The Monday Post

A typical evening meal. Last year I cooked Lean Cuisine tv dinners. I did that all four months I was here. This year I decided to eat less sodium and preservative and all that goes with tv dinners.


This year I am cooking all my meals and having real veggies. And this is a pic of an evening meal of pork chops with cut green beans and sliced bread.




This is a pick of the laundry room with the pool beyond to the right and the showers to the left. The door to the left is to one of the shower rooms.



The tower beyond the shower is the wireless tower that went out and had to have a new board replaced.





I posted the panorama of the park and asked if you could see the rv. If you could not find the rv in the panaroma then here is the pic of the rv used in the panorama.

Today has been a windy day. Sustained winds in the 20-25 mph range with gusts to 37 mph. Definitely not a golf day with winds that high.

I have made an appointment to have an eye exam for more contact lens. My current Rx is out of date as of May, 08. and not renewable. And thats at 11:000 am and I am suppose to play golf with the mixed league at 1:00 pm. The weather may be the same as today so it could be windy again.

Posting on A Sunday of The Park

Pictures of this year park and a general idea of those that have arrived to date. There has been a price increase over last year for the park. And a significant increase on the golf course rates.

I was asked by Shirley to take a pic of the park to show what it looked like with those that had arrived to date. And there it is as the first pic panorama. See if you can find our motor home in the pic. The second is what is the other direction. The pic of the park is looking north taken from atop of the berm. The second pic is taken from the same location but looking south of the park Mexico is about 5 miles do south.

The park rates for 2008 are linked on the website that I posted earlier. But nothing is available for the prospective guest to know about the cost of golf. Other than making a phone call to the course there is no web golf rates posted. As I had earlier posted, they went up significantly. I talked to a volunteer from last year and it was told to me that the owner, yes it is privately owned, felt the course was overplayed in 07 and he was going to increase the rates for 08. The rates that now are in effect are below what he had first decided to charge. There are no crowds, dozens of cars etc to golf. I would guess that the average daily round total under 75. Most afternoons there are a hand full or less. And that's like 5 players. I might add I like it, no crowds.

I bought a 4 month membership for $650 plus tax as it is cheaper than paying per round at $30. This is not a $30 per round course either. For 3 times a week its affordable.


The water and the farm land beyond are whats called a Resaca (Ra-sock-a). From my understanding its a flood control area to allow the local creeks and maybe the Rio Grand River a place for the excess water to flow in times of flood. Probably when a hurricane comes through or when they keep those heavy tropical rains. Anyway its flood control. The golf course is built in the flood plain and has been there since the 1920's. It use to be a 12 hole course. There are some nasty restrictions regarding its use and most of it is no you cant do that.

The park is built in the horseshoe formed by the Resaca. All around the park is orange trees, lots of them. On the park property is orange, grapefruit, lime, and some lemon trees. They are all free for the picking and better hurry as the birds get first choice.

The Wireless Is Up and Running

The guy that keeps the cable tv and internet working came by about 6:30 pm last night and told me the wireless was now working. I switched to wireless and yes it is, YEA. I now have a cable modem as backup and will use the wireless as its much faster.

Now all I got to do is get over this cold and everything will be fine. Our forcast is for rain today so cross your fingers that it happens. I will be inside for the day and work on the spread sheets I need to look at. There are many errors already but it will be up to the Judge to make the final decision.

We Have a NEW President Elect

Whether you voted for him or not, he is the next President. Wish him the best as he has a difficult job ahead.

I have a cold. It seems I slept at night with the windows open and I got cold, hence a head cold. I'm better but not over it. Last night I had no chills or sweats so the fever is behind me I hope. I'm in the wrong place to get sick. My head is better but I still have a sinus drip and cough. When I get back to being better I will get more pics to post. And I did get my hair cut, $8.00 here.

Its been mid to upper 80's with mid 60's at night. Last night was warm at 69 for a low. I have started running the back a/c unit to sleep better. Its just to muggy. The clouds are coming in for 40% rain tomorrow. With the rain is cooler temps maybe.

