In Rio Grande Valley for the winter

 86 degrees at our place in La Feria, Texas, with forecast of 89º high and possible light scattered showers for today.

Arrived at our place Thursday about 3:00 pm. 

Was able to park trailer on empty place east of us where we can tote things in the back door directly to the kitchen.  Was told that Tommy, who lived in Raab's old place, has moved to relatives in Florida and his house is for sale.  He was having dementia problems for some time and not totally surprised at this.  Stiver's house doesn't appear opened, but Sharleen had told us she had sold it.  Pam Elanger's sisters had bought Pat & Lois Sumner's place and were to move here in June.  However, their house sold quicker than expected and they are here, staying in Pam & Bill's Travel Trailer and Sumner's are preparing to move, probably to Arlington, TX area where they have a daughter living, so the girls can move into Sumner's place..Photo taken out back dour of our house.

Plants in back yard

are doing fine!

Our site in New Braunfels, TX on Wednesday night was near, almost below Interstate 35.  Since we had a pull through site didn't have to unhook.  All their back-in sights you had to unhook. 

Didn't take photo of Tuesday night south of Ponca City, Oklahoma, but was out of town, off a state road and under trees by a river.  Very quiet back-in site and got some rest after fighting the high winds all that day.

   Speaking of winds, we were heading into high winds most of our 1,235 miles drive down here.

Discovered this rather large (30-40) wasps nest over where we were parking the pickup.  Was able to dispatch them with some spray.

Some of unloading the pickup.

Got all the insulation panels off the windows and stored for the winter in the overhead shelves in the shop area.

Flowers are all doing well here at our place.

Was nice to use the hot tub last night.  Our 25-year old hot tub in Clarinda sprung a leak a week or so before we packed up to come south.

Had a couple pretty

good sized limbs

come off our Ash

tree onto the garage

a couple days

before we left.

Got it cut up.

I am pretty sure the following is referring to the Southeast US, not South Texas.  Enjoy:

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH.

1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

5. Onced and Twiced are words.

6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!

7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?

8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.

9. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do something.

10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.

11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.

12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.

13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'

14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.

16. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural.

17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.

18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.

19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning, Tabasco, and ketchup.

20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.

21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)

22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

23. You know what a hissy fit is..

24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

25. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!

26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the South.

AND one more:

27. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show that stupid possum that it CAN be done!

Later, L C M