San Antonio is calling us

The weather has turned very hot here, supposed to be only in the high 70's but since last week we have reached over 90 for many days and 96 just 3 days ago. The humidity is high and it makes for very uncomfortable days and nights. We cannot run our a/c since we don't have 50 amp power, so we run two fans to circulate the air and we have 3 roof vents that pull up the hot air and out. By 6pm the temp typically falls down to mid 70's and it begins to cool off nicely. But during the day we suffer and again - so does the cats. Chip is lethargic most of the day. Grace just sleeps and is awake all night. The wind is still very strong which means we can't put out our awning over the front door because the wind will lift it up and collapse it. Isn't worth staking it down because we still run the risk of it being lifted right out of the ground's stakes with winds gusting to over 35 and makes it quite dusty to boot. So - we made a plan! I made reservations for a campground in San Antonio for next week, for a week. It's much cooler there - only about 200 miles north from McAllen, and we are looking forward to the move. Still have one more sightseeing to do before we are out of here. That's the hand-pulled ferry across the Rio Grande and we will do that either tomorrow or Friday - which ever day is coolest.

We stay busy by me quilting and Dave doing photo editing. With this heat we don't feel like doing much else. I have to develop a 'to do' list before this weekend, of things we need to go get or do before pulling up and leaving. We are planning on having the RV power washed and waxed - hopefully Tuesday, but a group of Mexicans that go around to all the campgrounds to do this service. Since it's so dusty and we haven't had rain in 6 weeks, the RV is just gritty dirty. Dave has washed the truck by hand and will do that again before we go. Defrost the fridge, restock the cupboards by grocery shopping, go get cat food at the pet store, refill the propane tanks in the RV in case we need to put the furnace on while heading to the north in the next couple of weeks, get some more oranges and grapefruits, etc. Fun list to do and thankfully everything you need is just so close. Great experience and again, glad we came here - but now it's time to go.