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South Padre Island

Wow, we have been dancing for four days. Each day we danced twice a day and we're still not finished dancing for the week. According to the neighbor the first day Flo sat in my chair for most of the day watching for us to come home. She now knows that we have been leaving in the rental car so she climbs on the couch and sleeps while we're gone. This morning we drove the farthest to dance, which was 30 miles. We danced at Fun in the Sun in San Benito to Nick Hartley. We only had two squares, some of the regular dancers were sick or had to go home for an emergency. The dancers told us they usually have three or four squares. Nick is a very good caller and calls at a nice pace. We danced every tip except for the last one, which was hot hash. They only had one square that wanted to do it so I got a chance to take a few pictures. In between each square dance tip Shirley Heiny cued round dancing. There were only a couple couples doing rounds. We had a good time dancing and visiting with the folks at the dance.

Nick Hartley calling the Hot Hash tip

Round dancing to Shirley Heiny

Having fun dancing to Nick calling

Trying to keep up with Nick calling the Hot Hash tip

After dancing at Fun in the Sun we drove to South Padre Island, which was about 40 more miles down the road. Larry and I had been to South Padre Island before but that was over twenty years ago. While driving around town we didn't noticed that it had grown much. We stopped at the beach so we could walk it and take a few pictures. There were a few people enjoying the beach. The wind was blowing so it was a little cool on the beach. After taking pictures we stopped for lunch at Yummies Bistro. We shared a club sandwich, it was very good but a little expensive. It was a very nice drive to South Padre Island. When we got back to Flo it was 3:30 and she was very happy to see us.

Welcome to South Padre Island sign

A view of the ocean

Standing on the beach in South Padre Island

Folks walking the beach

Living on the beach

 In the evening we went back to El Valle Del Sol for a Plus dance with Jerry Story calling. Jerry had thirteen squares and there were a lot of round dancers. The cuer for the rounds was Shirley Heiny. We were going to sit out the last tip so I could take pictures but they needed us to make up a square. Jerry invited another caller Nelda Eaton up on stage to call with him. We had a super time dancing and visiting. Jerry did a great job calling. We had a very busy day but it was fun.

Shirley Heiny

Nelda Eaton and Jerry Story calling the last tip together

Round dancing to Shirley Heiny cuing