WOODY

 

Back several days ago Betty said something about not having a date for the ball and she needed a stick man to dance with.

After a meeting of the “Governing Body of the Body of the Governors” where I presented a drawing of proposed stick man we agreed to meet again to discuss this issue. (The main order of business is to drink bloody mary’s while the women are gone of some important mission.

After much discussion at happy hour I proceeded with the creation of “Woody” as he has been named. Using scrap wood from Betty’s shed and some new lumber from Lowes I got his legs, feet and body done.

 

Woody has 4 swivel casters under is feet to make him easy to move around the dance floor.  Betty bought a suit and shirt and one of the women made his tie and hat band and pocket square.His head is a wig mannequin with a mardi gras mask that has been painted with teeth, and even a gold tooth.

It was a fun project and the women are going to have a great time with Woody at the ball.

Jim

CATCH UP

 

 

Well, as usual, we are behind on the blog.  Although, not a lot has happen since the last update.

Because of the weather, we didn’t leave Whitsett until the 25th of January with intentions on stopping in Houston for a few days.  Unfortunately, due to all the construction and pipeline workers we were unable to find a campground in the Houston area.  So, we headed further east to Beaumont, Texas and found a place to stay there.  From there, we did take a drive down to Port Arthur, Texas and visited The Museum of the Gulf Coast.  Their claim to fame is that it is the home of Janis Joplin.

This is a replica of her car.  Now, she was not one of my favorite artists so I was not all that impressed.

Unfortunately, the town itself is pretty run down.

They did has a couple of historical homes.  We did not take the tours of them but did drive by:

We finally left Beaumont on the 2nd of February and met up the the Chapman’s at the Coushatta Casino in Kinder, Louisiana.  They have a very nice campground there and I was actually lucky at the slots and won $100.00!!!!!

We are now at Betty’s RV Park in Abbeville, Louisiana and getting prepared for Mardi Gras.  A fun time for all!!!!!!

Take care…….

 

Linda and Jim

STUCK OUT IN HOUSTON

Yesterday we left the yard in Whitsett and drove to Houston. Our plan was to stay at the Elks lodge. But it was full. We sat in the parking lot and called several other rv parks but they were all full. They are building a new pipeline and the workers have taken all  the sites. We found a place in Beaumont at a Passport America campground where we are staying three nights. 
Went out to dinner at Cheddars. Had to wait about half an hour for a table but the food was decent.
Today we went out for a late breakfast at Waffle House, one of our favorites. Than on to the very large mall. Linda was looking for new jeans and a blazer. Found the jeans but no blazer. Stopped at the Verizon store and found out that our contract was up on the mifi device and that we could use that to upgrade to a new phone. I got the Samsung Gallaxy 4. Bigger screen and more features. Linda will upgrade in June.
Tomorrow down to Port Arthur for sightseeing and the museum of the gulf. http://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org/
 Tuesday we will move to the Elks lodge here in Beaumont for several days. Not very nice, but cheap at $10 a nite.
Lots of good restaurants here and some touristy stuff to see.
Have a great day
Love to all of ya
Jim and Linda

251 MILE DAY TRIP

Yesterday we took a day trip down to the Corpus Christi, Padre Island area. It is the first time in a long time that we have done a day trip and it was nice to get out and about.

Remember you can click on a picture to enlarge it.

We were looking forward to driving along the beach on Padre island, but the road runs down the middle of the island and there is nothing but grassy stuff the whole way. We did take one of the beach roads and found out you can drive and camp on the beach but decided against that.

We went to the national park entrance but it was closed, but we were still able to drive in and were very surprised to see all of the cameras on the entrance.. what the hell is this about? One of them did take our picture on the way in and out.

From Padre island we moved on to Mustang Island which is much more populated. Lots of houses, condo,s and resorts. By this time is is getting on to about 1:30pm so it was time for a lunch stop. Pulled into Moby’s seafood restaurant because the parking lot was kind of full. Good call. Very neat place.

Linda ordered stuffed crab with coleslaw, garlic bread and fries

and I ordered coconut shrimp with the same sides

Both meals were very, very good and we enjoyed the décor as well.

 

After the great lunch we headed north again and ran into the ferry. Had not planned on a ferry ride, but there it was and it was free. A very short wait and short ride of about 10 minutes. They were running 4 ferries and they hold about 16 cars or two semi’s and a few cars.

After the ferry ride, it was time to start heading back home. It is about 80 miles from Corpus to Whitsett and a very boring drive thru south Texas.

Today is a sit at home day, and tomorrow a very busy day with a stop at the dentist for Linda’s crown, ENT doctor to have my ears cleaned, Vet for dog shots, Walmart, laundry, liquor store….than it is out of here on Friday heading to Houston.

Hope you have a wonderful day’

Love to all of ya

Jim and Linda

WE'RE DONE

We got relieved from our gate Thursday afternoon and headed back to the yard in Whitsett. We told Mark, the manager, that we would like to take the weekend off as we wanted to go up to San Antonio and visit with our niece Ally and her husband Paige and their new baby boy Finnegan.
We went up Saturday about noon and had a very nice visit with them, heading back home about 5 pm. We stopped for dinner at an Italian eatery on the way.
Monday morning I took the truck into Pleasanton for an oil change, and while waiting got a call from Diane at the office saying they had a rig for us. That means they had a new assignment for us at an oil rig. These are plum jobs and are usually pretty busy. But I told her that we would like to pass on it, and that we would like to not take another job. I asked her if that would be a problem and she said that she could find someone else to take it.
After getting back to the yard, Linda and I went to the office and made it official that we would be leaving later in the week. We did ask if it would be ok if we stay here until Linda got her crown for the tooth she broke and they said o.k..
That should be sometime this week and if so we will leave here on Friday and head out. Not sure where yet, but I do want to do the JOHNSON SPACE CENTER  and spend a few days in the Houston area sightseeing. Here is a link    http://spacecenter.org/
We told them we would be back about March 10th for about three weeks.
Hope all is well with you
Love to all of ya
Jim and Linda