That bright orange thing in the sky......

 Finally seeing that bright orange thing in the sky today here at Sea Breeze RV Resort.  Still, got up this morning to see 34 degrees.  Brrrr.  Our first winter in the new rig, so we're having to recalculate our electric and propane and trying to base it on the old rig.  Only had a 750 watt heater in the old one, this one has a 750/1500 watt heater, so we're seeing that difference.

The girls have been snuggling in this cold weather.  Sloopy HATES the cold.  Carmen Badger, she no care.  Everyone always asks us about Sloopy's "peeing" stances.  She literally will lift one and try to lift two back feet off the ground when she "goes".  All comes from her days back in Ohio when she would try to go to the bathroom without her feet touching the ground and the snow.

Another thing about Sloopy that's hilarious.  She hasn't lived in a house with a doorbell for over two years.  One of the software warnings we have has a doorbell sound to it.  Wakes her from a dead sleep every time.  Amazing.

Tuesday, we travelled over to Rockport to have lunch at Charlotte Plummer's Seafare Restaurant with the Heartland Owners Group of the Coastal Bend.  Met another couple that will be going to Kerrville and the Sweetheart Rally.  We really thought we'd be talking rigs all the time at these meetings out.  Rarely comes up.  Even though its our common thread, the conversations are almost always about the Coastal Bend Area, or everyone's travels and experiences.

While we were there, one of the oyster boats came up and started unloading.  Apparently the Rockport area was a destination for Vietnam refugees after the war, and they were incredibly more skilled at oysters and shrimping than the Texans back in the 70's, early 80's.  Still a sore subject.  Dockmaster meets all the boats at the break wall, inspects all the catches and tags the bags which get shipped off from there.  Pretty interesting stuff.

Got a call from our friends in Dallas, where it was snowing.  They're plowing through propane like its water.  Finally had to break down and buy a tank so they didn't have to unhook every time they were empty.  Every time the sun hits our bottles, the warmth creates condensation that shows a definite line of how full or empty our propane bottles are.  Same as those who pour hot water on their bottles.  Those gauges are OK, and we have one that shows that its empty, but every Wednesday/Thursday, we can pretty much tell how our tanks are doing.