BIG STORM

WE HAD WHAT'S CALLED IN TEXAS A WIND SHEER. THE POWER WAS OUT 2 OR 3 HOURS AT OUR CONDO, BUT ON THE MAIN DRAG THE POWER WAS OUT MUCH LONGER.

THIS TRANSMISSION LINE SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY DAMAGE.

STILL HERE

MARY AND I ARE STILL HERE ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.  THE BESL BUNCH LEFT LAST FRIDAY AND UNCLE HANS AND RENEE LEFT MONDAY, SO WE ARE ALL BY OURSELVES FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH.

WE HAVE A LIST OF THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO, SO WE WON'T BE JUST SITTING WATCHING THE SUN RISE AND SET.  WE HAVE PLENTY OF GULF SHRIMP AND BUSH LIGHT SO THERE IS NO NEED TO SEND MONEY, BESIDES IF WE GET BORED WE CAN JUST CHECK ON YOUR WEATHER AND ENJOY THE REST OF OUR DAY.

     "SUNNY & 80"

BOCA CHICA

BOCA CHICA IS A SMALL BEACH AREA BETWEEN SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND THE RIO GRANDE RIVER, THE BORDER WITH MEXICO. ALTHOUGH IT'S JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS ACROSS THE BROWNSVILLE SHIPPING CHANNEL, IT'S A 42 MILE DRIVE AROUND THE ROADS TO GET THERE.  IT WAS A SMALL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AND VERY SECLUDED.

THAT'S ALL CHANGED AS ELTON MUSK HAS BUILT THE SPACE-X LAUNCH AREA WITH REUSABLE SPACECRAFT AND FUTURE MANNED FLIGHTS TO MARS.

THIS IS A ROCKET ENGINE THEY RECENTLY TEST FIRED 500 FEET UP AND THEN RETURNED TO LAND.

NEITHER UNCLE HANS OR MYSELF MADE TRAVEL RESERVATIONS TO FLY TO MARS AS THE WHOLE PROJECT LOOKS UNDERWHELMING.

SPI BUCKET LIST

CROSS THAT OFF THE SOUTH PADRE BUCKET LIST !!

WE STARTED OUT ON BEACH ACCESS #5 AND DROVE UNCLE HANS' OLD VAN UP THE BEACH ON THE SAND. IT WAS AN ADVENTURE !  AS YOU RECALL UNCLE HANS HAULED HIS MOTORCYCLE IN THE BACK OF THIS VAN SO THERE WERE NO SEATS, AND 9 OF US INSIDE.

WE MADE IT ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF CIVILIZATION AND THE MARKER FOR THE UNOFFICIAL NUDE BEACH.

  "SUNNY & 90"

THE WINNERS

HERE ARE THE SAND CASTLE WINNERS FOR 2019:

FIRST PLACE

SECOND PLACE

THIRD PLACE

SAND CASTLE DAYS

THIS WEEK-END IS SAND CASTLE DAYS ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND WITH 12 PROFESSIONAL BUILDERS.

THE BESL BUNCH ARRIVED SATURDAY RIGHT ON SCHEDULE AND IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BEACH TO GET SUNBURNED !!!

IN ALL THE YEARS WE'VE BEEN COMING TO SOUTH PADRE, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE ON THE BEACH THAN EVER BEFORE.

   "SUNNY & 85"

VIVA MEXICO !!!

YESTERDAY WAS OUR ANNUAL RUN SOUTH OF THE BORDER TO PROGRESO, MEXICO.  WE ATE, WE DRANK, WE SHOPPED, AND WE SURVIVED.....

EVEN IN MEXICO IT WAS, "SUNNY & 80"

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND

OMG IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH SINCE WE POSTED ON THE BLOG.  WE SPENT THAT MONTH AT HOME ON "THE MOUNTAIN" IN ARIZONA, MOSTLY JUST CHILL'IN.

OCTOBER FINDS US ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND TEXAS.....

AND IT'S SAND CASTLE DAYS......

UNCLE HANS AND RENEE ARE HERE WITH US FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND THE BESL'S ARE DUE IN ON SATURDAY.  UNCLE HANS BROUGHT HIS MOTORCYCLE AND VAN WHICH HE PLANS TO LEAVE ON THE ISLAND.

MORE ADVENTURES TO FOLLOW, AND OF COURSE IT'S "SUNNY & 80"