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Showing posts with label storm warning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label storm warning. Show all posts

Thursday, November 01, 2018

Another very nice warm, day storm coming and went, Fun pics of our granddaughter.

Where are we today ? 
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      What wonderful sleep we had on a very mild night windows open 60F overnight . And a wonderful colourful sunrise this morning. We are in the perfect spot for that.
these were taken right outside our
 dining room window
            Got a nice walkabout this park for almost a mile and managed to find a few pecans here in the park. This park is in a pecan orchard and over the years we have found buckets of them. But apparently when the hurricanes came past here a while ago it did some damage and most of the pecans fell early and have already been picked . Being a membership park we have free camping, with full hookups, plus a nice laundry room and free wifi at the clubhouse. Now that is hard to beat! There is road nosie from I-75 but not too bad when you get a site as far away from it as we did.
nice pool but not heated so too cold
 at this time of year for us.
love this wagon at the entrance
a nice 9 hole mini golf here too
love the flags here at the entrance
I searched a few  minutes and found a few
pecans will keep looking for more.
      About 9 am I made trip to the Walmart in Perry Ga for a few supplies and back home for lunch, The rest of our skillet meals from Dennys the other day heated up , very tasty.
       Temps this afternoon got to 82 f but overcast with winds and a storm waning . But we did get some nice relaxing readying outside for a couple of hours until the predicted rain hit us at 3:40 pm wind gusts to 50 mph, so we secured our outside stuff and headed inside. No Weber Q tonight as I had hopped. But not a big deal we can cook inside.
this be the place were are at, large sign on I-75
       After lunch I did a short drive around the area, next to the park is a huge horse arena, not much going on right now but I am sure they have some excellent activities there at times.
    So nice to enjoy this wonderful very warm day even though not sunny but 82F until the storm arrived. Then very quickly cooled down to 65 f and the rains came heavy for a while and the winds let up. 
we did enjoy the fresh air and warm temps outside
for a couple of hours 
the storm is on it's way and minutes later arrived
we all secured and inside
      So for supper tonight a couple of smoked pork chops I picked up at Piggly Wiggly yesterday, quick and easy in the frying pan to go with our salad .
just heat up a bit, so moist
and tasty did the trick
      Now still raining a bit so not much more outside stuff today, but not a big deal we did to enjoy most of it outside with this wonderful warm weather.
       Now a treat for us, we got to enjoy some great pictures of our Granddaughter #3 getting ready for Halloween, not quite a year old yet her very first one. Modelling some funky costumes her mom (daughter #2) has for her.  Really I have to share these just because, she is such a doll and we are too proud (can you tell?). Always love her expressions and happy faces.
       I think she probably went out trick or treating with her 3 older brothers but not sure what she wore, anyone would have been perfect.
   Yes we had a fun day, and these pics make us miss the grands even more , but at least we can enjoy the pictures as they are having fun.
   Thanks for dropping by today and really hope you had some decent weather wherever you may be.
Want to learn more about Membership camping at Rock Glen Family Resort ? 
click this link www.geosuzie.rockglen.com to book a tour 
 Where have we been this Winter?

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Happy St' Patrick's Day, hot weather, cloudy and a storm warning, we have it all here.

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     Just another great day here in Texas to start with. Another very nice warm night and great sleep.
     So nice to get out for an early walkabout at 7:30 and the sun was rising being out in shorts. This being St. Patricks day I was going to wear something green. But no luck, no green. Was going to make our corned beef and cabbage as well. But changed our minds, We have a small corned beef in the fridge but no hurry to cook it, We can enjoy that anytime.
      Did manage a few more walkabouts the area and down by the creek enjoying this wonderful warm weather.
        Down by the river to the east end of the park to catch a nice sunriseThen a walkabout the park enjoying this wonderful warm sunny morning.
love all the spring blossoms
here is a nice tricked out truck for Bill and Patsy
a fancy black beauty
      A bit later I enjoyed a nice walkabout along the trails of Squaw Creek river. So peaceful and scenic, just the birds in the trees and water going over the small rapids.
         After a light lunch I did a drive about town, just because I could checking it out again, it's been a few years. And a few houses from way back that are made with the stone and petrified wood from the area. Most of these still occupied.
       Then f=down around the town square past the Hollywood sign.
Sheriff's office 
     Into the square this pavilion had this dinosaur foot print  that was laid into this structure way back when. You can read about it below on this sign. Glen Rose is Famous for these dinosaur prints apparantly the best in the world.
this is the pavillion
stone and petrified wood
love this water fountain in the shape if the Texas Star
    I took a lot more pics , will post them tomorrow, Got back home and we enjoyed reading outside for most of the afternoon was 85 F under cloudy skies but by 3:30 temperature dropped to 70 F and a few sprinkles.
      In these areas at this time of year with some very hot weather, there can be storm warnings, after all we are in "Tornado Alley" and have been through here many times over the years. Just never know what the weather will bring.
      The manager Renea drove through telling us the washrooms are secure and we can park our vehicles(cars) under the band shelter to protect from hail damage if we choose. Well it filled up quickly and many people packed up and left the park.
vehicles under the shelter in case of hail
       We just watch the weather closely incase we need to find shelter. We did have some wind and rain but nothing major, in the meantime I whipped up supper, Was gonna use our Weber Q , but not in the wind and rain. No problem an easy meal so a fry pan works, a couple of our garlic turkey sausage from home and bacon wrapped fresh asparagus to go wit our salad.
quick, easy and so tasty
so tasty and the asparagus excellent
     After supper no major storms so we walked over to the lodge to hear Lamar sing  (of Renea and Lamar) for and hour or so. He is very good and we enjoyed his show. So nice to see him again.
Lamar as we know him
      What a fun time we had chatted with a nice couple from Michigan  and Lamar as well, home shortly after 7 pm finish up this posting and soon call it a night after a great day. A bit more rain but nothing to worry about now. We know where to go for shelter and they have sirens if there is an issue. We are used to this after all the years so be prepared is all we can do.
      That was our fun day here in Glen Rose Texas hope y'all had a great day as well.
Thanks for stopping on by.

 Want to learn more about Membership camping at Rock Glen Family Resort ?
 click this link www.geosuzie.rockglen.com
Where have we been this winter ?