Day 17 - Sunday, December 15 - WE HAVE ARRIVED!

 Today we travelled 207 miles from Victoria, TX to Encore Lakewood RV Park in Harlingen, TX. Lots of road construction but none that slowed traffic down much. A fair amount of 75 mph speed limit, which we don't do but traffic sure moves along. It rained on and off all day.

We haven't looked at the "lake" since we arrived. There may  be water in it with  the rain. When we left this spring it was just a big mud flat, with a small mud puddle here and there. It is not part of the campground. Lakewood is on the left side of the photo below.

We are parked in Site 121, which is between Poplar Lane and Sycamore Lane. The white squares are concrete pads. It appears that each pad used to be for a campsite. Now there are only 6 or 7 pull thru sites between Poplar and Sycamore. Most of the places around the perimeter are park model, semi-permanent units.

Everyone I've talked to down here goes to Progreso, 34 min, 22 miles, if they want to go to Mexico. I went two years ago. Almost everyone parks in a lot on the US side of the border and walks across the International Bridge. Kathy thought she wanted to go at least once last winter but we never made it.

With the rain here the ground is soft. The sites are grass, our levelling jacks just punched down into the ground. I put 3 - 2x4'x15" long, under one of the jacks and the jack broke them in half. Something for the campground staff to work on tomorrow.

It was quite warm here today. The high was a very humid 79 degrees. PTL for AC! It supposed to cool off, with highs of 68-73 Thursday thru next Tuesday. No one down here complains about rain. It has been abnormally dry here for several years.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours. He has blessed me.