Snowbirding in Texas

Chuck_thehammer wrote:
Hill Country (Mar/April/May)

I am doing some planning for the Hill Country .. maybe March or April
I hear there is good motorcycle roads around the Sisters area...
good to hear it does warm up there by then..

Well, March will be for sure chilly and May will have wildflowers. Regardless there are many great roads and small towns for you to explore on two wheels.

Closer you get to May the more the good parks will be booked full. So you might want to book early.

They're saying we're suppose to have an El Nino winter which means March in Hill Country could be very chilly. So March/early April can be a **** shoot because it's the shoulder season for that area. Late April/May everything will be in bloom IMHO.

Good luck.

Hill Country (Mar/April/May)

I am doing some planning for the Hill Country .. maybe March or April
I hear there is good motorcycle roads around the Sisters area...
good to hear it does warm up there by then..

IMO

The bottom of Texas will only be 5-10 degrees warmer in the worst part of winter. It will also be in the 90's on the shoulder months. On the very edge of the snowbird season I swear I can hear my skin sizzle when I'm in the sun.

Not much between SA/Rockport and the RGV unless you're a very avid sportsman. Again a lot of "no" and "where" but with fishing and wildlife to hunt.

How far south of SA would you have to go to be reasonably safe from cold weather? This is for those of you who know Texas. SA has so much to offer it would be nice to be relatively close.

I'll give you my 2c speech like I do on the Snowbird forum. Hopefully it won't bore you two much.

Since you're in an RV website I'm going to guess you are a mobile RV snowbird and not a snowbird that drives down to a park model. Given that assumption, and assuming you're coming from MO (per your signature)I would suggest the following:

Going south go to Galveston Island via the free ferry from the Bolivar Peninsula. No worries it handles multiple 18 wheelers and RV'ers all the time.

Spend some time on Galveston Island. Drive down (from the bottom of the island avoiding Houston) to the Rockport area. Spend some more time. Drive down to South Padre Island and spend some time (Jan/Feb timeframe.) Turn around and head up to SA and spend some time. From there head up into Hill Country (Mar/April/May) and spend some time. Call it a winter wrap for Texas. Then enjoy some of the free Casino parking and parks in Oklahoma prior to the mad dash for home.

Enjoy, if you don't then there is always FL/AZ/CA just to name the big ones for the following winters.

Thanks for the feedback on TEXAS so far.

Lots to do in the SA area is my main draw. We have friends that winter "in the valley" but from their descriptions, it is not the place for us. We have weathered the Mid-West winters for 67 years now so just looking for above freezing temps, not sunbathing time.

Will check into the Rockport area.

Thanks

We prefer the Rockport, TX area! So much so that we recently moved there! The most you will ever need is a light jacket or sweat shirt/pants and that could be early morning or late evening. We love the small town feel, Port Aransas beach is close via free ferry, the bays are beautiful, great fishing, kayaking, and seafood. During the winter the town is a mix of winter texans and locals. There are about 20 RV parks in the area. Also, a trip to Mexico is only 2 hours away and they run tourist buses during the winter. Corpus Christi is 30 miles away if you feel the need to visit a larger city. Close enough for many day trip locations (ie. San Antonio, Goliad, Kingsville, RGV, etc.). And one of the biggest pluses is it is real reasonable, so with more $ in your wallet, it allows you to do more!

We have done about 22 winters in the Valley. One year we spent a week at Rockport. After a week I was ready for the Valley. Lot of stuff going on if you go to the Valley find a Winter Texan news paper, they come out free each week. I think they my be on line also. Last winter we only were able to go 3 weeks, stuff going on at home. Iowa winters are not my thing!!!!

Get down south of San Antonio.

My first winter near College Station was chillingly cold. Not that the temperature got really cold but rather it was cold and humid a lot. The next winter was lots better but the locals said it was abnormally warm. We hit 21F the winter of 2015.

Have lived in San Antonio past 7 years. Had a dusting of snow one year. Rest of the time, you can expect a few below freezing nights, but don't think I have ever seen it get below 25.