Random Thoughts and Comments

1. Our primary reason for traveling this winter was to see & visit with the many friends we have met in the Parks past winters. Great success! What fun it has been to see so many again.

2. We also have managed to meet up with many old friends from Michigan (especially from high school and Long Lake).

3. The weather! Record rainfall while we were in Pahrump, NV, cold - down to 7 degrees in St. David, AZ, and warm - 80's in Southern TX. Oh, did I mention the wind blows a lot in S TX?

4. The RV parks. We have seen more open sites in the parks than ever before. Are people just not traveling, can't afford it, or ??

5. Langtry, TX. Home of Judge Roy Bean, a very nice TX Visitors Center, and the smallest RV Park we've been in. Shared the park with a motorcyclist for 2 nights & a Class B van 1 night. Three of the 6 sites occupied. We were less than a 1/4 mile from the Rio Grande River. Roy Bean was known as "The Hanging Judge", but there is NO record of his having ordered the hanging of anyone.









6. Visits to Mexico. Visit to dentist in Algodones (near Yuma), "Look Ma, no cavities". Felt very safe, lots of visitors from USA, the usual vendors, etc. Went to Palomas (south of Deming, NM) with friends for lunch, seemed very empty. Very few visitors, no street vendors, and more police & military presence than Algodones.

7. My son says I watch too much news, a friend on Facebook says people who watch Fox News are being brainwashed. They both may be right. But, I'm NOT happy with the way our country is headed.

8. Price of diesel fuel. I repeat - When in H... are OUR country leaders going to let OUR oil companies drill for OUR oil?

9. Have shown some of our itinerary in the right hand column. Gee, maybe back in Michigan later this year!

It has been an interesting & fun winter. We now are sitting just across the causeway from South Padre Island, awaiting the arrival of "Spring Break". Should be fun!