RV travels around the USA
Yes, the word winter can become a verb! It is the location that we choose to spend the winter months, since our home has wheels. One of our full time RV goals is to target good weather with 75 degrees the goal. So, with that in mind, we plan to go somewhere south for the winter and then move into the northern states during the summer months. So, now the question is, where to winter next year (2020-21)?
Goodbye to the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas! We thoroughly enjoyed our time there over the winter months. Many new friends and tons of activities to keep us busy. So, we are now well rested and ready to begin Year #3 of our Journey. I still marvel at how quickly this time has gone by. We have many new places this year and a few favorites to repeat as well.
The winter season at our Llano Grande RV Resort (LINK) is starting to wind down into its summer phase. We are watching several rigs depart every day as they begin the journey back Up North. Most residents are still here in our section of the park, but everyone is busy making preparations to leave. Most will be leaving from mid-March to the first week of April.
Planning for RVer’s is a debatable topic. There are certainly two camps of full-time RVers. Those who plan and those who wing it. The planning that I’m writing about is a pre-plan of the RV route to all destinations and RV parks for the year or at least a few months in advance. It is a huge amount of work and can take several weeks to complete working a few hours a day.
South Padre Island (SPI) is a beautiful barrier island about an hour due east from our winter home in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) of Texas. We wanted to make a trip to this popular tourist destination before the spring break madness begins on March 9th. So, we caught some perfect 80 degree weather and took off for a day to explore.
We have visited many art galleries and museums in our travels this last year. And just before that we went to London and visited the National Gallery and the Tate. Major galleries known world wide. And, of course, our very own National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. All of this has given me a greater appreciation of art.
As I write this, I’m watching the morning news. The cold weather Up North and the federal budget are a couple of the main stories. The temperatures in Chicago got to minus 22 degrees, but not quite a record cold. Wow! John Steinbeck was quoted as saying “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” Now that I am wearing shorts and flip flops and sitting on the warm southern US border, I can actually see the wisdom in that!
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After a great, but long year of travels, we have arrived at our winter destination in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) of Texas. The RGV is in the very southernmost tip of Texas. Our resort is actually only five miles from the Mexican border! And it is a beautiful RV resort with tons of activities. We are officially Winter Texans now! More on that later…
Sometimes it is just a beach week. Sometimes it is more. Just a few miles south of the city of Corpus Christi lies a long narrow barrier island that protects the mainland from storms and includes some beautiful, wide beaches. We selected a great park on Mustang Island that was just off the beach. A couple of minutes walk over the sand dunes via the boardwalk and we were at the Gulf of Mexico.