Down On the Border - Part 2

 We have now been in the Rio Grande Valley  for more than one-half a month and we are yet to see or feel a drop of rain.  The weather continues to be very warm during the days and cool at night.  Back home in Frederic our friends are wishing for snow and snowmobiling has ground to a halt with unseasonably warm and dry weather up there as well

Last Saturday evening this group, above, called Nu Blu entertained us at our park with some lively music and a few jokes as well.  They were from North Carolina and put on a good show.

After the show they spent the night in our small RV park (which is unusual for entertainers), and we were surprised to see that they were riding/living in a Prevost Motor coach.  Prevost is the most expensive motor home or bus on the market.

Tuesday morning Bentsen Palm Village hosted a presentation by the U.S. Border Patrol in our club house.  They brought six members and after their short talk they answered questions from the audience for mote than an hour.  The club house was full of us old folks!

The Monitor

One small luxury that we enjoy while in Texas is having a local daily paper delivered to our RV site each morning for little more than a dollar each day.  It not only covers local news but also National news as well and sports, comics, etc.  The newspaper covers the Rio Grande Valley and is well written and informative.

A story in last Sunday's Monitor explained an activity going on down here that we found rather unusual yet productive.  There is a $2 million annual anti-rabies campaign along the Mexico border  here in Texas.  The State hires pilots with airplanes to fly out and drop meat baits coated with rabies vaccine for foxes, coyotes and skunks.  The pilots drop 64 to 70 baits on every square mile of the 12,600 mile territory.  The baits consist of vaccine laced treats dipped in fish oil and coated with fish meal crumbles.  Yum!!

The paper states that the program has been very successful!

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