Shopping for fishing poles at the dumpster! Randy brought home 3, will take the eyes off two, then return them to the dumpster.

All the comforts of home. Put your tent on the beach.

Bungee

I think it was before 4 p.m. when I rode by here, so I couldn't bungee jump yesterday. Don't think it will work out any day, any time!!

Heavy traffic

The Heavy traffic sign was at the end of the bridge. I know the traffic got heavier on the island, but I thought it was plenty heavy on the bridge! Yesterday I rode my bike downtown in the afternoon, knowing it would be busy. The streets were full of vehicles, the sidewalks and bike lanes were full of people. Some places I just walked my bike through &/or with the people until I ould get up the island aways. Decided I should ride today before noon, but it was still quite busy. I stopped at CVS and the IGA, where everyone was stocking up before they partied the rest of the day.

We know better than to cross the causeway in the afternoon or evening during Spring Break, but we had to go to Harlingen to the dentist this afternoon. Yuck!! Retreatment of my old root canal scheduled for next week. Took us 38 minutes to cross the 2 mile causeway. The red lights are on a police vehicle that came down the middle of a very crowded 2 lane bridge. He made it.

Busy beach yesterday!

Texas Week

Getting busy here at SPI. This is Texas Week, then next week will be Spring Break. Lots of people fishing on the jetty. Traffic was bumper to bumper across the causeway today. Actually, the traffic was heavier leaving SPI, which was probably because traffic cops were controlling the flow of traffic coming in so it didn't get too clogged up.

I jogged 2.6 miles this a.m. 34:10 Not very fast, but it was better than last week of 37:06. Last week I watched for shells more and found a sand dollar when I first got to the beach! That slowed me down a little. Then I had to carry it in my hand the rest of my run and my walk back home. One of my rules is to always take a plastic bag when I go to the beach, and I forgot. The sand dollar would have been better protected in my hand than bouncing in a bag anyway. Then I rode 18.8 miles this afternoon (but not as far as my sister). She is hard to keep up with.

Let's face it; I'm not a blogger. I had good intentions back in January, then I had trouble posting photos, ran out of time, had other things to do, etc. Last Friday I wanted to post on FB, but I still don't like to advertise that we are not at home. I suppose blogs can be hacked also, but it feels safer. This pic is where the road runs out going north out of South Padre Island. The gulf is to the right. Randy and I have driven here in the past (good place to find big sea shells, mainly quahogs), but Friday afternoon I rode my bike 12.9 miles from our RV site to this sign. Then I had to go back south into the wind, but not extremely bad. Have to get some miles in, trying to keep up with my biking sister. I can't let her outdo me when I have the time and weather for bike riding! This was after I jogged to and on the beach 2 miles in the morning. Fun! Also, that day I played a 116 point word in Word with Friends (yes, I can prove it; I took a pic), plus I worked on Lauren's quilt a little. What a great day!! It's hard to stay in and sew when the weather is so great. but I like to do some. The Beach Front Lots sign was on the way to the end of the road. Anyone got an extra $495,000?