I need to get this out before the grass dries out any more! Yes, it is dry here now, yet it is reported that the grass and everything was so green earlier this spring and summer when the rains were very frequent.
Home in Mission, TX at the park. A few shots of the RV all settled in.
11-1 Thursday - Sunday We arrived in Mission, Texas for the winter. With a bit of difficulty we located the park. Our GPS wanted us to exit well before our correct exit causing confusion. Finally arriving, we were extremely pleased to find this is a 5-year old park and the owner is making it a premium quality park. There is another park going in with considerable similarity to this park that is another venture of this owner. In that case, the lots are selling for $39,900. In this park all the sites are either paved with asphalt or concrete. All the roads are wide, smooth asphalt. All the sites have native plants and other native landscaping.
Everything is clean and well organized throughout the park. I did a bicycle tour of the park in the evening again in the morning. Getting around at night was not especially difficult as there is some lighting around the park but not enough to cancel out the stars. The day tour just showed how neat everything was.
I took some pictures but discovered when downloading them to the computer I had bumped the setting and everything was dark so the pictures reflect day 4 on the site. Things are really dry here after having had a very rainy spring and summer leaving everything then very well watered. We did water the plants and found the dirt here really loses all strength when wet; more than normal mud. Even the stakes I put in the ground to hold the awning are pulling out with almost no pressure.
Doing some scouting around, the park I found it is adjacent to a butterfly park. It must be busy in season as there is considerable paved parking. We have a gate from the park giving us direct access without having to through the front gate and down the road. In addition, there is a state park a short distance down the road that is a bird sanctuary. This area is on the bird flyway coming from Mexico and South America to the northern states and Canada. Right now the majority of the birds are grackles and they are very vocal.
The park has a 4-wheel ATV and kayaks they loan to guests. At first they send someone out with you when you take the ATV the first time to show you the roads and trails so you do not get on the wrong trail and suddenly you are crossways with the Border Patrol. We hope to do this on Monday for the first time. They also have a 12-passenger ‘ATV’ that is a modified buggy operating on large tires to get through mud and swamps. That “GATV” as they call it (G is for giant) and is operated by the park owner for the enjoyment of the guests and their friends on Wednesdays.
The pictures are taken around the park.
Everything is clean and well organized throughout the park. I did a bicycle tour of the park in the evening again in the morning. Getting around at night was not especially difficult as there is some lighting around the park but not enough to cancel out the stars. The day tour just showed how neat everything was.
I took some pictures but discovered when downloading them to the computer I had bumped the setting and everything was dark so the pictures reflect day 4 on the site. Things are really dry here after having had a very rainy spring and summer leaving everything then very well watered. We did water the plants and found the dirt here really loses all strength when wet; more than normal mud. Even the stakes I put in the ground to hold the awning are pulling out with almost no pressure.
Doing some scouting around, the park I found it is adjacent to a butterfly park. It must be busy in season as there is considerable paved parking. We have a gate from the park giving us direct access without having to through the front gate and down the road. In addition, there is a state park a short distance down the road that is a bird sanctuary. This area is on the bird flyway coming from Mexico and South America to the northern states and Canada. Right now the majority of the birds are grackles and they are very vocal.
The park has a 4-wheel ATV and kayaks they loan to guests. At first they send someone out with you when you take the ATV the first time to show you the roads and trails so you do not get on the wrong trail and suddenly you are crossways with the Border Patrol. We hope to do this on Monday for the first time. They also have a 12-passenger ‘ATV’ that is a modified buggy operating on large tires to get through mud and swamps. That “GATV” as they call it (G is for giant) and is operated by the park owner for the enjoyment of the guests and their friends on Wednesdays.
The pictures are taken around the park.
