Nov. 4: Election Day in Corpus Christi

I am so tired of all of this election stuff that we tried to run errands today and did laundry tonight. But here I am, back at the trailer, and Larry has CNN on. I make him watch Fox part of the time so he can see the bias on both networks. Kinda fun to sit back and watch them but I'm ready for this to be over.

Our camp site is along the west side of Hatch RV Park. We have shade trees and grass with a cement patio. The campers that come in for a week or two stay out in the middle of the campground with no trees. However, they get to put their campers on cement and have to set up their patios on the grass.





I have my own private grapefruit tree right in my back yard. Although I have been told that I have to share with the whole park. But it will be pretty cool to just walk out and pick my tree ripened fruit. Also, I think I have a Christmas cactus growing on the other side of the grapefruit tree. I'll get a local to verify that. It's getting ready to bloom out. Also, the mobile home next to us is owned by a retired pastor and his wife. She has a Poinsettia plant that is as tall as the end of her trailer. I should get a good picture of that this year.

Temperatures here have been running in the 80's during the day and down into the upper 50's at night. We're back to running the A/C day and night.

There are lots of workers in this park until the end of November. The local refinery is being rebuilt so it can produce low sulfur diesel. According to one guy Larry talked to, Valero is the only refinery producing diesel for most of the midwest area.

There is one couple that is slated to arrive any day, one middle of this month, one the end of December and another the middle of January. They were all here last year with us and we're really looking forward to catching up on all the news. All but the couple that will be getting here in January are from Canada.

This tree is one of those gorgeous oak trees that grow down here. They spread out short and squatty--like the Founders' Oak. This is the type that will grown a branch 20+ feet out before starting to grow up. I took this at our last camp ground in New Braunfels. These trees are everywhere. Now I know why Fredericksburg gave the oak tree pollen count all day long - it was always extremely high. They put out an acorn about the size and shape of a 9mm bullet. We are currently camped under one of these trees here at the RV park. I swept quit a few of those acorns off the patio when we set up yesterday. Don't know if they're edible or not - I'll have to find out.

Guess now I'll just sit back and see if I can stay up late enough to see who will be my next Commander-In-Chief. And as all the candidates say "God bless America".