Back to Bentsen Palm Village RV Resort - We Made it.

 Canadians can come back this year, but the RV park still has many more vacant spots than we are used to seeing.  The fear of Covid is real and still around down in South Texas.  Our RV park is in the southern part of Mission, Texas very close to the border.

We lost our pecking order spot by missing last year, so we were moved a few spaces south to another lot nearby.  The park is in good shape and the grass is green and lush.  All features of our Cougar travel trailer are working well.  But the weather is Hot.  

Thank God for A/C.

The next four lots next to us are empty.  However, here on the last day of the year more campers are moving in.  

Go Blue.  A big Orange Bowl game later today.

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Out of the Dark and into the Light of Day - Finally

 All went well

We enjoyed this beautiful Christmas tree at the hotel that reminded us of the Season - even though the weather remained hot.

We had a short drive to the storage location to find this critter under the unit when we opened the door...

What a surprise. (below)

He/she was a freshly dead rat that was not even smelling bad yet.  The proprietor came over and picked it up and said they would burrow from unit to unit.  We were a bit alarmed that maybe they had gotten inside of our trailer but found not even a mouse dropping or ant inside.  Our rodent/ant poison that we had left behind seemed to still be doing its job.

 Miss Kitty came out after 22 months in the dark.  We had to blow up the tires a bit, but other than that she is in good condition.  Dusty - but in fine working order.

This was an interesting trailer that Karen noticed and captured, with her fine photo skills, that was parked at Move It Storage in La Feria.

Tomorrow the RV park.

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Through Houston On the Last Leg of Our Journey

 

Day Three brought us from Nacogdoches, Texas on to the Rio Grand Valley.  Since we hit the Texas state line we have been seeing temperatures at or near 90 degrees.  Above you see the skyline of Houston before we drove through the city.  We saw a little rain but mostly cloudy skies as we drove into a brisk hot southwest wind most of the day..   We spent the night at a Holiday Inn Express in Harlingen and today we plan to break our travel trailer out of its almost two-year hibernation.

We hope it goes well.

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December 2021 - We Make It Back to Texas

 In the second weekend of December we hosted another annual family Christmas weekend at Splash Village in Frankenmuth.   Consequently, Karen and Bill spent a quiet Christmas Day in Frederic by themselves, and left early Sunday morning for the deep south.  At home there is very little snow, but more is on the way so we left town to stay ahead of the storm.

We made it to Marion, Illinois on our first day of travel and we are now in Nacogdoches,  Texas in a Comfort Suites.  With two full days of driving and 1242 miles behind us we were ready for a drink!

We have another day of driving tomorrow to get down near Brownsville to see if Karen's baby is ready to come out of storage and play.  We have already seen temperatures near 80, but the truck A/C is working well.

What a change from Northern Michigan!

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