Greetings from warm South Texas

Hello! It is so hard to update this blog, as we aren't doing anything particularly special, but are truly enjoying the weather and the new friends we have made. This week, our pictures demonstrate 3 events and I will go backwards, as that is how I have filed the attached pictures.
The big event here is the hopefully weekly trip to dance at Pepe's on the River. This is a really fun place and on Sunday, there was a band there called Jealous Heart who has a wonderful fiddle/violin player and we really enjoyed ourselves. The pictures of our friends, for the most part, came from that event at Pepes.
We also went to South Padre Island today and stopped at Port Isabel for lunch at Pirates Landing on the way in. We took some great pics of parrots (that bark like a dog), but I fell in love with the golden retriever, named Buster. Lunch was pretty good, then we went to a "Market Days" affair at the convention center on South Padre. Hurricane Dolly hit this area this year and many places were under reconstruction or even closed as a result. Just reminds you how powerful these storms can be.
We also went back to the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge where we went last year, but this year it is dryer and the birds were nowhere to be found. We got to take the tram tour this year, but no wildlife was found and the place was a real disappointment.
What is working (a little too well) is that we have found all the best eateries around. We go from cinnamon rolls at Coby's Bakery to stuffed baked potatos (with barbecue) at Willies, to breakfast tacos at Cafe Bogabillias (breakfast for both of us totals $6). The largely Hispanic population here caters to the seniors and feeds us for peanuts so there in, lies the challenge! The good news is that they practically give you oranges, grapefruit, pineapple and other valley fruits for free. Only one more month to go, so we are hoping to maintain our weight and not gain by dancing it all off!!!
We will close for now - hope you all are staying warm!