Back in Mission

Today we made the final leg of our trip to the Rio Grande Valley, where we are staying at Bentsen Palm Village RV Resort in Mission, TX. We stayed here last year from November through the first part of February. This year we are also spending three months, December through the end of February, so we'll celebrate our second anniversary on the road here.

As we traveled south of Hwy 281, we started seeing familiar sights. When we arrived at the park, it felt like coming home. We were hoping to have a site in the 500 circle with our friends, Gary and Mary Ann, but were told there's nothing available there, so we're back in 244. It's an okay site, but not as good as being in a circle site, which are larger, and not as much fun as being near our friends. Site 244 is difficult to back into, and it took us a couple of tries before we got positioned the way we wanted.

Speaking of friends, Gary and Mary Ann showed up to welcome us as soon as we had Venture in position. We got some hugs and an invitation to go to the Wednesday night margarita hour with them. Mary Ann said she'd bring enough goodies for us all--she brought a large tray of chips yummy and homemade bean and corn dip. We sat together with their new neighbors, Paul and Karen from Idaho, and their old neighbors, Jim and Pat. We saw a lot of familiar faces in the packed clubhouse.

Afterward we came back home to relax after the travel and excitement. Tomorrow we'll go to our first square dance since last March--woohoo!

Terri called to thank us for the cookies and to say they enjoyed the surprising anise flavor. An hour later she called to thank us for the enclosed note and gifts--which they had almost burned up in their fireplace along with the tissue paper packed around the cookies. Later Chris and Annie called wondering why we had sent them cookies.... They also had not found the envelope. They both enjoyed the anise flavoring too (they don't like mint, so their toothpaste is anise flavored).

Ken called both Jeff and Rebecca and left messages alerting them to look for the envelope in the cookie box. We'd hate to see our Christmas gifts tossed out!