Rob & Karla

March 30, 2021 Another two weeks since my last post. Time is zipping by. We have been busy making the most of our time in Austin. We had a great dinner for our engagement anniversary.We went to Georgetown to visit with a friend and sip a couple beers.We sat outside and visited with friends.We visited…

March 16, 2021 Hard to believe we have been here more than two weeks. We have visited Mt Bonnell, Butler Park and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Not too many flowers this time of year, but I am glad we visited. We went downtown one afternoon and walked past some of the places we…

March 2, 2021 We had a nice drive to Austin on Saturday. We packed up and moved out of our place in South Padre Island. We drove towards Corpus Christi and stopped at Nueces Brewing for lunch. We had some good BBQ and some tasty beers. Took a short detour to Padre Island and Mustang…

March 1, 2021

February 25, 2021 Only one more full day in South Padre Island. We head to Austin on Saturday. The last couple weeks have gone by quickly. We made another trip to Laguna Atascosa. Nice day and nice 10 mile ride. After we returned to South Padre Island, it was nice enough to take some chairs…

February 3, 2021 Sunday we drove to Boca Chica Beach. On the way we passed the SpaceX launch facility. I was surprised how close we could get. I thought the road would be closed. But we could drive close to the facility and park on the side of the road. There were lots of people…

January 26, 2021 Went to the International Museum of Art & Science in McAllen, TX. The first exhibit we looked at was a photography exhibit about bees. It was very informative and had awesome photography. Then we looked at a Mexican and Latin American folk art exhibit. Lots of cool, interesting, creative items. Then an…

January 12, 2021 Saturday we took a day trip to Brownsville, TX. First stop was the Sabal Palm Sanctuary. We had to drive through a section of the boarder wall to get there. There was boarder patrol at the opening. At the Sanctuary there was a plantation house where we could view a few rooms.…

January 5, 2021 Happy New Year! We were able to hang out with some friends and had a great weekend in South Padre Island.  We visited the sea turtle rescue center. We saw some sea turtles that will be returned, and some that are permanent residents because they can no longer survive in the wild.…

December 28, 2020