Tilden, Texas

We've been parked at an oil well gate just a couple of miles out of Tilden, Texas since last October 2. It's been a stable time for us - no travel, other than for groceries and shopping, plenty of time to work on personal stuff like, for Pat, quilts, afghans and other sewing projects; for David, mostly finishing a family history document that has been several years in the making, and quite a lot of reading.

This "quiet" time is rapidly coming to an end as we will be pulling up stakes around February 1 and going to Port Aransas, Texas (Mustang Island) for a couple of months. We'll be staying at Pioneer Park about 4 miles south of Port Aransas. Pioneer Park has boardwalk access to the Gulf of Mexico beach. We're looking forward to that. We have a whole list of places to go, things to do, and people to see during our two months in Port A. That list will surely include at least one trip to Mexico for shopping and picking up meds.

When we end our vacation around April 1, we'll be going back to work as gate guards once again. This next period should be in the Fort Worth, Texas area. We've requested that area and the company owner has told us that will happen.

Major change in our lives - virtually noone will notice anything different - is that we are now Texas residents. Yup, drivers license, vehicle registration, concealed carry permit, voter registration, all in Texas now. We've had the Texas address since 2008 but called ourselves Winter Texans and continued to travel the nation with reckless abandon. For the future, I suspect we will be somewhat limiting our travels to between Texas, Minnesota, and Illinois. Returning to Washington for anything other than a visit is probably not in our future.

The photo insertion feature is not working in Blogger at this time. I'll add photos another time when it is working.

You can tell it's been a while since our last post. Here's Annie unloading her Christmas sock.

This adorable little bird sits on our clothes line almost every day. Right outside the dining room window.

For some local color, it's hard to beat the cardinals.

 The landowner has four horses roaming on oil well ground. Pat feeds them snacks whenever they come by.

Molly opening her Christmas present. She always opens it without help.

Can you see the tension between these two? Yes, there is jealousy and sibling rivalry even among dogs.

 

Glad the photo feature is working once again. Our next post will come from Mustang Island where we will be for February and March.