John S wrote:
Must be something good to attract all those RV'rs to the Mission area!!
Some of the folks in my Good Sam chapter go down to Mission every year, to get away from the cold in Dallas.
Tonight we are expecting our first near/below 20 degrees night since the 2011 Super Bowl - two couples headed out yesterday - near a month early.
One reason is dentists in Nuevo Progresso. I'm retired Navy, and for my great $70 per month dental plan, I can get $1,000 of work in the US per year - not enough for one crown. Or I can save the $840 per year and get three times the work done for that price in Mexico.
Most of the commercial RV parks in the Mission area has a lot of activities for seniors. You can stay as busy, or not busy, as you want.
There are also a lot of people who see each other once per year during Jan or Feb from all over the country.
Yes, it can get chilly some nights - but never extended days of freezing weather.
Re: COE and Texas State Parks
COE is great - especially for those over 62 with half-price camping. We are going to a COE lake south of Dallas next week for a few days.
Canyon Lake just west of San Antonio/ Austin and Lake Somerville are the farthest south - near 30N. It can get down to freezing there a few times a year.
The COE lakes/ parks with FHU all year are Airport & Midway on Waco Lake; Liberty Hill at Navarro Mills between Corsicana and Waco; Lakeside at Hords Creek Lake near Coleman (southeast of Abilene); Lavonia on Lavon Lake northeast of Dallas (30A only); Copperas Creek & Sowell Creek at Proctor Lake near Comanche (between Abilene and Waco); Rocky Point on Wright Pattman near Texarkana. If you are familiar with Texas, or have a map - you can see all are in the northern third of the state.
There are two USFS camgrounds just off I-45 north of Houston - Cagle and Double Lake. Cagle has two loops which are pretty open, and Double Lake sites are almost completely private. Both are 'contractor' campgrounds, so Senior Pass gets 1/2 off the base rate but have to pay full utility surcharge - ends up being about 1/3 off.
Texas State Parks are great in my opinion, but none in the Rio Grande Valley with camping spots. Both COE and TX State Parks have a 14 day limit, but sometimes extensions can be done at the park in the winter.
TX State Parks charge a daily admission fee - in addition to the camping fees. For a couple, this can almost double the cost of camping.
Lake Corpus Christi State Park - less than an hour north of Corpus Christi - has 25 50A/W/S sites for $20 per night. There is a $5 per person per day entrance fee. They have some sites for $120 week, $480 per month in the winter (Oct-Feb).
Purchase of a Texas State Parks Pass - $70 for one person ($95 for two people with the same address - only needed if you will not be traveling together) waives the entrance fee for a one year period from date of purchase.
Same price for Texas Residents or non-Residents.
