Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Del Rio Texas






Well, it is almost the end of Jan. and I've been slow getting back to this.  Cindy, sure glad to see all that snow at your house.  We had a cool day here yesterday, but today is nice. 68 degrees and all sunshine.  That is why we are here. 
This past week we visited Laughlin Air Force Base for a tour.  Very interesting. They train new pilots and bomb sniffing dogs.  We had a great demo of the dogs being trained, you would definitely not want to have this dog attack you, and a trip into the simulator for training pilots to deal with G- Forces.  Also had a great steak and baked potato lunch at the officers club. They
I'm new at adding pictures so bare with me. sometimes they are not where I wanted them. 
We also in the same week visited a movie location.  They make westerns here at Alamo Village.  That was an interesting place.  Lots of stuff.   We had lunch in their cantina and you can see Virgil at the bar.  We took two ladies that are here for a month also with us. Their names are Elaine and Anne.  They are very entertaining.  They came to Del Rio to go across the border to have dental work done.  Many Americans do this.  It is way cheaper than in the states.
Virgil is outside waxing on the trailer.  That is his job.  As you can see I'm doing mine. Computer work! 
Our campground is nice. It is new and the owner is a nice young man.  He was a border patrol guard for 21 years. Grew up on a family ranch and did cowboying as he calls it.  Put his all into building this campground.  Sure hope he makes it.  Him and his wife are really working at it.  So far a great job.  Got us to stay a month!!!
Well, tonight we are going with a group for steak night at the local Cantina.  As you can see STEAK is a staple in Texas.  It is a small place but we told it is good.
Saturday we are going to cross the border for lunch in Mexico with Elaine and Anne.  Hope our birth certificates will get us back across.  Otherwise someone will have to bail us out!!!
More to follow at a later time.



1 comment:

Cindy said...

Nice! Thanks for the update. When you click to upload photos it asks you size and placement. I usually pick medium and middle, then move the photos to where I want them or journal into the middle of them. Try clicking preview before you publish. Then you click close preview to fix your typos. Keep the posts coming. Luv ya.