Michele has a great idea for today. She wants to shop /browse
some stores, like the Thrift Shop, Fallas and the 99¢ Only
stores. She suggested that I go and watch a movie while she is
shopping. What a great idea!
I am going to watch the movie Downsizing. This is a win/win
solution.
Tuesday February 6, 2018
During my daily bike ride in the RV Park, I came across this weird
contraption. It is a motorized picnic table.
I am starting to put stuff away in the MH basement in preparation of
our move on Thursday.
I am doing it today because the forecast for tomorrow is about 80%
chances of rain.
Here I am taking a break because it is hot and humid today
(+29°C).
The motorized picnic table on the move.
It is our last bingo at Tropic Winds.
We even have a nice sunset.
Once again, no gains at bingo.
Wednesday February 7, 2018
It is very nice this morning, but very humid (22°C).
Today's forecast is for thunderstorms through-out the day. By 10
am, a cold front swipes through the area and by 4 pm the temperature is
only +9°C . The thunderstorms did not materialize, but a
cold wind and light rain makes it miserable.
Another indoor day.
Thursday February 8, 2018
Time to move!
It is a good thing we did not have lots of rain yesterday because the
MH would have left some pretty deep ruts in the grass.
With the car in tow, we head out of the park.
Three kilometers later we enter the interstate 69E south.
Notice how short the on-ramp is. The traffic is going by at 70MPH
and a MH does not accelerate that fast.
They really have some good message on the billboards in the
Valley. Is this one a joke on the President Trump and his old TV
show "The Apprentice"?
53 km later we arrive at the Alamo Palms RV Resort in Alamo.
Once we are set up, we notice the car has a flat tire. It
happened in the RV Park.
Off to Walmart to get it fixed.
The flat tire was caused by a screwdriver bit like this one.
We watched the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics Gamed 2018
on TV.
Really nice!
Friday February 9, 2018
Michele is sleeping late this morning and I go for a bike ride in the
RV Park.
As I mentioned before, RC racing is very big here in the valley.
They even have a crawl section. It is on the left and the dirt
racing is on the right.
Today they are having a big race.
A closer look at the crawl track.
And the racing track. Actually there are two tracks here, the
outer is an oval track and inside the oval is a figure eight track.
Next to the racetracks is a small clubhouse.
Attached to the club house is a nice patio.
The book exchange library is very big, this is only one third of the
library.
I have never seen these kinds of bikes in a RV Park before.
Time to wash the MH.
We have been invited for tea or whatever we drink, at four o'clock this
afternoon and chat with the people of our street.
The people are very friendly.
And we keep watching the Olympics Game.
Saturday February 10, 2018
They have breakfast at the big clubhouse this morning. Michele
and I went.
Here is my plate!
It is 90°F
(+32°C) outside, so off to the pool we went.
While watching the Games and cooking a fillet mignon on the BBQ, a nice
sunset!
A very good day.
Sunday February 11, 2018
We decided to go and walk at the big flea market "Mercadome" of
Alamo. It is less that two kilometers from the RV Park.
A mountain of teddy bears.
Used shoes!
From food, produce, Mexican bands, new and used items, we really like
this flea market.
This is a real chihuahua dressed up in a Mexican outfit.
Around noon, the winds picks up and the temperature dropped from +22°C
to +10 by two o'clock.
We have been full timing for the last 8 years now and we have been in
the Rio Grande Valley three times and the three times it was an
unusually cold winter!
For us, it seems like it is always cold here!
Michele went to check out the local thrift shoppes in the area and I
worked on the next update of the blog.
