The news from Dilley, Texas

It's been a long time in coming, but here's the latest addition to our series of blogs. We were in one location for a long time and nothing much was happening in our lives so there was little to report; then there was an issue with our main computer and it ended up in the repair shop for over a month. Couple that with other equipment issues and just plain procrastination and you should have a pretty good explanation for the delay in posting.

Tilden, Texas was our primary location since September, 2012. Oh, there was a break for a couple of months to visit Port Aransas, Texas for some R&R on the beach, then right back to Tilden. Much to our surprise, and dismay, the oil company decided to close that gate and there was no other gate to relocate us to. We then took a couple days off and went back to Port Aransas. We applied to a different guard company and got immediate placement to Faith Ranch, south of Carizzo Springs, Texas, which is quite near the Mexican border. Only stayed there a week and then got moved to Dilley, Texas and that's where we are now and probably will be for an extended period of time. We're all moved in and settled and finally have Direct TV working; computer working (fairly well). Somewhat remote, but not as far as we've been at other times. About 20 miles to decent shopping, and a Wal-Mart.

 Our resident deer at Tilden. Momma and her twins were frequent visitors.

 Roseate Spoonbill at Port Aransas.

 

 Gray Heron and Egret at Pioneer Park, Port Aransas.

 

 Gray Heron.

 

 What would you guess these guys are doing? Never expected to get a power surge, but we did and it did a lot of damage. Lucky we didn't get fried. Think I'll invest in a surge protector.

 

 Power inlet plug on the RV. The plug fused to the socket and had to be removed as one piece.

 

 Gate to Faith Ranch. That's our RV on the left.

 Count them if you wish. Each sign is an oil well. I counted 92. Faith Ranch is huge, taking up parts of three counties.

 

 This is a Pyrrhuloxia, more commonly known as a gray cardinal, eating berries right outside our dining room window.

 

 Pat walking among the cattle on Calvert Ranch near Dilley, Texas, our present location.

 

Rainbow right over our house following a late afternoon rainstorm.

 

 

That's all for today. If things keep working as they are supposed to we'll try to blog a little more often.