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North America » United States » Texas » Smithville January 4th 2011

Happy New Year! Our December was a month filled with Christmas~~first with our daughters and families in Billings, and then on to Mankato, MN for our other daughter and family! I was so hungry for grandkid hugs, and now I’m filled up, and think I’ll make it till spring! The kids are all good, and all busy. We also had winter while we were up there~~and that’s about as long as winter should be! Mankato has more snow than they’ve had in recorded history, and they’re a little touchy about it! When that starts melting and turning to slush, I sure don’t envy the recess teachers! I also got to be involved in gingerbread houses at three different levels~~Jackson in kindergarten (where Sara and I had to remind ourselves, or rather listen while Jackson reminded us, ... read more
Ahhh....carpet ball.
The tournament quieted down and
You don't need to wonder if a certain

North America » United States » Texas » Smithville February 28th 2010

(RVICS Village; Smithville, TX) Bob and I left Mission Wednesday morning to head to Smithville for the RVICS board meeting; Bob is a board member. I have a few random thoughts concerning our stay in “the Valley” which is how everyone terms that area…really it’s Texaco, meaning the area that is so integrated with both countries that neither country dominates! (I made that up.) But it isn’t like any other part of the United States that we’ve been to. I’d say there are more Spanish-only speaking people down there than there are English-only; that would certainly be true when the snowbirds are not there. (I know I’ve mentioned how valued the snowbirds are in that area…we read that they put $500 million into the economy. WOW!) Although the area is extremely depressed, economically, we haven’t ... read more
The reason for making another trip to Mexico...
The main street in Progresso.
A very typical look of the sidewalk.




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