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Texas RV Travel Bucket List
Texas is big, beautiful, and diverse. So much has been said about Texas—its sunny seacoast to mile-high mountains, dense forests to cactus-studded desert, great cities to small villages and towns, rich and diverse history, and the hallowed Shrine that represents her birthplace. … Continue reading
Posted in Historic Sites, Road Trips
Tagged Alamo, Blue Bell, historic sites, history, regional foods, San Antonio, Texas, Texas Bucket List, Winter Texans
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Escape Winter! You Deserve It!
As Neil Young once sang, “the summer ends and the winter winds begin to holler all around the bend…” The entire history of the human race is largely a search for comfort. Warm southern winters certainly rate high on my … Continue reading
Alamo Palms & Victoria Palms Resort Sold to ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) acquired two properties, Victoria Palms Resort and Alamo Palms, in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. The two properties contain approximately 1,765 sites on approximately 175 acres for a stated purchase price of $25 million. The … Continue reading
Posted in Campgrounds, RV Lifestyle, RV Parks, Snowbird
Tagged Alamo, Alamo Palms, ELS, Encore, full time RVing, Rio Grande Valley, RV park, RV resort, RVing, RVontheGO, Snowbird, Texas, Thousand Trails, Victoria Palms Resort, Winter Texans
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2013 RV Travel and Camping Guide to Texas Now Available
The Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO) has begun to distribute 250,000 copies of the 2013 RV Travel and Camping Guide to Texas, a free, four-color glossy magazine that lists more than 350 campgrounds and RV resorts in Texas and … Continue reading
Posted in Campgrounds, RV Parks, RV Show
Tagged birding, campground directory, camping, camping guide, RV park, RV resort, RV show, TACO, Texas, Winter Texans
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Bentsen Palm Village Awarded 2012 Park of the Year
Bentsen Palm Village has received the campground industry’s highest honor, the Park of the Year Award, from the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC). The 250-site campground won the award in the medium size park category, which is … Continue reading
Variety of Activities Attract Winter Texans to Rio Grande Valley
During the summer months, Clyde and Kathy Janssen work as dance instructors at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, one of the most famous dance halls in America, which traces its roots to the Big Band Era of the … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Campgrounds, RV Lifestyle, RV Parks
Tagged Bentsen Palm Village, birding, dance lessons, outdoor recreation, pickleball, Rio Grande Valley, Snowbird, Texas, Winter Texans
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Victoria Coleto Creek KOA Opens in South Texas
Scooter and Gail Reaser knew a great opportunity when they saw it. The Reasers, longtime recreational boating enthusiasts on Coleto Creek Lake in Texas, noticed that the very basic camping facilities offered at the Coleto Creek Reservoir just weren’t meeting … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, Coleto Creek Reservoir, eco-friendly, fishing, KOA, outdoor recreation, Snowbird, Texas, Victoria Coleto Creek KOA, wildlife, Winter Texans
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There’s Still More to Love about Texas Food
Texans take their food as seriously as they do their football. Many Winter Texans and other visitors to the Lone Star State have the good sense to agree with them—that Texan food is that of the gods. 1. Po Po … Continue reading
Texas RV Park Showcases Exotic Animals
There has always been a lot of wildlife in Jack County, Texas. Thanks to Larry and Vickie Rodgers, there’s now a whole bunch more—and they are not done yet. Owners of Hidden Lake RV Ranch west of Jacksboro, Larry and … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, exotic animals, fishing, Hidden Lake RV Ranch, hiking, outdoor recreation, RV park, Texas, wildlife
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Could Winter Texans Become Extinct?
The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA), which has tracked Winter Texansfor 25 years through a voluntary biennial survey, found that the average age of respondents in 2011 was 71.2, compared with 70 in 2010, 69.5 in 2008, and 68.7 in … Continue reading
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Tagged mobile home park, Rio Grande Valley, RV park, RVG, Snowbird, survey, Texas, University of Texas-Pan American, UTPA, Winter Texan, Winter Texans
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