Thursday, January 10, 2008

Hill Country Update

We've been enrolled in the physical fitness and water aerobics program for a week now and it really seems to be helping us. Loren, the park owner is the instructor and he really knows what he is doing. We had to complete list of medical problems, medications we're taking and have our blood pressure and pulse rate taken and recorded. That way he'll know how much activity we can take and when it can be increased. He really stresses the importance of eating a healthy diet and trying to eliminate those foods that are not good for you.

We're going to Kerrville to make a run to our favorite place "Wally World" to stock up on a few items that we need. There is only one grocery store in Bandera and believe it or not the prices are not bad at all. They have a special five packages of different type of meat for $19.95. The meat there is good, tender and has a good flavor.

On our way to Kerrville we wanted to stop at Camp Verde which was the Army testing center for camel's back in 1857 It didn't work and some of the animals were turned looseto run the range around here.

We completed our shopping spree at "Wally World" and got all the things we needed and then some things that weren't on our list. We had lunch at CiCi's pizza and the food was real good and with the senior discount it's a real bargin.











Thursday, January 3, 2008

A New Year in Texas Hill Country


Hello Welcome To Texas

We had a quiet peaceful New Year's Day here in the Hill Country. We're about ten miles from Bandera and a couple of miles from Tarpley. Bandera is a small but busy town with a lot of good restaurants and places to see. Tarpley on the other hard is real small. They have a Post Office, a Church, one small general store and a part time restaurant. The population is about 75.

We're going to enroll in the physical fitness and water aerobics program here which is held Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. We're hopeful that it'll help us feel better and gain more range of motion. The pool which is indoors is small but it's nice and also available twenty four hours a day.
We decided to take a drive into Bandera and see if there was anything much going on and maybe check out a good place to eat.

Mother with baby Donkey

Friendly Goats


Turkey Buzzards At Lunch

Roosting Turkey Buzzards

We found a very good Mexican restaurant called El Sombrero. The food was real good, the place was nice and clean and the prices were very reasonable. I believe we'll be eating there many more times. There are several more places we have to check out.

Since we're in a somewhat laid back area I believe we'll be posting our journals on a weekly basis. That way we won't be boring everyone.