Harlingen, Texas – Day 19

The motorhome is parked at Tropic Winds RV Resort and is scheduled to be here until January 10th.

Yesterday Mary and I did some more cleaning and maintenance of the motorhome. In the afternoon we put on our Cowboy duds and went to the local American Legion Sunday Afternoon Dance…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Twice, the Shoe Police (Security Guard) told Mary she could not dance without wearing shoes. Must be a Texas State Law. Let’em dance without shoes and what next would come off??? I wonder if it’s a three-strikes-and-you’re-out (the door) law?  🙂

Click this YouTube link to see a short video of the action…
http://youtu.be/Xu2uEHi4Buo

We had  an enjoyable time. As usual, the locals were very friendly. I was very disappointed how much my right hip hurt while dancing. Mary said she thought it was because I was wearing my Cowboy boots and I thought it was an after-effect of our May 27th, 2013 accident. Whatever…

Enjoying a Sunday afternoon dance at an American Legion deep in South Texas is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

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http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2013
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Harlingen, Texas – Day 1

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at American Legion Post #205 in Harlingen, Texas.

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

I always like to show the view from the dinette window…

I thought I would stay in Roma, Texas one more day, but I had finished with my business in the area, I had a poor and sporadic Internet signal and the temperature forecast was four degrees less in Harlingen than Roma, 84 instead of 88, those three factors made me move on down the road.

So I drove the motorhome the about 95 miles east-southeast to Harlingen, It was not a pleasant drive. During the entire trip I fought a 35 mile per hour with gusts to 50 miles per hour wind from out of the South which hit the motorhome broadside on the passenger side trying to push me into the next left lane. Since the wind was out of the South it was heavily laden with HUMIDITY! Consequently it proved to be a very tiring drive.

Today I’ll move into the Tropic Winds RV Resort about five miles away and expect to be there until January 10th. All part of my planned hibernation from the colder northern weather. We have a cold front coming into the area for a couple of days…high today is forecast at 67 degrees.

For today’s photos I’m going to show you the Old Roma area near the Roma Bluffs that overlook the Rio Grande River and Cuidad Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Mexico on the other side of the river. You can read about Roma, Texas by clicking this Wikipedia informational link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma,_Texas

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying old historic towns is another joy of the RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust