We are leaving a couple months early this year. We usually don’t leave Texas until the end of April or 1st of May. This year we have a lot we want to do early in the season so we need the time.
These are a few various pictures from the 2017-18 winter season here in South Texas.
 |
| We dressed as gifts for a Christmas parade. |
 |
| We are always amazed at the size of the vegetables here in south TX. The 2 on the right were ones we had from up north. |
 |
| We took a short trip up to San Antonio to see the riverwalk lights at Christmas |
 |
| Patty had eye surgery to implant a drain in her left eye. It is permanent tube into her eye with a drain contraption on the outside of her eye under her lid. This was taken just after the surgery. It is to reduce the pressure in that eye and it has worked! |
 |
| We decided to reupholster our RV chairs. They were made with something like 1/4 inch foam that has depressed to nothing now. It felt like sitting on a board. |
 |
| These are the after before and after pictures. We added 2 inches of foam. A BIG difference to sit on! |
 |
| It took about an hour and a half per chair and we had 5 chairs. We did them over a 2 week period. |
 |
| I shared a birthday with these ladies in January. We had a great dinner celebration at the Texas Roadhouse. |
 |
| Another project was replacing our microwave/Convection oven. This one has never gotten up to temperature. It never got over about 300 degrees on the 425-degree setting. It was also a bit small. |
 |
| The old one out and ready for the new bigger one. |
 |
| The new one on the floor ready to be lifted into place. |
 |
| The finished project. I needed the help of our neighbor Tony to lift this up to its position. We also added the utensil rack. |
 |
| Lastly, we had a new awning installed a week ago. The old one was starting to come apart as it was now 6 years old. All of the work was done with just one guy. You know this wasn't his first! |
We are headed to Pahrump Nevada first to an RV Dreams Rally at the end of March. The rally is about 1400 miles north and west of us here in south Texas. Since we don’t drive a long distance every day (200 miles) and we stop for at least 2 nights, it will take us 2 weeks to get to the rally site.
This has been the coldest season here in south TX for us. This was our 5th year here in the Rio Grande Valley. We probably had more cold days here this year than warm days. I’m not sure that is true but it has felt like it. And when we say cold we mean anything below 70 really. Real cold for us would be anything below 50 and we have had way too many of those days too! In December we even had snow! And the snow even stuck to the ground enough to build a small snowman. It was said here that the snow was the first in 13 years.
 |
| Snow! |
This year is promising to be a change year for us. We are planning to purchase a house in the south of Tampa Florida area and downsize the RV. We plan to purchase a house in May-June and then continue our usual travel into October. At that time we will head back to Florida to downsize the RV. We want to trade the truck for a large (Ford Expedition size) SUV and the 5th wheel for a travel trailer in the 8,000 lb size (around 28 feet).
After the downsize, we plan to return to our place in south Texas for the remainder of the winter season. We most likely will sell our place there in 2019. Our future plan is to stay in Florida during the winter and travel shorter duration trips in the summer. THAT CAN CHANGE!! Anything is possible at this point!
That is it for today. We are headed today to San Antonio for our first stop on our way north and west.
Stay Tuned!
1 comment:
Nice costumes. Reminds me of the SNL skit (!!) As for the veggies, they do say things are bigger in Texas, right?! You sure were busy with fix it projects. Glad Patty's eye is better. If it's the Reunion Rally, we'll see you there! Nice plans on downsizing.
Post a Comment