Falfurrias Texas is a little more “city-fied” than Ozona:
the local Walmart is only 36 miles away, in Kingsville. It is, however, another small town with no TV
service – this lack of electronic entertainment is getting to be way too
common.
We arrived here on Saturday, the 7th, and met the
rest of the team, most of whom we have worked with in the past. Four of the six couples have had some
connection to Minnesota (either current or former residents). All week we have been working on the house of
Robert and Mary, longtime members of the local congregation, and Mary has
prepared lunch for all of us on most days.
For more detail and photos see http://cummingsngoingson.blogspot.com Next week most of the group will remain there while 3 of us will be
starting on another house.
On our day off, Friday, we took a sightseeing drive to
Aransas Pass and took the free ferry to Port Aransas on the shores of the Gulf
of Mexico. After a lunch of fresh
seafood (shrimp-rice bowl and fried
oyster Po-Boy sandwich) we continued south to North Padre Island and the
National Seashore before returning to the mainland at Corpus Christi. We found a seafood market, so there was more
fresh shrimp for Saturday’s supper.
After some very cold weather in Bandera, where our water
pipes froze, we have encountered much warmer weather here in Falfurrias. Temps have been in the low 80’s but the
downside has been the strong winds. Most
of the time the winds have been about 20 mph with lots of blowing sand. We’re hoping to see those winds subside soon.
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