Gas is now at $1.79.9 due to the gas war here. Yea! If you want cheaper gas, come on down! Still don't have a diesel price to post. Stars, Sonic from where I'm from, has burgers, small fries and drink for $1.99. What a deal, that's for lunch. More later!

Well, lets add to this post. I have had further problems with the cable modem. This is the 2nd one for me and I had problems with it today. A little background. The first modem numbers matched the box it came in but when it was installed it had a 2nd set of numbers. By doing this it would never find itself and thus never work. So, it got boxed up and taken back to the office for another.

The 2nd modem installed as it should as new equipment wich the 1st modem never did. This was Saturday afternoon and into mid Sunday afternoon. The modem worked with some disconnects that I assumed to be the park system. Today around 11:30 am the modem stopped and wuld not connect at all. I did everything but install the driver again. It was a no go. Finally about 30 minutes ago I uninstalled the drivers and reconnected the modem and it installed as new equipment as it should. So far its working and hopefully it will stay that way.

I have no other way to get onto the internet as the wifi tower is still down. For "us" that would be using that tower, no wifi. That is why I have this cable modem. It was suppose to be my backup but its now my only and therfor primary access to the internet and all that I do there, including this blog and the Runescape game that I play. If this modem failes, off to the office for another and 3rd attempt.

And for lunch it was the burger deal at $2.15 including tax. What a deal!

Beginning of a New Week and Its Election Day

Its election day and I voted my choice for office and yes/no on the other issues. Did you Vote?
















And what I had for breakfast one day, hot oatmeal with toast, honey and OJ. Oh yea, and all of many many pills and inhalers.

The other pic is of my furr ball traveling companion, Tom Cat or stinky for short. He is actually a very good traveler: hides, hides, and never complains.

He remembered being in the rv from times past. He ran to the passenger chair to hide, likes to lay down on his side and scratch the raised slide carpet. And he knows which windows he can get the best view of the outside.

I hope Janis post a few pics of her new window shades. I want to see what they look like and if thats what we need as ours are coming apart.

Gas here is $1.83.9. Don't have a price for diesel yet. And its sunny with upper 80's today you snowbirds.

A Panaroma of My Space

This will give you and idea of what my side of the street looks like aith all my neighbors. Ill have an inside panaroma when I get a few more fill in pics tomorrow afternoon.


And an inside look at where me and the cat reside. Its a bit distorted but you get the idea, cozy is the word.

Posting Some Pictures of The Park

Some pics of the space we have this year. This is 450 Donna which faces the south and get the west afternoon sun. For a motor home not the best as its sloping to the street and to the drivers side. I ended up putting wood blocks under the jacks to get it level without the jacks being fully extended.

The 4th pic showing the car and other side of the RV i renumbered and the pc forgot which one it is. Each pic I bring in is the wrong one.



Not a bad spot, in fact very few of them are bad spots. It is the neighbors that will make a spot bad. What you can't see in theses pics is the new tires. It was an "ouch" to the bank account.

The coach got a Saturday morning wash and windows cleaned in and out. Even washed the screens. The suv also got a wash and its windows cleaned os only. I got to get some tar remover when I go to the store.



This is a pic of the side with the water/sewer connections. This is actually my neighbors front yard. They are about 15 feet away on the west property rv parking.

I got to get a new board for the water filter that you can barely see leaning over. The wood is 3 years old and finally broke. That's on my list of parts to get.


Now to answer Jan Chilson of Snackmaster (Wes) and Jan, we put the rv up for sale last March but there were no offers. Partly because of the current economy and the spring gas prices and its an 8 year old motor home. Me and the cat are spending the winter in the valley to get away from the cold of north Texas. Shirley is working and staying behind. When I go back this coming March, plans are to keep the rv and find a storage unit. We can then use the rv on weekends and holidays. It is for sale as long as I'm in the valley. When you guys get settled, send me an email and I'll come see ya. Do look at the Martin Valley area of Mission where Terry and Dale stay.