Blogs from Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States, North America

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.... read more

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 of travel took us roughly 225 miles to Rockhound State Park outside of Deming, New Mexico.  What a spectacular setting - and a very nice campground.  The park allows you to take 12 pounds of ... read more

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. The next new windshield is being shipped today and should be here within the next couple of days. We decided we’ll take the RV into the shop to have the next one installed. This afternoon ... read more

Motorhome News from North America 35 3rd February - 14th February 2007 Texas, ‘The Lone Star State’, to the Rio Grande and Mexico Groundhog Day, Superbowl, Rockport, King Ranch, The Rio Grande, Laguna Atacosta Wildlife Refuge, Brownsville and Matamoros, 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 the exception here; they use right-hand drive vehicles to drop off and pick up mail direct from the post box outside each ... read more

A day at the zoo watching the gorillas, hippos, monkeys, big cats and birds then dancing to music at Harley's. . .. After our morning walk followed by breakfast at the outpost we prepared a flyer to put in stores advertizing the black van for sale. We are ready now to sell it. We came up with a list of everything included with he van and put a price to each item. It came to $4000 and includes the new brakes and transmission along with mattress, 12-volt cooler, inverter, etc. After lunch we drove to Brownsville, about 40 minutes drive and went to the Gladys Porter Zoo. High lights were: Gorillas at play, Hippos in the water, Monkeys swinging from their tails, big cats sleeping, and Flamingos and Pelecans bathing in their ponds. There are three ... read more