Thursday, December 8, 2011

More Rally Members Arrive

Woke up this morning to frost....it has been cold these past few days.  It was in the mid 20s last night.

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Went to breakfast at Leijas with Joe and Janet Bechard....

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Part of the welcoming committee.....Mark and Richard.

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More rigs are beginning to arrive....

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Janet's new coach.  Pretty.

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The Shonks arrive.....

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Decor in the office is really neat....

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The Two Amigos....

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Nice line up of Tiffins....

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Manuel, Bob, Richard, Art and Lee just chatting.

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Some of us had dinner at Leijas.

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Then to the Rally Hall for some gaming...."Pass the Love" where I won one game and Bob won the other.

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Allison, Janet Lambe's granddaughter from Michigan came down to visit.  She joined us in playing.

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Norma, Manuel's youngest Sister gave us this Tinsel Tree before we left on Tuesday.  We purchased this hand made train from Joe Bechard.

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Such a neat train....he uses no nails on this finely finished wood train....

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We had a great Thursday and Manuel is feeling much better so that is great!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Time With Friends

We decorated our coach a little....

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Janet is having a few problems with her coach so she is calling Demontrond....

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We headed over to Janet's for a tour of the newest coach on the block.....Beautiful!

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Open house begin and every one gathers at Janet's....

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Thursday, December 7th was Roger Squires' Birthday.   Thirty something, I think!!!  You think?!

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Dave and Sharon Foster had invited them to celebrate his birthday and he invited us all to join them at the Burger Fresh.

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The food was great and so was the company.  The Birthday cake was delicious....

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We all gathered for a group picture.  This is not even half of what is expected at this rally....

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Our drive through the entrance to the park.....these folks have gone all out with decorating.  My pictures do not do the place justice.

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Back to our coach to get cards to play "Pass The Love" at the recreation room....

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We had two winners....Manuel then Roger won the second game!   Another  Great day!!!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Travel to Lone Star Allegro Rally

Manuel started to feel a little better and decided we would leave early to Cut N Shoot to attend the Lone Star Allegro Rally.  The day is pretty cold, 40s. 

We stopped in Schulenburg for him to rest a little and to eat lunch....as we leave, this Phaeton is ahead of us...wonder if they are heading to the rally, too.

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Cat Spring Country Club...

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Nice drive through the country roads...

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Hempstead is all decorated....

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As we traveled through Magnolia, we see what the summer fires left behind.  Some of the homes were leveled off....

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So sad to see all this....a lot of damage was done through this area.

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We arrived at Country Place RV Park at about 4:30.  The Squires, Didelots, Bechards and Janet Lambe are here.

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Got all set up and visited with Friends here.  It is really cold out so we stayed in visiting.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Time with Family

Manuel, Veronica, Larissa and Arianna came to spend the day with us this Sunday.  We took advantage to have our yearly Christmas Card picture taken with Larissa and Arianna.  Veronica took our picture....

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Larissa, Veronica, Manuel Jr. and Arianna.  Love our Family!

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