get along this well.

Wild turkeys are in abundance, as they were last year. This Tom is "hunting".

This guy visits us most nights. So far he's been very well-behaved.

Cardinals, Green Jays, Roadrunners, Doves, are the most prevelant birds at this site. I'm working at getting a photo of a Green Jay. Have you ever seen one?
 
 
It's mostly work for us at this time, and work pretty much means being here. There are no heavy, physical duties. Just logging trucks in and out. As you may recall, we can't ever leave the site together as one of us has to be at the gate at all times. If nothing else, this job has finally gotten Pat to drive our one-ton dually. Not that she likes doing it, but she can and does make a laundry/Wal-Mart run a couple times a month. I'm still trying, with no success, to get her to tow the 5th wheel. I'm not holding my breath until she does.

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