RETIRED ON WHEELS: MISSION, TEXAS AND BEYOND

We are in Sun City, AZ which is just north of Phoenix and are on are way to Las Vegas. We arrived here today via stops in Deming, Texas on Sunday night and Van Horn, Texas on Saturday night. We spent Friday night in Junction, Texas where we said good bye to the Howies as they are returning to the north. ( Rick it is 70 degrees as I write this )It was a good time with the Howies and Boy and I enjoyed what was the longest visit with my sister in a long time. We plan to travel together more often and possibly winter in Mexico. I will miss the Friday poker and pizza night.

Prior to our getting on the road last Friday we spent a week in Mission, Texas. The weather was very good for the most part and the Howies and I along with Boy got in a golf game. It was the St. Amand's against the Howards and I must admit that the Howards kicked butt.

Kathy and I went on a 14 mile bike trip through the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge. We saw mostly birds but I did see a bobcat however was not fast enough to get a picture.

We also took a day and went over to Padre Island with the Howies and did the tourist thing. We had lunch at a nice restaurent, spent a bunch of money at a couple of gift shops and returned back to mission.

The campsite where we were staying is mostly made of full time and six month residents and as a result there was a lot of activities. We partook in none of them. A large portion of the trip was spent relaxing with Howies along with shopping and spending money. However we had a grapefruit tree on one side of the rig and an orange tree on the other side and both had excellent fruit. We took a dozen of each when we left.

Tomorrow morning we head for Boulder City, Nevada and then onto Las Vegas the next day. Talk to you soon.

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