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The Beauty of Living in an RV

On the weekend of November 4th, the neighbouring town of Mercedes had a balloon festival.  We were lucky to be outside early in the morning to see the balloons fly over our park.

Such pretty colours.

On Saturday, November 5th, we went to the market in Harlingen.

It's always fun to see all of the vendors and the live entertainment.

It would be hard to outrun this police car.

On Sunday, November 6th, we went to South Padre Island.

All three of us had a great time at the beach.

All too soon, our day at the beach came to an end.

We passed a colourful market in Port Isabel on our way home.

This was a cool looking souvenir shop.

Pastel seaside homes.

This is a fun place in Los Fresnos to take kids.  They have laser tag and other activities.

On November 8th we went to Mexico to do a bit of shopping.  We had noticed the last time we were there that some of their alcohol prices, namely Kahlua and Tequila, were much less than they are here.
When we parked our truck at the border, we noticed this sign.

In my last blog I mentioned that when we were entering Mexico we had to go into a building where we thought we might have to show our passports.  In this picture, we have just stepped inside from the left.  We took a couple of steps and went out the next door on the left.  Only in Mexico.

We went to a great restaurant called Angels on the fourth floor of a building.

We chose it because they had $1.00 margaritas and they were actually good!

This is the view from the restaurant looking towards the bridge to Texas.

One morning we went to a great restaurant in Weslaco for breakfast called Jose's Cafecito.  In Canada, we have no smoking signs on the doors.  Things are a little different in Texas.

Cleo and her buddy Rufus, are hoping to get a treat from Rufus's mom, Denise.

On Monday mornings, this produce cart has started coming to the park. They have a great selection of fruit and veggies for good prices.  I was very happy to see them as I haven't been thrilled with what I've been buying in the stores.

The "super" moon on November 15th.  It didn't look any different to me.

The beauty of living in an RV is, if things aren't going as planned in one place, just move somewhere else.  That is exactly what we're going to do.  This coming Saturday, November 26th, we are moving to Llano Grande Resort, in the neighbouring town of Mercedes.  They are offering one month free in their RV park to first-time guests, and since we're no dummies, we are going to take advantage of that. It's a beautiful park with many amenities, and the best part is their dog park.  Cleo will be in doggy heaven.
This is the dog park in the evening.

We will stay there until December 26th and then we will go to Yuma to meet my sister and her husband for New Year's.  After that, we are planning to spend a couple of months on a beach in the Baja.  This is a big change in our plans, but we couldn't be happier about it.
We went to Bass Pro Shops in Harlingen one day and were in awe at the size of it.  You could fit a few Cabela's in there. 

They have more stuffed animals (literally) then you'd ever want to see.

The merry-go-round looked like fun.

They have a 24,000 gallon aquarium. 

It's a fisherman's paradise but we thought it was pretty cool too.  We bought a really nice coffee percolator.

This is our bathroom window after Dave removed the window to take it in to a shop to have a piece of glass made.  Mactac inside and out.

My really inexpensive prescription sunglasses I ordered online.  When you have a US address you can get anything!

These tangerine oranges were picked in our park and they taste great.

On Sunday we went golfing with friends at the Llano Grande golf course.

Last night we tried out a selection of microbrews from a local bar.

I see that Winnipeg has just received their first snowfall.  I'm envious of the snow but not the driving conditions.  Be safe everyone.