(double click on pictures to enlarge) Our visit to the Rio Grande Valley has been rich in the Mexican and Spanish heritage of the people. Our trip to Mexico gave us a better understanding of the Border Patrol. That is because Tom was detained for 1-1/2 hours! He had a nuclear stress test 4 days before and apparently was still HOT! I could have told the Feds that. Yes, he set off the nuclear radiation monitors. So after the isotope was identified and reported to Wash DC (no exaggeration) he was given clearance to re-enter the U.S. Do we think the [View Full Entry]

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We started our ministry at Bibleville on Sunday January 4 and will continue through the week. Pray that the messages will produce fruit in the lives of the people here. Lynette was able to speak to the ladies at the Tea and had a good reception. The weather has been beautiful and it will be hard to come back to the cold and snow. However, it will be good to get back home after some much time away these last few months and get back to a normal routine. [View Full Entry]

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Birds. Birds. Birds. Birds everywhere. It's easy to see why so many serious birders consider this area paradise. Our second day here a large flock of Green Parakeets landed in the tree next to our motorhome. So noisy in flight and absolutely silent when perched. And well camoflaged! There were several of us standing around with binoculars looking at the three or four birds we spotted but when they suddenly flew, atleast 30 or 40 birds suddenly took flight! And they're big - 13" long with a 21" wingspan - not the usual caged parakeet we can buy in pet stores. [View Full Entry]

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I know.  I know.  I promised to keep a travel blog then promptly vanished into a technology void.  So sorry.  But from this point forward I will be connected to the rest of the world via wifi and will try to do a much better job.  So...this entry will be to try and get all caught up.  We finished up our stay at Patagonia Lake State Park on December 1st.  We thoroughly enjoyed our seven weeks in the park, volunteering for the Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, but it did feel good to be on the road again.  Our first day [View Full Entry]

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After visiting Mike & Donna; Nancy, Ron and family we headed to South Texas. Everywhere we found new friends to play Pickle Ball with. It's a game being played by people of all ages. You can set it up in your driveway! Go to www.pickleball.com to find out about it. Went to a country 'n Western Opry in Yokum, TX. Also went over to Progresso, Mexico. Border patrol with oozies! Drug and people sniffing dogs on our way out. Sad to leave our new friends but time to leave Texas. Heading North to meet up with daughter Kathy and grandaughter Megan [View Full Entry]

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Mon. Feb 26th: Today was the long awaited day for the windshield replacement. All went smoothly with them locating us and having the correct windshield. Getting our old windshield out was a bit difficult, but successful. Then they came to the challenge of getting the new one in without breaking it. We’ve heard that it’s difficult to do successfully. They worked really hard trying to get it in and inch by inch it got into position. They almost had it completely in, when on the last section it CRACKED!!! Now we have different and more cracks than in our old windshield. [View Full Entry]

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Fri. Feb. 23rd: Yesterday was a travel day. It was uneventful except for seeing a bald eagle. My old bird book doesn’t have them this far south, but my newer bird book has a much more expanded range as they recover from DDT. We’re settled into a campground in the suburbs of Mission, Texas. Our campsite backs up to some relatively new medium/large sized houses. They’re very nice but a far cry from what we’ve had behind us at the last 3 campgrounds. It’s odd being back in a town. It was only a mile or two to go out to [View Full Entry]

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Motorhome News from North America 35 3rd February - 14th February 2007 Texas, ‘The Lone Star State’, to the Rio Grande and Mexico Life takes on the rhythm of the tide, routine and habit, daily chores and hourly challenges, writing and reading, new distant places and smiling faces, as we circle around this huge continent like the hands of a clock along its highways and byways. Is it not surprising then, that we might sometimes miss the obvious? Janice, ever observant, alertly tuned to the sights and sounds of people and places, suddenly realised that postmen are t [View Full Entry]

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So I was going a little crazy, you know, a classic case of the travel bug. I searched around for 2 days but I couldn't find anything that would work with James' study schedule, or if it did, nothing I could afford. So, after considerable pouting, I decided that we would go to South Padre Island. So now we're here. Some times we go to the beach, sometimes, we go to the hot tub, sometimes I read, sometimes we eat yum yum. One time we went to Schlitterbahn. That was fun, but not as much fun as the one in New [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday we planted posts after clearing around a mesquite tree at Osprey Overlook. Thorn bushes like to grow close to these trees keeping their roots shaded. The walking trail to Alligator Pond road that Will mowed last week looks pretty good. We did a little trimming and it is wide enough for two to walk side-by-side. It was about 90 degrees and we drank lots of water and tried to stay in the shade; Will was nice and cool in the bobcat while drilling the fence posts as it is air conditioned. Kathy directs the drill to the correct position and [View Full Entry]

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