Back to the Riverside Club

Friday of last week, we went to the Riverside Club for a Friday night out . . . and I forgot the camera. Today, we decided to return to the Riverside Club for another Friday night out . . . and remember the camera!

Carole & I, along with three couples from Manitoba, went for the Friday Night Fish Fry at the Riverside Club. As we arrived, the tour boat, Riverside Dreamer, was just returning to the dock from a tour, and the passengers began disembarking. There were sure a bunch of people on the boat.




It was a very nice evening, so we sat at the tables on the patio overlooking the Rio Grande River, looking across at Mexico on the other side. From the patio, we could enjoy activity on the river.

Naturally, we started off with several pitchers of beer . . . after all, beer goes well with the seafood baskets we all came for. We also ordered several appetizers; Texas straws (french fried onions and jalapenos), sweet potato fries, and mozzarella sticks. Those went pretty good with the beer also.

















We all ordered seafood baskets, the specialty of the day, and we had our choice of catfish strips, Atlantic cod, shrimp, or a combination basket. All baskets came with baked beans, Cole slaw, fries, and hush puppies. A band was playing inside the Club and music was wafting outside across the patio among the tables and palm trees. As we ate, we enjoyed listening to the music and watching the crowd inside dancing the Texas Two-Step and an occasional polka.

As we were enjoying a nice seafood dinner and conversation, a number of speed boats were racing up and down the river, probably some US and some Mexicans, all of them young people having a good time boating. One of the boats carrying a half dozen young boys, Mexican I think, mooned us as they raced by . . . everyone in the boat except the driver. The ladies got quite a kick out of those young free-spirited boys mooning a group of old retired ladies. But it was good for conversation.

I wasn't quick enough to get a picture of the "mooners", but I did get the shocked expression on Carole's face! This has to be a classic!












The next time we come "Back to the Riverside Club", we will be sure to allow time to take the riverboat tour on the Rio Grande River. That could be interesting . . . and, who knows, maybe Carole will get "mooned" again.