Feb
20 – Feb 23rd 2014 – RV show/more party time/ Olympic Gold
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| Half a pound of sausage as an Appetizer??? |
The last few days has been low key but fun. We watched the
women’s hockey final on Thursday against the USA and loved watching them get a
well deserved Gold Medal. Both the men and women got Gold in Curling and by
today we were bathing in gold when the men's
hockey team also won Gold this morning against Sweden. On Friday we
drove into Austin to have a look round the RV show at the convention centre. We
thought that we would see some units to trade up to… but no..! For the price
and the design, ours still shines out better than most, so we are content to
keep it for a while longer. Of course we saw a great motor-home with
heated flooring etc etc .. but at over $350,000 we thought better than to do
any more than drool over the luxury. Who
needs it?? LOL!!
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| Happy anticipation and a cold Shiner Bock Beer |
We had planned to eat in Austin but the crowds were large
and parking difficult, so we hightailed it back toward the RV Park. We were
driving passed a Texas BBQ restaurant and decided that we would try it out. We
have never experienced one before and …. Holy moly… the food was quite
overwhelming, both in taste and quantity. True Texas smoked BBQ. We left with
full stomachs and with plenty of food left over for tomorrow’s lunch. Derek had
smoked prime rib.. it was cooked to perfection .. pink throughout and Janice’s
lean brisket and smoked chicken was fabulous. Homemade bread, beans, coleslaw,
potato salad etc etc.
Back home we had a Downton Abbey extravaganza and finished
watching the rest of series 4 including the final Christmas Special.
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| Cheers Lisa - Happy Birthday!!! |
Saturday we did some local shopping and some much needed housework
before heading out with Lisa and Mike to celebrate Lisa’s birthday. Went to
Nik’s Italian restaurant and met a bunch of other people there. Great evening.
I gotta tell you though that there are some strange ideas here when it comes to
beer. Lis’a daughter ordered a draught beer and a side order of stuffed olives
and dill pickles.. then proceeded to dump the lot in her beer. So after I spent
a few minutes staring in shock at the insanity of what she was doing, she
offered me a taste… Not sure who thought of the idea, but the taste was not too
bad.. but the best part was when the beer was gone and I got to try the beer
soaked olives and pickles… SO GOOD!!!
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| Jehan and her strange beer/olive/pickle drink |
Weird people these Americans!!!! The meal was fabulous and
we had quite a few laughs. Headed back to the RV parks and the group gathered
around a campfire to share a few drinks and exchange stories … just a great
night. We watched the news on TV until about 1am, when we discovered that the
Men’s Gold Hockey game final was on at 6am… argghhh! Clocks set we dove into
bed for a few hours sleep.
Up at 5:45 am this morning we settled down to watch the
game…. Whoo hoooo!! Gold again. So Canada won both curling golds and both
Hockey golds, and came 3rd in Gold Medal count and 4th
overall medal count… GO CANADA!!!! So Derek and I donned red and white clothes,
picked up our Canadian flag and did a victory lap around the RV park. Much to
the confusion of most of the Texans down here!!! Hockeys not a big sport in
this area. After all it is 27 degrees celsius today… Ice hockey is not a major …
but we had fun and a few people did know what our celebratory air was all
about!!
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| Mini -rocket in a Texas shaped tequila bottle |
Set the crockpot going with a beef brisket and veggies ready
for tonight… and that is it…!!!!!! FINALLY got the blog up to date. We are looking forward to getting visitors from home over the next few weeks and have booked a 2 bedroom cottage in the RV resort for the month of March so any visitors will be comfortable.
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| Excellent food... and company |
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| Sunny and warm today 27 c |
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