Dudleys Diary

the 3,500 acre lake near where we live. He went out in his kayak and managed to catch one small freshwater drum. He was trying to catch some sand bass but was unable to find any. He finally had to get off the water when the wind started picking up. Surprised he did not get run off by the jet skis and the power boats this time of year. Frank went back to work early this morning. I have heard from Dudleys daughter, she and the wife are still down in Cozumel having the time of their lives. She said her and her friend Melissa went snorkeling at a coral reef Saturday and saw some fish. She said they ate dinner at the resort they are staying at. She said she got to practice her High School Spanish. I hope she did not say anything by mistake that could harm US/Mexican relations. Yesterday, her and Melissa paid a bunch of dinero to go swimming with the dolphins. I bet that was fun, you know Dudley always enjoyed watching Flipper when he was a small child. Dudley needs to get up away from the computer and go take a shower and get dressed. He has to go to the bank and get some papers notarized and then go to the post office, eat lunch and then it is off to DFW airport to pick up the world travelers. Dudley would just as soon go have another root canal as to drive up to the airport. The traffic is terrible up there on the freeways and in the air. Dudley remembers going out to DFW one night late back in 1975 with one of his friends. This was right after getting our drivers licenses and was the first time Dudley had seen the airport. It was and still is an impressive sight but one I would just as soon not see anymore if I can help it.

where Dudley lives. The old signs were like individual works of art in many cases. So much more interesting than the signs around most businesses today which all look pretty much the same and are dull in comparison. I am going to be posting quite a few of these in the coming days. I hope there are others that appreciate these old signs and looking back in the past and wondering how things were back then.

saying that they arrived in Cozumel safely. No response so far to my phone calls or text messages. Dudley can only hope that they made it ok and are having a great time. I am sure they are down there some where.

are in Cozumel Mexico by now. They got up at 4 AM to get up and get ready to make it to the DFW airport for a 7 AM flight. I got a couple of text messages from the wife letting me know they got on the plane about 5 minutes before 7 and were preparing to take off. I do know Dudleys daughter got a window seat which was great news. This is the first time Dudleys 16 year old daughter has flown anywhere and I so wanted her to be able to look out the window during her flight. One of Dudleys wife's college roommates who lives in Houston is going on the trip as well. She is meeting them down there. She is a retired school teacher and is now a travel agent so I bet they will get top notch service on this trip. I hope they have a good time. I hope Dudleys daughter will go para sailing while she is down there. Dudley always wanted to give that a try but missed his one chance at doing so. You can read about that adventure here if you like. I hope she gets to go snorkeling and spends some time at the beach. I just hope she remembers to wear plenty of sunscreen as her red hair and lilly white skin do not need to much exposure to the sun. I heard something yesterday about her and her friend wanting to go swimming with the dolphins while in Cozumel. I think para sailing would be safer, I remember what happened to Hank Hill when he tried that.