Sunday 1-27 Carfest and Island Time Party

Smile and have fun

We had a wonderful day. It was a little cool because of a light breeze but the sun came out.

We started the day out by going to the McAllen Convention Center for the annual Carfest. They had over 300 cars on display, vendors selling knickknacks and a food court. We walked around the show for about an hour and a half. We saw some great looking cars. One display was cool, they had a garage and a couple of old vehicles to work on and a lot of other stuff. We walked by it a couple of times and each time you saw stuff you didn't see the first time. They had a bat mobile, a vehicle with spiderman stuff and another one with smurfs in the vehicle. The car show was very nice and they had a lot of security guards.

Annual Carfest

Spiderman display

His and Her car on display

One of the vehicle with a beautiful paint job

Afterwards we walked around the grounds. There is a big pond with a water fountain and giant ducks in it, the ducks are actually peddle boats. In front of the Performing Arts building they had statues of a vaquero cowboy and a longhorn cow and her calf. In front of the Embassy Suite Motel there was a fountain with horses in it. The city of McAllen also has a bicycle rental station. You can rent a bicycle for 24 hours for $6. There are other rates. Overall it is a great program. We enjoyed walking around the grounds.

McAllen Convention Center

Ducks in the pond

The cow and her calf statue

The vaquero cowboy statue

We spent the afternoon hanging around the Minnie and reading.

In the evening I went over to clubhouse to attended the Island Time Party. It was free and you were asked to bring snacks for your table. They did serve a slush drink for $1. There was music all night. We played games such as coconut bowling, beach ball relay and played with beach balls. The coconut bowl was cool. They setup ten water bottles half full with a blue cleaner and the people who participated threw two coconuts. They counted each bottle you knocked down. The winner had knocked down 17 bottles. There were two runner ups with 8 bottles. The winner got a prize. The relay was a four person team, one couple was on one side of room and the other one was on the opposite side. The couple are back to back and the beach ball was place between their shoulder. They had to shuffle across the room to give the ball to their teammates. The winning team got a $5 Walmart gift card. People danced, I participated in the group dancing and line dancing. They had Karaoke and the singers were all great. I was glad Larry convinced me to go because I had fun. 

Mary announcing activities during the Island Time Party

Friends dancing to the music

Our Disc Jockey