San Antonio

April 20, 2008

This post is someone late due to our internet service being down for over a week. We are finally up and running, at least for the time being so I will try to catch up on what has been going on with the Browns.

Do you see anyone you know in the picture of the Alamo?

Today is the day to leave for San Antonio. We got up as usual and just took our time getting ready to leave. We were on the road by 9am and arrived in San Antonio about 1:30pm. The drive was very pleasant as we took in the beauty of all the different wild flowers along the highway. Jerry said there weren't as many bluebonnets as usual but there were many different kinds of flowers to enjoy.

After checking into our hotel we took a walk on the Riverwalk and then onto a boat for a tour down the river. Jerry wasn't feeling well before we left for our trip and it seems all the vegatation on the riverwalk only added to his misery. He was sneezing, runny nose and eyes and had a bad cough. After the boat ride we went back to our room for a rest before having dinner. We found a great italian restaurant and enjoyed a nice dinner before retiring back to our room.

Monday morning came with Jerry feeling worse, however, we did go to the Buckhorn Museum and then had lunch. We spent much of our time in the hotel room today. There was to be a riverboat parade and chairs were being lined up all along the riverwalk. The tickets for the parade were $65 each. We decided we would just order room service and watch it on TV and boy am I glad that we did. The parade was very boring and in my opinion certainly not worth paying $65 each to be in a crowd of people.

We left for home on Tuesday morning and took a detour to the Wild Seed Farm near Fredericksburg. The Poppy fields were pretty and there were several other wild flower fields but many were not in full force yet.

All in all it was a relaxing trip and the scenery was certainly nice.

Until next time.

Joyce & Jerry

Granbury Live

April 12, 2008

Jerry & I have been pretty busy with one thing or the other this week, however, we had a call from "Sister", an associate from Granbury Live, who invited us to be their guest at the new show called COUNTRY.

After a busy day mowing and working around the park we shut things down and got ready to go into Granbury for the show. We arrived early enough to have some dinner first, someone told us about "The Loft", don't waste your time or money. The salad and wine were good but the service was not great nor was the entree. The meat okay, the vegetables cold and tasteless.

Anyway back to the show. The show was a group of muscians and singers from the Granbury, Stephenville area and I thought they did a great job. They did country music from the Bop Wells era until the present time. The young man on the fiddle was great and his wife was a very good singer as well. The group was comprised of a teacher, an engineer from Lockheed Martin, a young lady who works with horses, and others. All and all it was a good show well worth seeing.

It is Sunday and I think today may be a lazy day. We have to be in Fort Worth at 8am in the morning for Jerry's bloodwork, etc for his checkup.

We hope to get some time for more adventures but until then I will enter things of interest as they happen.

Until later,

Joyce & Jerry

White Horse Station, Clifton, Texas

April 4, 2008

I am back again. We finally made time to have some fun.

White Horse Station is an establishment in old downtown Clifton and as their website states they offer a unique mix of people, places and things. Last night we joined our friends in Clifton for dinner at the American Legion and then on to the White Horse Station for music and dance. Ken West and a group of other muscians performed and fun was had by all. Both young and old.

We have met some really friendly people in Clifton. It is one of those out of the way places that you would never think about visiting but they offer up the old downtown feel with shopping and entertainment.

Tonight Ken West and Jerry will be playing at the White Horse Station for cocktail hour preceding dinner and a show they are having, I believe for charity. I will let you know how that goes. Then we will be on to the Hill Country Bar & Grill in Meridian for dinner and the musical talents of Bob Bone, who also played with last nights group.

It is a busy weekend for Jerry, he is also playing in a golf tournament at Iron Horse in North Richland Hills today and will rush home, change and be on to Clifton. Needless to say we will need a rest tomorrow.

Until later, enjoy the simple pleasures in life.

Joyce & Jerry

Also check out the White Horse Station Website to see what they have to offer. (www.whitehorsestation.com)