We are staying at Isla Blanca RV Park at the south end of S Padre Island. It's a great place to ride my bike. Riding around the 1.5 mile route (a sidewalk around the park) is good, especially in the wind. It may be a struggle for a ways, but I know I will soon be turning directions. The city of SPI has walking/biking lanes, so it's easy to ride through town. Lots of people are out riding and walking. Today I rode 11.4 miles, including riding 2.7 miles to the local IGA for a gallon of milk. Strong wind going; easy ride home! Waves were rough today.

Beginning a blog

I already posted to my blog, to experiment, so this isn't exactly the beginning. I often times take photos of things I would like to share with others, but then I wonder just who would be interested. I don't want to leave out someone who might be interested or clog up someone's e-mail who isn't interested. This way, you can choose if you want to look or not. This is new to me, and technology is not my expertise, but I thought surely I can manage it. If I have any trouble I can always call Sam (Keegan's 4-year old friend); he's getting to be quite the expert! Actually I set it up by myself, but Stephanie added the background for me (and told me how to add pics). I wanted seashells, but all we could find was the palm tree. I like those also. Anyway, I have a few photos I will be sharing.

I see my photos are in reverse order (end to beginning), so I'll try to remember that if I post sequential photos again.

Causeway Walk

Our destination!

A foggy skyline

Over 3,000 walkers and runners participated

Looking back at Port Isabel

Starting the Walk

Randy and I arrived at South Padre Island in time for me to participate in the 25th annual Port Isabel Causeway 5K Walk on Jan. 10. There was also a 10K race, but walking was good enough for me. We started in Port Isabel, walking to SPI, then I walked another mile to our RV. (Randy had taken me over to Port Isabel.) It was my first time and a really lovely day (short sleeve weather) to walk across the 2.5 mile long bridge. The only problem was that the wind wasn't blowing enough to get rid of the fog/haze, so I didn't get the pretty skyline pics that I hoped for. You know how you always see someone from home. While we were waiting for the walk to begin, I met a lady who grew up at Oxford and now lives at Salina. We walked and took photographs together.

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