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2gypsies1
Sep 26, 2014Explorer III
I guess our take on the OP "Winter Texas Numbers Dropping" is this:
We tried south Texas about a half dozen times - from Rockport down. We first started because of Bentsen State Park when you could camp there. We loved the birding and the natural surroundings.
Then they closed the park to camping and we had to stay in an RV park. While there we toured a lot of parks. They just seemed so outdated and old and RVs all in a row. You looked out your window and saw nothing but RVs. Activities were centered around food or shuffleboard. We also found the weather iffy. It could rain and be cold and windy for days on end.
We tried Florida from top to bottom and loved the state parks but not the crowded RV parks. The crowds and highways were awful as were the ants and no see-ums.
Finally, we kept returning to Arizona. Again, the state parks are awesome as we prefer public parks. There is so much to do in terms of gorgeous hiking, 4-wheeling and scenic drives. You can see for long distances and mountains are always in the horizon. There are no bugs and the sun shines almost daily. The winter can have some windy days but for the most part, the weather is perfect. It doesn't include cold, damp rain and cloudy days.
Personally, I think the younger retirees are used to being very active - jogging, hiking, biking, tennis and now pickleball and all done in beautiful settings. They don't want shuffleboard, clubhouse activities, food-based activities. They want a more active outdoorsy atmosphere and south Texas is not the 'in' place to go, and not, in our opinion, is Florida. I get this impression with other RVers with whom we've talked. Younger RVers are just more active. (We're not young - in our 70's)
But..this is only another opinion and only our opinion.
We tried south Texas about a half dozen times - from Rockport down. We first started because of Bentsen State Park when you could camp there. We loved the birding and the natural surroundings.
Then they closed the park to camping and we had to stay in an RV park. While there we toured a lot of parks. They just seemed so outdated and old and RVs all in a row. You looked out your window and saw nothing but RVs. Activities were centered around food or shuffleboard. We also found the weather iffy. It could rain and be cold and windy for days on end.
We tried Florida from top to bottom and loved the state parks but not the crowded RV parks. The crowds and highways were awful as were the ants and no see-ums.
Finally, we kept returning to Arizona. Again, the state parks are awesome as we prefer public parks. There is so much to do in terms of gorgeous hiking, 4-wheeling and scenic drives. You can see for long distances and mountains are always in the horizon. There are no bugs and the sun shines almost daily. The winter can have some windy days but for the most part, the weather is perfect. It doesn't include cold, damp rain and cloudy days.
Personally, I think the younger retirees are used to being very active - jogging, hiking, biking, tennis and now pickleball and all done in beautiful settings. They don't want shuffleboard, clubhouse activities, food-based activities. They want a more active outdoorsy atmosphere and south Texas is not the 'in' place to go, and not, in our opinion, is Florida. I get this impression with other RVers with whom we've talked. Younger RVers are just more active. (We're not young - in our 70's)
But..this is only another opinion and only our opinion.
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