Awake: 6:29am Temp 60 sleep 6+11 partly sunny overnight @
Brownsville, TX.
We leave the Winter Haven RV Park @ 10:55am. This RV Park was a good
choice. If we should return some day, we’ll keep this place in mind. It
sure was a lot more efficient getting out of town today than it was
getting into town last Saturday. Timing, it was the timing and just the
slight goof of missing our exit off of Hwy 77.
Arrive @ the Paradise Park in Harlingen, TX @ 11:35am. Wide streets &
turns to our assigned parking site (a back in) but, it didn’t have
adequate maneuvering space so I had to maneuver about 4 times to get into
position for backing up. The idiosyncrasy of this logic is strange: we
were asked to park on the grass of this site, but alongside of it, is a
nice long & thick concrete pad which they tell us is to be used only as
our patio, NO parking on it. Well ok. I have gotten in trouble a few times
by parking on grass when it rains & the ground goes soft.
Today’s travel: 42 min time 29.6 miles 3.6 gal used 7.6 mph
43.1 avg speed.
After lunch, we drive the Suzuki 4.7 miles to visit my cousin & ole high
school classmate Roger & his wife Maria. Maria was working today; she
retired from teaching math & was called back on a part time basis by the
school district to tutor a number of students. Roger greets us @ the door,
gives us a tour of their home & then we sit & chat in their living room
until Maria arrives. We continue our talk time until after 7:00pm & then
ride with R & M to the Mexican restaurant Laplaya. K & I each have our own
Taco salad which was quite good. Since both Roger & Maria attend 7:00 am
daily Mass, we don’t linger very long when arriving back @ their house;
we’ll see them again tomorrow.
Tonight I register both of our cell phones on the “do not call” list. Then
call Anchorage & request our mail to be forwarded to a future campground.
Travel temp=? Elevation 42 ft. Lights out: 11:05pm
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