Friday Feb 4th Corpus Christi

Hi folks,

just a picture from last spring picture to remind us all that spring is coming

 It's me instead of Linda.  We made it to Corpus Christi and as Linda said yesterday we got the furnace repaired and made it to the rv park. We got setup and were warm. The weather started getting damp and by 6pm they were closing the many bridges in the area and shortly after that they closed most of the roads due to iceing. The rv repair shop had said to saty off the roads as Texan's here will drive 80 and not even know it's icy or what to do if it is. We woke up this morning to 1/2 inch of ice over the whole park. I had to really hang on to the railing to get out of the rv. I was goinng to take pictures, but it's so clear ice that it just looked wet. The truck was totally incapsolated in ice, the tires looked like soneone had just "Armorall"ed them. We had left the water trickling in both sinks and am glad we did, as alot of folks were "frozeup" this morning. It's now 1pm and it's about 45 and the ice is melting and the sun is poking thru.  We hope to get out this afternoon and see something, not sure what but qwe do need to get out.  I have a list of GREAT restaurents, provided by the repair shop guys and we may just have to have a meal at one of them.  i met a guy from Looweeezannaaa, a guy from ontario-ay, and a guy that works for Home Depot and keeps transfering around the country to checkout different areas. That doesn't sound like a bad idea, that is if you WANT to work.  They all were sqwacking about the cold but say it's going to warm up sometime. We got the laundry done and are getting ready to visit something(food I hope).  Don't ever take your home comforts for granted, we have a wonderful rv and have been very fortunate , but when you lose heat and don't have a wood stove, it gets cold fast.  If your ever in CC and need help, Robby at Del Ray Air is a great guy and deserves a huge thank you.  For those folks that are making this trip possable by watching over our home and everything else, THANK YOU!!!! keep your gas receipts and you will be compensated!  Love you all, Russ
PS "the woman" will add more later.  OH, am I in trouble for writting that line.
THE WOMAN!  That's me and I'm not even going to correct his spelling.  We ended up going to Rudy's for barbeque, which was different.  Everything was cooked, but you had to add the barbeque sauce-which just seemed strange.  I like russ's barbeque more, but we'll have more to choose from.
Then we tried to go see the battleship Lexington and the CC Aquarium.  Couldn't get there from here!  This was late afternoon and the the huge bridge leading to that area of CC was still closed.  We drove along the beach road (Ocean Drive and Surfside Road) until we ran out of road just past the Texas A&M CC branch.  Went into the chain store at the end of the road and asked whether it was normal to see no one on the roads.  The CC Air Station and college had been closed due to the weather.  This weather has really affected this area.
Still don't know if we will go further south or head some other way-don't know which way that will be. We are here in CC over the weekend.  Its so nice not to have definite plans-something we have never been able to do.  I am so glad that we are doing this together.
Love to all-linda (and I will not respond to 'the WOMAN'.