Mercedes TX

"We must not cease from exploration" --T. S. Eliot


Yesterday we arrived in Mercedes, TX; our home for the next four months. It will be the longest stay we've had anywhere since we began to live in an R V full-time.
Our campground, Llano Grande, is huge. We had to get I D tags today so we can access some of the buildings. The campground offers lots of diversions; dance lessons, exercise classes etc. We learned today that there's a group of motorcyclists that ride together twice a week, and hope to ride with them next week. We are very close to one of the pools, but best of all in Bella's opinion --they have a fabulous dog walk area.
It will take us a couple of weeks just to get to know the park.
We drove around the area today, going to the Mexican border 7 miles away. We drove west to McAllen and had lunch there. McAllen seems to have a lot going on, and I definitely need to go back and shop.
Going east we'll see South Padre Island and the city of Harlingen.
We've done enough driving to learn one thing-- South Texans are not the best of drivers. Lanes in parking lots are just suggestions to a lot of these people. Parking between the lines is an abstract concept to many of them.