Well, it is day 2 here, and we are beginning to learn our way around. We are in the VERY southern tip of Texas in what is called the Rio Grande Valley. It is one of the fastest growing parts of Texas due to the mild winters. Hundreds of thousands of people come here for the winter and are called "Winter Texans" and many of them come in RVs......They begin arriving around the beginning of November and keep on coming up until the first of the year, and then begin leaving around the end of March. We are workkampers here until March 30th. We have a tough schedule of 12 1/2 hours each a week in order to earn a free space, free Wi-Fi, free electric, free water and sewage and free cable....not bad. The valley has every store and restaurant you could want, the shopping is great, although my shopping days are pretty much over other than the necessities. We are beginning to meet other workkampers from all over the country and they are really nice people. The cost of living is quite low here, which is a plus for us retirees.....I got a razor cut today at the hair salon with a blow dry and style and it was $12! I couldn't believe it! Gotta love these prices! Being in Texas, gas is reasonable too. Tomorrow night we go to a bring your own dessert/Bingo night...sounds like we are really turning into old people, huh? But having fun. There is even an on site restaurant here which is supposed to be really good. And I will be sending Tom to the woodworking shop tomorrow to make me some new shelves for storage in the RV. The one thing that will take some getting used to is that it is quite windy here, but it helps on the hot days.
Wishing my son Todd a very Happy Birthday today!
Some pics of our park below for you to enjoy...catch you in a few days....
Jackie and Tom
The first picture is of the
"skinning" of the trees where
they remove all of the old growth on the trunks. Hot and hard and tedious work!
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