Riding the Storm Out

We got out of East Texas just ahead of the first of the winter storms that clobbered most of the nation.  We were fortunate to have a dry trip all the way to the Rio Grande Valley area of South Texas.  Usually it's sunny and warm here, but with the weather the way it is, it's been cooler than usual and cloudy. Still, it's better than single digit temps, snow and ice.

We hunkered down at Chimney Park Resort & RV Park to wait out the crummy weather. This resort is right on the Rio Grande, and Mexico is right across the river. 

Yesterday we walked around the "neighborhood" and picked some fresh lemons and grapefruits off of trees growing all over the place. 

Then it began to rain, so we decided it was a good time to get caught up on laundry.  The park's laundry facility is in the lower level of the office/ recreation center, right next to the game room, library, and computer stations. They have four regulation size pool tables, so we played some pool while the laundry ran. All in all, this is a nice place, but a lot more developed than we would normally like. It's more of a 55 plus community with RV's, but it's warmer here than most everywhere else, and everyone we've met has been really nice. They have a church service on Sundays which is a big plus for us.

The National Butterfly Center is a few miles away, but it's been too cold and wet to check that out. It's supposed to warm up and dry out next week, so maybe we can go there and take advantage of this unique resource.

I (Paul) have some friends down here, that I haven't seen in a lot of years. I'm hoping to get to visit over a platter of Barbacoa. Then it's on to the Lone Star Corral RV Park in Hondo, TX.  That will put us about 40 miles West of San Antonio. Lot's to do and see in San Antonio, and we have friends to see there too.

Until next time, I gotta charge up my camera batteries.