About Me

Lee Creek, North Shuswap near Chase, B.C, Canada
We went full-time Rving in October of 2005! We retired from full time to part-time as of the end of 2015. Our present "small but comfortable" Wagon is a 2008 Camper trailer(TravelAir Rustler), pulled by a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 4X4.l. Our home is now a Gated Community Park, in Oliver, British-Columbia, Canada. I retired in 2005 and my Life Companion, Valerie, retired October 1, 2006 from nursing. We invite you to follow and share our new adventures and mishaps. Life is but an adventure full of dreams yet to be fulfilled!

Saturday, November 17, 2012

November 13 to 17, 2012; Aransas to Donna, Texas

NOV  13, Tuesday, Aransas
Cloudy and 55*F this morning; I was up at 7 AM to shower and walk Tucker so that I can take him for his haircut.  Hopefully he won’t act up like he did before but not holding my breath on that one; he is getting worse and worse even with me.  I had forgotten how many burs there are on the ground down here and Tucker seems to pick up everyone of them as soon as he steps on the grass and with his yelping and snipping, it is quite a job to remove them.
Well here we are, 4 pm and Tucker was good and finally had his haircut!!  We did some geo-caching earlier but it started to rain so we gave up on that and went trailer shopping; actually just looking at them.  Of course, we ended buying items we needed.  The rain stopped then began again so we gave up and came home but first a must stop at a Rockport pub for a beer.  We came home, downloaded pictures from the camera, watched the tube and had dinner.  This has been the most miserable day yet as far as weather is concern and we also got some sad news from our friends Al and Brenda.  Daisy, their dog, a Golden retriever, passed away today.  Daisy was a good friend of Tucker and they both got along really well.  She will be dearly missed!

 
NOV  14, Wednesday, Last day in Aransas
Cool and cloudy was our morning @ 55* F!  We geo-cached around Aransas then headed for Port Aransas, Mustang Island and Padre Island and picked up a few more geo-caches.  On our right was the Intracoastal waters and on our left, the Gulf of Mexico.  It was beautiful even though it was cloudy and cool (66*F).  We had lunch at “Fins” in Port Aransas where we had to take a ferry to get to, Port Aransas that is!  We did take a side road and go to the beach but the tide was high and we almost got stuck so turned around.  On the beach, we could see the oil rigs in the gulf; kind of strange and out of place in such a beautiful area!  Anyway, we continued south and eventually arrived in Corpus Christi where I stopped at a “Best Buy” to ask a question about my WIFI hook-up with Verizon and Val’s Kindle.  After he showed me how to do it, we looked at some tablets and GPS then came home via Hwy 35.  For dinner, we had BBQ steaks, salad and potatoes then watched “Survivors”.  Tomorrow, we head for the Rio Grande Valley.

 
NOV  15, Thursday, to Donna, Texas
We left Aransas around 9:30 am and headed south west on 35, through Corpus Christi on 181 & 43 and 6, eventually headed straight south on Hwy 77.  We stopped Kingsville for breakfast at “Subways” (we have come to enjoy their breakfast sandwich).  We continued on and finally arrived in Donna off Hwy 83 in the Rio Grande Valley.  It feels like déjà-vu!  We set up in Casa del Sol for two weeks.  This is an ACN/AOR campground and we want to try it for a couple weeks to see if we like it.  Our mail is also coming this way!  At 3:30 pm, there was a wagon that came through selling fresh and cheap vegetables and we got a few things.  Supper then relax by the tube!!!  We are here in this park for two weeks and the valley for the next 3 months, at least!

We travelled 179 miles in 3 hrs and 20 minutes @ an average 54 MPH
N   26* 10.819
W 098* 04.853
Alt: 88 Ft

 
NOV  16, Friday, Donna
Our first day and we had rain overnight and it is cloudy now and for the rest of the day; at least it is a warm day, 70*F!  We took Tucker for a walk around the Park then stopped at the club house to check it out.  I paid our site in full, $240 for 14 nights.  We went to check out a few campgrounds we found on line and through brochures.  We narrowed it down to two: either Casa del Valle in Alamo or Snow to Sun in Weslaco, both part of Sun RV Resorts and both nearby.  We will check them out again tomorrow, there is a difference of $170 total between the two but Alamo has cement pads which we like AND Tai-Chi exercises which Val really likes!!!  On the way back, we found this neat Bar & Grill in Weslaco called Burrows.  We had a late lunch and a couple beers then came home.  We had a couple light drizzles throughout the day but nothing to ruin the day.  After some discussions, we both agree that we do not want to stay in this Park for the winter.  It is too dusty, lacks grass and the patio is a small cement square pad

 
NOV  17, Saturday,
Cloudy again, as a matter of fact, the forecast is for the same all week!  Boring!!  Today is yard sale throughout the Park so after showering, we went to check it out.  There were a lot of people with stuff out and also a lot of looky-looks and buyers, mostly Mexicans; we bought three books and Val bought a pair of ¾ pants.  Afterwards, we went to visit Victoria Palm RV Park, a luxurious park at US$1629 for three months all inclusive except power.  It was a really nice park but too rich for us.  We went back to SNOW TO SUN Resort and after driving around and more discussion, we chose a site, paid our deposit and made reservations for 3 months starting November 29; our cost will be US$1099 total (US$366/mth).  From here, we went for lunch at Olive Gardens and then went to HEB and Walmart to shop for groceries.  We came home and put everything away then relaxed before cooking dinner.  The sun did come through finally in the latter part of the afternoon which made it very pleasant.  I am sure glad we are not acclimatized to the heat here as everyone is complaining how cold it is (72*F) and here we are in short sleeve and shorts; we really stand out from the locals.

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