St Charles Bay Fishing Trip

Up before sun rise, and off to Rockport to meet up with our guide, Brett for our air boat red fishing trip. The sun peaked from behind the horizon, and a beautiful day on the water was off to a great start. We left the dock about 7:30 am and headed out across St. Charles Bay......shore birds were busy feeding along the coastline and a flock of ducks circled over head.

Lines baited with fresh cut mullet, we waited for the reds to bite....soon the action began and reds began to fill the ice chest. We moved on to another site and quickly had our limit.

Heading back to the dock, we ran next to the shoreline
and across areas of grass...and made one 360 degree
spin around just for fun. Back at the dock at
11:00 am, boat loaded, fish cleaned and on ice...
we decided to have lunch at Pop's Bar and Grill.

Berndt Kinfolks!

Packed our bags, loaded the car and headed out to Magnolia, Texas to the Berndt Family Reunion at Rhonda and Harlo's home. Our first stop was in Carmine for lunch at J.W.'s Steakhouse for some delicious, tender steaks. After a brief stop in Navasota, we arrived at Magnolia and unpacked the car. Later Evon and Linda arrived and we all enjoyed a stew dinner together, then us girls grabbed a bottle of wine and headed out to the hot tub to soak the day away. Up early the next morning, we waited for the Berndt family kinfolks to arrive. Soon the driveway was full of cars, the sound of chatter and laughter filled the air as everyone was busy catching up. Dinner was catered and all the family enjoyed sharing a meal together, with bunches of yummy desserts.

The afternoon was consumed with picture taking, touring Rhonda and Harlo's new home, and watching the little guys run around. All to soon the reunion came to an end and it was time to clean up, put things away and call it a day. Linda and Evon decided to go back home, but we stayed over and got a chance to relax and unwind. Sunday morning, I got up early and prepared Monkey Bread for the group, while Rhonda fixed eggs and bacon for all. Packed up we said our goodbyes and made the drive back home!

Ghostly Girl's Weekend

A "Girl's Trip" for Mom to Fredericksburg, Texas proved ghostly at the Bell Street Manor at 601 Bell Street. Mom, Lanell, and I arrived in town, had a yummy lunch at the Peach Tree Tearoom before heading to the Manor. Mom was surprised to find Shelly, Carly, Laney, and Haley waiting on the front porch, with Ginger to arrive later when she got off work. The 3 story house was built in 1907 and had served as a hospital and doctor's office.
Dinner that night was at the Alamo Springs Cafe with some of the best hamburgers in Texas according to Texas Monthly...onion rings, cold beer, and 2 fried stuffed avocados....really good stuff. The ten mile drive down the winding Old San Antonio Road had them all wondering if I was lost or just plain crazy! We turned in for the night with a big day of shopping planned.

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Saturday was spent on Main Street shopping most of the day with a later stop at the wineries for some sampling. Dinner that night was at The Cabernet Grill and what a gastronomical treat it proved to be. From appetizer, to entree, to dessert, it was outstanding. Then it was back to Bell street for our last night, before heading home.

Creepy
This is where the real fun began! During our stay we all heard the old wood floors creaking, kinda eerie at night. A small CD player that had a habit of turning itself on, always playing a Eagles tune proved to be very strange. Footsteps upstairs when no one was up there could not be explained....but the final straw was the window pane crashing to the floor during the middle of the night almost proved to be to much for some of the "Girls"....could it have really been the ghost called Anne? Some were sure since it had been a hospital that folks had died there.....lots of laughs over our "Ghostly" weekend.
Up Sunday morning, we packed and enjoyed breakfast and coffee and then it was time to head home.

Kill'em and Grill'em!

Home again after a long week diving in Grand Cayman with my internet female dive buddy from Oklahoma. The seas were rough Sunday morning and the boat was rocking and rolling, making my dive buddy sick. The next day the seas were a little calmer and the dives went smoothly. We had booked a night dive and it turned out great! Hot chocolate and muffins greeted us when we surfaced. On Wednesday after the two morning dives, I relaxed around the pool, talked to other divers, and that night enjoyed the Diver's Night Party up by the training pool....yummy ribs and chicken!

Thursday we had four dives booked, two morning dives and two lion fish dives in the afternoon. On our two dives we had inexperienced hunters and only bagged 5 of 17 lion fish spotted...not very good. Our boat did manage to kill 45 of the nasty little creatures. After the hunt they grilled them up for all to taste...hence the new saying "Kill'em and Grill'em"! Friday we left the dock in rain, but the diving was good, especially the last dive of the week.....we stayed down for about 70 minutes. Lunch that day was at Over the Edge...yummy Mahi Mahi Escovitch. During the week most of us saw sharks, tarpon, turtles, rays, lobster, crabs, a spotted Eagle Ray and lots of fish. Saturday morning it was time to pack and catch our flight home. 15 dives in the logbook this trip!

50th El Campo High School Reunion

Well.........We survived Dale's 50th El Campo High School class reunion! Friday night we met up with his old high school pals at the Firehouse Bar and Grill for dinner and drinks....plus lots of old memories. Dale loved seeing so many of his friends and catching up on old times.

Saturday was the main event and we headed back to El Campo shortly after lunch. Soon the room was filled with old classmates and old friends, and all were busy talking and catching up. Dale served as Master of Ceremonies and kept the ball rolling with his charm and wit! The only glitch of the night was when he forgot to introduce to his wife.....ME! Boy did his friends give him a hard time, but he did manage to get himself out of the "Dog House"! Later a delicious meal was served and time for more photos and visiting. The night came to an end....a big success!!!!

Treasure Hunt in Warrenton/Round Top

Karen and I left Victoria headed for Warrenton/RoundTop for a day of perusing the booths for treasure. Our first stop was the Arts and Crafts Fair in Round Top, we arrived as the booths were opening for the day. We shopped and shopped but found nothing that really caught our eye...or fit us! So off we went to lunch at JW's Steakhouse in Carmine.....a delicious steak with all the trimmings.

Cooled off and full of ice tea it was back to our
"Treasure Hunt" so we drove back to Warrenton, with a stop or two along the road. OMG....now it was smoking hot and the booths were unbearable. We did a little more shopping, before giving up the ship and headed for the car, grabbed a big cherry shaved ice, and the turned the AC on full blast to cool off. The dry, hot weather sure didn't make for a good shopping trip, but we did have fun and lots of laughs!

Grounded by Fog!

It was late September, and time for "The Under the Wire" fly-in in Louise, Texas at the Flying V Ranch. Dale wanted to get off the ground early in hopes of getting a good parking spot for the plane. With our picnic lunch, chairs, and lots of ice tea we took off before 8 am headed to the fly-in.

Although it was clear in Victoria we found ground fog around Edna, Texas and set the plane down at the Edna airport to wait for the fog to burn off. Fog gone, we landed at the fly-in and secured the plane and set out our stuff for the day. It was good to see old friends, lots of planes and probably about 20 Stearman airplanes at the fly-in....quite a sight! We had our picnic lunch in the shade under the wing....it was pretty darn hot! We decided to head home later in the afternoon and it was a short, but very bumpy ride because of the thermals. Safely we landed and pushed the plane into the hangar!