Lucky - Lucky - Lucky

 On Friday evening Nancy and Phil Smoker brought two visiting girlfriends from Michigan over to our RV park for another evening  of Card Bingo at the clubhouse.  There were 128 people in attendance as it is a very popular weekly event.

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Wouldn't you know it?  Lightening strikes again as Nancy won one of the four $ quarter games for $32.!  That is the third time she has won money since December. We would like to say it is due to good clean wholesome living but we know better.  She sure impressed her Michigan friends.

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Night at the Museum ....Part 2

 

Note:  See blog below for part 1

Here are a few more of the beautiful artistic pieces on display at the Gelman Stained Glass Museum in San Juan, Texas

Healing the sick and raising the dead as happened in the Bible.

The lady above was viewing the displays and got her picture taken with Saint ?

She appeared in this photo as well.  This gives you an idea of the spectacular window art on display.

There was a story and a history behind every character on display, with lighting from behind.

The Gelman Stained Glass Museum is truly amazing to see.  As far as Art Museums go...we would rate it very high -  right up there next to the "The Wall"  Museum in Tasmania.

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A Night at the Museum

 On Thursday evening, February 5, we had a night out on the town.  Before we went to dinner at a Longhorn restaurant (Christmas gift) we visited the Gelman Stained Glass Museum in San Juan, and are very glad that we did.

The huge building was constructed by a Jewish man named Gelman who had it built to look like a cathedral from the outside.  

But inside it is a huge gallery of stained glass artwork and statues.

Many of the art pieces were collected from cathedrals and churches that were being torn down from around the world.

And some of the items were carved from marble and granite.

All the art pieces made from stained glass were specially illuminated from behind to bring out the true colors.  Most were from stories in the Bible like the Nativity you see above.

More to come tomorrow.....

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Derby Day

 Our RV park recently held another "Derby Day" event to raise money for the clubhouse.  Not only are there "horse" races decided by the throws of soft large fuzzy dice, but tacos and Mint juleps are served, and many participants wear their Sunday bonnets.

Here is one of our favorite horses just coming out of the starting gate!  It is all in fun, obviously!

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Opossum with a Suit of Armor

 Across the road we recently saw a lady walking her dogs who became excited  and started yelling at them to stop running.  Come to find out they were chasing the critter you see below who dove into a drain pipe to escape.  The lady walked over to the fence to tell us it was an Armadillo.

A couple of days later Bill walked along the road and took this picture before it scurried into the deep grass.  To us folks from Michigan it looks like a mix between an Opossum and a turtle.

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Another Lucky Winner

 Can you believe it?  A winner again  in our small group of four - this Month!

Last night, January 30, 2026, at card Bingo in our clubhouse - Phil Smoker, of Vicksburg, won one of the final three games for dollars.  He had to split that pot with another player but still brought home $61 dollars.  Not bad, and now for the month of January all four of us have won a game (and some cash).

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PS:  Last night the U of M   basketball team beat MSU in East Lansing for the first time since 2018!

GO BLUE

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A Day spent with the Smokers in Mission

 On Wednesday we drove east into the Mission, Texas urban area to visit the Smokers.  We dropped off some miscellaneous household/camping items, that we no longer needed, for their RV park to sell in their upcoming park yard sale.  We then went to lunch at BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse in McAllen.

After lunch Nancy drove us to her favorite beverage store - "Total Wine and More" in McAllen.  They have wine and liquor tasting along with the largest selection of beers, wines and liquors that we had ever seen.  Needless to say, we all found some beverages we wanted to take home so our shopping carts were busy.

We finished the afternoon back at the Smokers playing Pinochle and Euchre, and made it back to our RV park just before sunset. 

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