This afternoon at 4 PM our Winter Ranch Bus took 44 of our people to Louie's Back Yard on South Padre Island to watch the 28th Annual Port Isabel Christmas Lighted Boat Parade and have dinner. Our sister park, Trophy Gardens, filled another bus and many others who couldn't get on the bus drove down for the festivities.
Pelican on the Laguna Madre
Mary and Jim Hamilton
Kenny and Sandy Allison
Carol Barnes enjoying the crab legs
Steve Good enjoying the shrimp
Bill and Jean Snyder
Donna and Rod McKee enjoying the food
from the All You Can Eat Buffet
Elinor Kroll and Janet Wilson
Some people enjoyed the Prime Rib instead of the Seafood
Dave and Bonnie Langfield and Linda Doerschug
Karen and Harrell Hockmeier
Charles and Jane Palmer
The sun is setting. The boats should be leaving Port Isabel soon!
Char and Jack Leach enjoying the wonderful crab legs!
Some kids were feeding the catfish at the rail - tons of them!
Pearl White enjoying the evening.
Rosie Ewald is finishing up dinner.
Lee and Mary Benfield are each enjoying
a Tsunami (a rum and juice concoction) -
one of the drink specials of the evening
Richard Beall and Donna Jenkins enjoying the
drink specials. Donna has a Blue Smurf Margarita!
Carrie Halberg showing off the drink specials!
Lud and Connie Lerdon
Connie and Gary Webb
Pat and Beth Bishop
Dick and Karen Larson
Marvin and Della Orndorff
Pete and Karen Timko
Bill and Jean Snyder
Steve and Judy Good
Norman and Charlotte Winner
Bob and Kathy Doddridge
Some of the people at our table enjoyed
the Pumpkin Cheesecake - Yummy!
John and Ginny Westby
Dave and Donna Lewis
Jack and Donna Hulsey
Sharon and Bob Wilson
George Lewis and Jim Drake
Don and Sylvia Short
AND THE PARADE HAS REACHED LOUIE'S BACK YARD!
Fireworks
Lee took a movie of the boats returning to Port Isabel
Some kids Sailboarding by Louie's
Our buses waiting to take some of us home.
It was an absolutely gorgeous night until the ride home when it decided to pour down rain. At least it didn't spoil our fun!!
