Vacation

Yes I did miss an entire month without posting a blog! As a good Laredoan I did "head out of Dodge" when the opportunity for visiting a colder clime arose. We, that's me and part of my family and some good friends, spent several weeks in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. People live in Laredo (when they could move elsewhere) for its' "small town" feel, and that great weather from September to May. It's difficult to go to a restaurant in Laredo without seeing someone you know enough to exchange more than "hello". Friends, relatives, acquaintances are always popping up in Laredo public venues. That said, it's great to be able to escape for a while to Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and other downright "cool" summer destinations.

While I've been gone we have had two election winning sheriffs--which one was the winner at any specific moment depended on their most recent election recount or court decision. Also, some four lane streets where turned into two lane chicanes(that's a road racing term for the part of the race a driver turns right then left then right again to avoid barriers). While some two lane avenues are widened to four lanes just in time to squeeze back to two? But then again this the Laredo summer season of avoiding heat exhaustion and other debilitating disorders.

It's good to be back, however, and hope to be in contact with you, or anyone out there, more often.