Winter Texans

It appears that nothing will stop these Winter Texans from playing their addictive shuffle board. There is a tournament and even though it's only 48 degrees they carry on. This is day 2 of a cold snap down here and we and snuggled up in our trailer with the furnace on, but they are out there playing.

It's Cold here in Texas

Yesterday we took Sea-enna to the off leash dog park in McAllen and it was beautiful out, sunny shirt sleeve weather. We were really surprised to see so few dogs at this brand new facility. It got up to 80 degrees yesterday.

Today is a whole different story. We woke this morning to mid 50s, and it has been going down hill ever since. My friend Sharon is even covering her tomato plants.

Me, I'm doing laundry and cleaning the trailer. I also dug out my crock pot and I'm cooking up a batch of Corned Beef and Cabbage. It's supposed to stay this cold for 3 days, so I'll have to come up with a similar plan for the next 2 days as well.

More Relaxing in Weslaco.

As you can see by the pictures attached, we are settling in to our January home in Texas. We have set up our little patio area and Sea-enna has a nice area to be outside, which she loves.

The weather men here have been saying since we arrived that it is going to turn cold. When we arrived on Friday they said the weekend would be cold, then it was going to be early this week, now they are saying it's going to turn cold on Wednesday. Meanwhile the weather has been holding in the mid 70s and low 80s. We certainly can't complain about that.

We went and visited with Sharon & Casey of "Loafhaven", yesterday. Exchanged stories of the trips down etc. They stay 6 months and came in November, which makes for a much nicer trip down.

That's about all for now. My cold is getting a little better every day. So, we are off to the dog park with Sea-enna and that will be our outing for today.

Relaxing in Weslaco

As you can see by the pictures, we are in the Rio Grande Valley. The Palm Trees are swaying, the plants are all blooming and the weather is mild in fact a little too warm for me. It went to 82 today.

We took Sea-enna to a new dog park today, so she is laying here exhausted.

I'm still fighting this cold, but I have been trying to have a nap each day since we got here and drinking plenty of liquids.

In fact Ive switched from my usual Rye & Coke and I've been drinking Vodka and Orange Juice, strickly for medicinal purposes you understand. So that's about it for another day, I'm going to get my Jammies on and go to bed early.

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Austin, to Magic Valley in Weslaco

It was a long boring day of driving. Rolling hills then finally flat lands just before the valley. We left Austin at 8:00 am and pulled in here at around 2:00pm. We got here and just crashed. We are both very exhausted. Dan's cold is subsiding, but mine is still hanging in there. It's going up to 80 degrees today, so I have acheived my shorts and sandals weather that I was looking for. But, tomorrow it is supposed to turn quite cold only going to 50s. Cool for tomorrow and for the next few days. We don't mind that, because we need an excuse to just curl up and rest for a while. I will take some pictures and update again tomorrow or maybe the next day. After all we are going to be here for a whole month.

McKinney Falls State Park, Austin Texas

Well, it was a long drive but we have settled in to McKinney Falls State Park. We have been here before and done all the sight seeing, so we will be moving on again tomorrow.









We blew right past "Thackerville", didn't even take pictures. "Been there, done that".







But Dan did get to stop in Denton, at his favorite Semi/RV /Car Wash.









We are going to try to make it to Weslaco tomorrow.