Trypp goes to the Zoo

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 Alisha and Trypp drove down from San Antonio  for Thanksgiving.
Connie, Bob, Alisha , Trypp and Mary head out
  to the Zoo and went right to the back to see the Baby Flamingos.  Trypp love being up close to them.

 He really got into everything there was to see and do.

 Even animals outside the fence once he figured that they were not scary.

 Trying to bite the Gorilla's finger.

Gave baby Gorilla a ride on moms back.

Look at the wonder in that face.

 

 I think the playground won out over the animals

He tried the slide once then discovered the water buttons

 While Trypp was running and skipping through the sprinkling water everyone else seemed to be watching him

We pile into the car and drive to South Padre Island while Trypp catches a nap. Drive around and stop to eat at Dirty Al's .  

Alisha finds her "new" boat.

We giggle and laugh all the way home with Mr Owl puppet, Gorilla with banana and Froggie.putting on a show.

traveling to Texas Nov 2012

Fall of 2012 

 Before leaving we have last gathering of the Lake shore crew in the regular spot better know as Tina and Mark's Garage.
Lee Medor has her Halloween wig and make up on.  Do you know who she is this year?

The Long Island Medium .

 Leaving on Monday Oct 29 , we do not get away until 3PM due to lack of organization on our part. It is a cold and windy day with Hurricane Sandy expected to hit the east coast  bringing wind and cold rain to MI. We plan on heading south/east to S. Carolina,, change plans going south and west instead.

 We travel to Fishers IN and stay the night at a nice looking Super 8,  unloaded too much stuff  in the cold and wind.  Must repack,, we are not used to this motel thing yet.  Motor home is all we know,  after getting settled in we see a small red bug on the wall between the beds.. kill bug,  20 minutes later another one, kill bug, 30 minutes and another,, kill bug,, we call the desk and ask for some Raid,  a young man comes and sprays,  In a few minutes he calls our room and says he will move us.   We say no we are settled in, and the bugs are dead, right? ,, 30 minutes, he calls again says the manager wants us to move,  He will help us.  so we move next door.  Now we keep looking for bugs in the new room.. nothing so we sleep.   Dream of my Motor Home !

Tuesday  we decided to go to the St Louis area ranch to see the Budweiser Clydesdale's,, we call for a tour reservation and the young man says I have some real bad news ,," the last tour for the YEAR left about an hour ago".  We are starting out great..

 Bridge over the Mississippi

Taking our favorite route allows us to cross the Mississippi River three times.. Always a fun thing.

We travel on to Cape Girardeau, MO and stay at the days Inn.. Warmer outside but still jacket weather.
Watch TV and eat the last of our Ham sandwiches..We eat out tomorrow,,

We got phone calls from Alisha and Joan Lucas today.. Joan was worried about us in MI.the high winds,storms and the effects of Hurricane Sandy. I told her we were safe in MO.

We get to San Antonio Friday 12-2-12,  Visit with Alisha at her apartment, cook Brots we brought from Michigan..

Arrive at the park on Saturday,,
Forgot to call to have gas turned on ahead of time, something new we had to do this year.
Forgot the Microwave broke last year ,so no gas stove, no hot water, no way to heat water,,wait coffee pot,, tough getting enough to wash with though.  DISH TV not getting signal , like every year must send Tech out to do his thing.
Ate at Las Vegas Cafe, the good part.  Sure missed their Tacos.
Get Golf cart running,  Getting lots of "Welcome backs" Finding a place for everything, Ate at Cattleman's. Going to shower room and pool to refresh and shower.  Temps in 90's.  Monday DISH Tech came and got us hooked up with TV and local channels.
Met Cliff and Lavonne at Applebees .Still no cooking or hot water, waiting until Wednesday for gas to get turned on.
Friday bought Microwave at garage sale [20.00]
Saturday Mom,Bud,Kathy arrived.
It is Good to be back in Texas..

Trivia at Fireplace

-I am leaving to spend the winter in Texas and this will be my last Trivia night for a while.. Contrary to what some of these photos show this is a real fun group. 

 Awww.. come on Jim I have seen you smile..

 Nicole always seem to know when the camera is aimed her way,,A smiling spark plug for our team.

 Living up to our team name,,"old beer drinkers".

 First game of the World Series but we are thinking of the next question

 No we do not sleep at the trivia table

 I don't think Bob agreed with the answer we wrote down..

 We really are number one and someday our score will reflect that..Keep the faith guys!

Art leaves his camera

 Mary and Bob are at the Fireplace on Monday Car night for their last visit before heading out to Texas for the winter.

Art is paying his bill and getting ready to leave.  Notice the camera sitting on the table just beyond the basket??

 Yep, there it is,, "wait Art wait"  too late he is long gone.

 Shall we take some pictures ?  Can we figure this thing out?









Looks like Carol got it..

Carrie , joining in the fun for Art's camera. 

Photos of wall art for Art.

More fun stuff ,,

 Even our Trivia reward gets recorded.

--Some of the culprits

  OK, these are not all the ones from Art's camera because the rest are censored,, like bathroom shots, some flashing of the chest , to see more you will have to contact Art at the Fireplace.

Connie's new boat

 Denise and Mary drive to Delton to enjoy a nice Indian Summer Day with Connie , joining her in her second ever cruise with her new boat.

What are all these straps for and how do they come off?

 Although Charley does not go out on the lake he is there to do all the backing and launching for us. In between he goes home and watches for us to pass by and wave at him.

 Once on the lake we all get to take our turn at the helm and try out the new gauges and gadgets.

 Lots of power for skiing and tubing

One Happy Girl !

 Yes , it was windy, not a good hair day because we could not go slow!

 Oops, grab the glasses.

 Denise puts on her life jacket , grabbed the ski rope and started pretending to be skiing along with signals for faster or slower speeds saying things about "OK , I'm up now, oh ya cutting across the wake".  Then I yelled "OH SKIER Down",just to burst her bubble ..

 "It still says 2 feet deep"

 What's up with the tongue  ? A family thing?

 Connie's house where Charley sits and waves to us as we blast past.

Because the boat ramp is bad and has a hole, the boat will not go on the trailer straight , we decided to try another boat ramp at Lower Crooked Lake.

 Talking it over, "what to do now?"

 The area is cramped and not much better ,,,,,,

So we head home with a cock-eyed boat ,but being the inventor/engineers we are, we come up with a plan to park downward on a hill and use gravity to help us move the boat forward and centered on the trailer.  It works ...DO WE ROCK...OR WHAT!!

 Feeling good about ourselves , Charley takes us to Sam's for dinner.  There we see unique photo opportunities .  Denise and Connie kiss the bear.

Who would not want their photo with the Blues Brothers?

OH ,Dee you did not?????