Outstanding and thanks again, I will read some of your threads and go from there. Corpus may not be a bad option. Or maybe we will just spend the winter months in Arizona and New Mexico riding (MTB).
In regards to Mexico, we lived in San Diego most of our adult life and traveled Baja extensively surfing and sailing. You are right Jeremy, the border towns for us were the scariest part of the whole journey. South of the border the mexican people are warm and friendly. Our favorite spots were San Carlos in the summer and LA Bay (Bahia de Los Angles) in the winter. Absolutely a beautiful place.
But we haven't been in 7 years and things are getting crazy in Mexico. All my old surfer buddies do not go down anymore, and that says something!
BTW, the National Parks in Utah are amazing.