ARRIVED IN MERCEDES TEXAS

The day was mostly cloudy and windy with a little humidity reaching a high of 83. The land continues to be flat with a coverage of scrub brush and low weed like trees with the odd palm interspersed. They must have had a very dry summer since areas which look like they once had water are now dry.

 

These next two pics. are from Kingsville which we drove through.

We arrived at the LLano Grande Lake Park in Mercedes around 2:30 and set up our set. This is a gated community for over 55 age group, Cathy had to show her driver's licence to prove her age. After the setup we noticed the site beside us was occupied by a permanent mobile house complete with a huge BTU air conditioner, which wasn't on while we were setting up. Cathy immediately went to the office and we will be moving tomorrow to our new site 7 spaces over.

After the set up we checked out the heated pool which was like a warm bath but was very refreshing. We decided not to go in the hot tub this time. I will be able to give more details and pictures tomorrow as it was getting dark when we returned to the coach. The other thing we have learned about Texas is there are "fire ants" through out it. These little things when they bit, you know it. The resort people came over shortly after we arrived and sprinkled some yellow granular product around some ant nests in the area.

There are also a variety of fruit trees (oranges, grapefruit, limes) throughout the resort which we are able to pick and use.

More details on the resort tomorrow after we explore it more.

http://goo.gl/maps/3hfE9