Living Cheek by Jowl

Sandy on the River Walk, San Antonio

We have been in a lot of RV parks by now.  I mean, living for a large part of each year in a variety of RV parks has been our normal for four years now.

Some places are better than others by a little bit and others are head and shoulders above the rest.  Sometimes it's just a matter of having a patch of grass outside your door and other times it is being able to extend your awning and having a dry place outside of the "house" as you step out.  Occasionally it is having quiet neighbors and not too much traffic!  

At present we are in Corpus Christi, Texas and the park is an older one.  That means narrower streets and the important thing here has been that we are in a pull through space so that we did not have to back into our place.  It turns out, too, that our site is very level, another big plus!  It was New Years last night and the park was pretty good about fireworks going off... until I heard what were clearly gun shots coming from a unit just across our little street!!!  Yikes, I had thought that nobody shot guns off at midnight any more.  It takes a fresh look at the park this morning for me to want to stay here too long... but, that had to be a one time deal.

For the most part people in these parks are friendly.  Not, perhaps, as friendly as the folks we have met boating but fun and friendly nonetheless.  We tend to live partly out of doors most of the time anyway.  In the last few years we have been places where there was not much rain.  For the most part the weather has been very cooperative.  This year the weather has been a good deal wetter for us and definitely colder!!  

We left the Northwest at about the "normal" time and the difference has been the elevation and latitude.  Except for our side trip to visit the boat we have been further north and at higher elevations most of the time.  From the time we turned east from Tucson, Arizona we have been higher than our cruising life style would have had us.  In Alamogordo, New Mexico we were much higher and the spooky drive through White Sands felt, with the strong cold wind, like we were in a snow scene.  Our stay in San Antonio, Texas was longer than it probably should have been but we wanted to stay in one place for Christmas and that afforded the right combination of attractions, or so we thought.  We got the itchy feet thing going after only about a week there and the last few days found us getting ready to move on.  It wasn't helpful the temperatures had fallen significantly during our stay.

So, over all this little park in Corpus Christi is a fine place with some amenities but we will likely be ready for our next jump in a week or so.  At least the weather is warmer now!!