Off We Go to Mexico

Today we hooked up with our dock mates Sharon & Casey and took a little trip across the border to Progresso Mexico. We park our vehicle on the US side and walk across the bridge over the Rio Grande River, which forms the US Mexican border at this point.


Here's Dan & Casey at the bridge.

Just into Mexico and there is this big show of military strength. I think it is more a show for the Americans to make them see that they ARE trying to do something about the drug wars, but there has never been any problems at this border crossing like there has been at others that we have heard about. Once into the village it's like any other giant flea market, with people hawking their wares up and down the streets in front of all of the stores.

Glorious Texas

The last couple of days have sure made the long drive worth while. The weather has been wonderful. Yesterday we went shopping and I bought myself a new camera, which I am still trying to learn how to use. I hate the learning curve. I got a pretty good picture of Sea-enna though. Don't you think? After a nice dinner we sat out with our wine until after the sun was down. But just like Winnipeg at this time of the year the sun is down just after 6:00pm. It was still a nice evening.








Today we went out and did some touring and sight-seeing, and I kept trying and testing out my new camera. When we got back to the trailer I put a cassarole in the oven and we went for a swim in the MVP pool. It's a really nice facility with a hot tub etc. I don't know why, but I forgot to take my new camera to take picture. Oh, well, there's always tomorrow. We are going to be here until Feb. 5th so I'll get lots of pictures. This one is of one of the other RV Parks in the area. Because of the nice dog park in McAllen, we are going to look at a few of the parks there, to see what the possibilties are for next year.

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The Sun Came Out.

The sun finally came out this afternoon. What a releif, it got up to the low 70s. We went over and visited with Sharon and Casey. We enjoyed the outdoors on their front porch for the whole afternoon. A nice time, and finally some nice weather. Tomorrow is supposed to go to the 80s, so it's time to dig out the bathingsuit and go to the pool.

Happy Birthday to Me!

I had a great Birthday yesterday. Other than a little shopping in the morning we hung around the trailer and relaxed most of the day. Then Dan took me out to an Italian Restaurant for Dinner. Very Nice. The temperatures around here have rebounded, but it's still very cloudy. The clouds are supposed to clear out by Sunday, then we will have that Texas sunshine I am here for.

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.