We got back to El Valle last week after a leisurely trip south via Paris and Houston TX. We did some geocaching around Paris and snagged several new counties. We even learned some new local history (Peacock/Lee Feud in 'the corners') and met a local couple from Farmersville (he was from Jefferson City!). After TexPACC we drove down to Houston to visit with old friends and more square dancing. Oysters at the Topwater Bar is always a treat. Got 'home' late Wednesday evening and have been catching up since. Everything around the house was in pretty good shape and today we finished the A/C project that was started last season. Friday was a day to kick off the season with a party in Mexico. We had about 7 couples at Santoni's bar (Santiago and Tony have their own bar now!) at the old El Mar and topped it all off with lunch at Old Town. Last night we had dinner at Las Margaritas, a new place that opened down the road last year. They've expanded and the menu is real Mexican home cooking: a variety of cabrito dishes including goat liver tacos, and grilled goat's head, menudo, barbacoa, and all sorts of different stuff.
Tonight I decided to get back into observing and see if I could snag Mars and Mercury. We've been following Mars all summer but now it's very low along with the always elusive Mercury. I found them tonight about 7:30 low in the west on either side of Antares. Mercury was a bit lower, Mars higher, and all seemed about the same brightness. Mars was a definite reddish hue. The sunset was a typical south Texas red spectacular with clear skies all around. The weekend was cool with daytime temp in the low 70's, night time temp in low 60's.
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