Cold and rainy in Mission, Texas

So I guess I have time to catch up on the blog! That way I won't have to listen to Jim mention it daily....

Tuesday I started the day, after getting up at 0800, by baking some blueberry bread for breakfast. It was yummy! For the most part we just stayed around the rig and enjoyed our nice weather. I did some cleaning

For dinner I fixed chicken legs in a tomato based sauce and it turned out good. Happy hour we spent with the Scott's.

Wednesday Jim got up and started doing dishes for me. Even after breakfast he did dishes. Gotta love that man! We decided to head out to Santa Ana NWR, http://www.fws.gov/SOUTHWEST/REFUGES/texas/santana.html. We've never been and it was time to check it out.

We stopped at a Subway and picked up lunch. Once we got to Santa Ana we had time to catch the noon tram ride. We got into the refuge free because Jim had a Golden Age pass, but we had to pay the senior rate for the tram ride. It takes 90 minutes and it was very interesting. The following pictures were taken there. We didn't see any birds or butterflies, but I think it was the time of day. Most birds are resting during the heat of the day.
The cemetery was interesting. The land used to be privately owned and they've left the cemetery intact.

I've never seen a snail in an arid situation. that white spiral below is a land snail

Once we were done with the tram ride we had lunch at the picnic area near the gift shop. While we were enjoying our sandwich a couple of chachalacas entertained us by hopping on the fence and climbing the trees. Also near the gift shop they have feeding stations for the birds and they were busy with red wing black birds.

Since it was starting to warm up we decided to head home. We had happy hour at the Scott's and we decided to dine alfresco. Brats, beans, kabobs and leftovers! It was all very tasty. After dinner we went home and I cleaned up the kitchen.

We both showered and settled in to watch Defiance with Daniel Craig. Good movie!

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