We started 2009 in Mission Texas. Here we enjoy meeting new people who have become good friends. We have exchanged addresses and or email addresses with them and hope to keep up with their travels as well as they with ours. Sue goes to exercise Monday through Thursday each week and the other days sometimes she exercises at home and some not…probably mostly not. Gene walks each morning at the same time…only he is faithful to do it every day. Most days we find something outside the park we want to do We both walk about 2 miles at a very nice park near the RV Resort in the afternoon. . At least 2 evenings a week we go dancing at various RV parks in the area. We have special bands we enjoy dancing to and go wherever they are playing. One couple from the park joined us at several dances. Another couple (singles) we just met at a dance and they have become good friends and we sure hope to continue that friendship. We continued our dancing lessons this year to try to become better dancers. We are still working on that. As we did last year, we enjoyed the musical talents of musicians who come to the Rio Grand Valley to entertain and some local high school and college talent too. The weather here is great, with temperatures averaging mid 70’s with highs up to almost 90 some days. We wanted to share some pictures of Mission Bell RV Resort so that you can see our Texas Winter home. As you can see, the park is quite crowded with very narrow streets and the lot sizes are small. For that reason, when we come to the valley next winter, we will find an RV Park more to our liking. There are a couple hundred here to choose from so we should be able to find one. One of the reasons we like it here so much is the beautiful dance hall they have, touted to be the best here in the Rio Grande Valley. It is huge and has a beautiful wood floor. But we can come back here to dance any time we want.

We started 2008 here at the park and we ended it here. It seems like home a little bit. 2008 has been a full year and we praise God for all He has given us and especially for our good health and our safety. We stayed here for 2 months this year and on Jan. 22, 2009 we moved over to Texas Trails RV Park where a group of 21 RV’s are rendeveauing to prepare for a trip to Mexico. What a great time we will have. . This morning as I post this we are hitting the trail for Mexico. May God bless us and keep us safe