New Friends

Before we started full timing we went to a Life On Wheels Conference and I heard an interesting quote. I wish I could remember exactly how the quotation was said because I would expect that it was better in the original than I will be able to come up with. It was something like, "The first time you meet new people it is pleasant. The second time you meet them you say, 'I remember you." The third time you meet them you remember their names and where they are from. The fourth time they are good friends that your are glad to spend time with." While this quote may have been meant to cover several weeks or at least several camps it sometimes works in a shorter time, or at least the time table can be varied. We have met some new friends here.

We are staying in Bayview RV Resort in Rockport Texas. This a camp and area that we have enjoyed six times over the years. One of the places that we enjoy here is a restaurant called The Big Fisherman. It is an early stop for us when we get to Rockport. The fish that they serve is so good and the price is quite reasonable. After we got our motor home set up we were ready for a fish fix. We asked our neighbors, Floyd and Shirley, if they would like to go with us to eat at The Big Fishermen, and they did. In talking to them we decided that we had spent a evening at the same club house table with them during one of our previous visits. During the week we went to several restaurants with them and spent several evenings playing cards and learning new games. We line danced at the club house a few times too. Bayview is one of the few places that there has been a good area to dance. We found out that we have a lot of interest that are similar so now we are looking forward to getting together with them when we get down to the Valley to winter and also introduce them to some of our Bentsen Grove friends. We think that there will be a very good likelihood that additional friendships will develop.

One game that we learned, and really enjoyed, was called Fast Track. It is a card game that uses a board set up that is similar to Pegs and Jokers, but it has a twist or two. I am sure that other people would enjoy playing this game. I may have to buy the boards. The fellow that makes the boards live in Kansas and comes to McAllen to winter. So maybe he can send a set by mail or bring it to Texas when he comes.

There is a ferry that goes back and forth between Aransas Pass and Aransas Port that is always fun to take. The Aransas Port side ends on Mustang Island not too far from a beach that can be driven with cars and even motorhomes. You can drive along the beach for roughly eight miles and camp along most of it. I think it would be fun to spend a few nights within seventy-five to a hundred foot of the active surf. At least if it was not during a storm. But on the other hand I am not sure that I would want to expose my Vectra to the salt spray that would be created there. There were a couple small motor homes along the beach when we drove along it earlier this week. As we drove down the beach there was one spot where the seagulls were just going after something like mad. We drove up close and could see a pile of something that appeared to be a pile of dog food. The gulls would fly up as a group and then plunge back as a group. It was something to see. They will eat almost anything that people eat except salads.




We try not to waste food. Both of us were raised to conserve food but once in a while some thing goes wrong and we have to throw out some. We had some cereal that picked up moisture and was not good any more so we took it out to see if the gulls would like it. They like anything. So now we know that we can have fun with them using cheap cereal or cheap dog food. As you might expect the instant that the gulls determined that we were out of food they left in a mass exodus.



Till later this is Uncle Duck.