Winter Texan numbers dropping in the Valley

colliehauler wrote:
With fuel price on the way down the numbers might pick up.

If I had know that fuel prices were going to be this low, I would be touring New Mexico and Arizona instead of parking in the Valley for the season.

With fuel price on the way down the numbers might pick up.

Our little group visited Nuevo Progreso today. As expected, there were very few people there. I know it is early, but it seemed like less than last October. Another month will tell a lot more about how accurate the predictions are.

pawatt wrote:

jetcare wrote:


No bumper to bumper traffic here. Been to Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart, Tractor Supply and Radio Shack. The people could not have been nicer. They are looking forward to the Winter Texans returning. Come on down!

Agree, we have always been warmly welcomed and treated with respect.

We are now hoping to make it down in December. Will have to notify Lowes so they can add the staff that they laid off when we left last spring. LOL

pawatt wrote:

jetcare wrote:


No bumper to bumper traffic here. Been to Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart, Tractor Supply and Radio Shack. The people could not have been nicer. They are looking forward to the Winter Texans returning. Come on down!

Agree, we have always been warmly welcomed and treated with respect.

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This is the biggest reason we keep coming back to the Valley. For us it's the people that we meet that makes traveling so enjoyable now.

I really can not say enough nice things about how we are treated as Winter Texans down in the Valley. We're viewed as neighbors, not as an economic uptick.

Dropping Part B can be very costly when you pick it up later.

jetcare wrote:


No bumper to bumper traffic here. Been to Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart, Tractor Supply and Radio Shack. The people could not have been nicer. They are looking forward to the Winter Texans returning. Come on down!

Agree, we have always been warmly welcomed and treated with respect.

We just pulled into Mission, TX two days ago. The traffic is light and flies by just as it always does. No bumper to bumper traffic here. It has been 93 the past two days but should cool down in a few weeks. No Winter Texans yet.

Still lots of new construction going on. The Expresswa8 83 and frontage roads around South Inspiration are under repair for a new freeway overpass and this should take another year. Been to Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart, Tractor Supply and Radio Shack. The people could not have been nicer. They are looking forward to the Winter Texans returning. Come on down!

oh boy wrote:
I'm with gr8life..stopped going to the valley because of traffic and some locals attitudes. Now if Aransas Pass could just control the weather we'd go back there in a heartbeat. Loved the CC,AP, Rockport area.
Now we go to Fla (farther drive). Found a park we really like and will probably leave the 5th there. Maybe we were lucky as we had no bug issues and lighter traffic and was good weather...mid Florida and nice to see the rockets go off from your campsite...
As some posters have stated..Canada is too damn cold to stay the winter unless your working. Came home to snow in April last 2 years very depressing...Leave for Fla in 2 weeks...

Have never been in stand still traffic in the RGV like I been in Florida.

I'm with gr8life..stopped going to the valley because of traffic and some locals attitudes. Now if Aransas Pass could just control the weather we'd go back there in a heartbeat. Loved the CC,AP, Rockport area.
Now we go to Fla (farther drive). Found a park we really like and will probably leave the 5th there. Maybe we were lucky as we had no bug issues and lighter traffic and was good weather...mid Florida and nice to see the rockets go off from your campsite...
As some posters have stated..Canada is too damn cold to stay the winter unless your working. Came home to snow in April last 2 years very depressing...Leave for Fla in 2 weeks...