THE TRIP DOWN, 2009 WOW! Can you believe this is our second year to winter in the RGV. We departed home on Friday AM with a temperature of 25 degrees, driving all the way to just south of Oakwood, TX, where we stayed at the Buffalo RV Park. This was an austere park with only electric and water (EW), but we really only needed electric, and were just staying for the evening. It was T-shirt weather when we arrived, but sweatshirt weather when we left on Saturday AM. We drove the final leg of the trip with a strong tailwind from the north, and accompanying cooler temps, arriving at Pine to Palm Resort at 3:30 PM.

GETTING BACK IN THE WINTER TEXAN CULTURE After a hasty set-up, we headed immediately to the hot tub to soak out travel kinks, followed by a TexMex meal at one of our favorite restaurants, courtesy of Vicky and Larry Wortham. Kay was asked to sing at Pine to Palm church the following morning, so we retrieved the CD containing the soundtrack. After a good night’s sleep, we arrived at church to a very warm welcome, after which we had lunch with friends. The early afternoon was spent finishing organizing DunnGone, and traveling to near the border to view the BORDER FENCE, being project managed by none other than Karyn, Kay’s daughter