FIG TREE RV PARK, HARLINGEN, TEXAS

 

WE ARRIVED AT FIG TREE RV RESORT ON FEBRUARY 1ST.  AND GOT SET UP. THE PEOPLE ARE SO FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING!!

 

 

 

THE WIND DOESN'T BLOW AS MUCH AND IT'S WARM HERE!!  WE SWIM ALMOST EVERY DAY, THE POOL IS KEPT AT 86 DEGREES.

 

 

THE HOT TUB IS VERY ENJOYABLE ALSO!! WE USUALLY HAVE IT ALL TO OURSELVES!!! IT'S LIKE OUR OWN PRIVATE OASIS!!

 

 

WE HAVE MET ALOT OF NICE PEOPLE AND WE ARE NEAR SHOPPING AND RESTAURANTS. LOTS OF ACTIVITIES HERE ALSO, WE DO SOME OF THEM.

 

 

WE PLAY BINGO ON WEDNESDAYS AND GO DOWN FOR ICE CREAM ON SUNDAY EVENINGS. WE HAD A PRIME RIB DINNER HERE, IT WAS DELICIOUS!!  LIFE IS GOOD IN FIG TREE!

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND

 

WE LEFT SAN ANTONIO AND LOT 4 AT 9:30 IN THE RAIN, WIND, AND COLD. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN SOUTH PADRE AT 4:00, IT WAS EVEN RAINIER, WINDIER AND COLDER. IT RAINED ALL NIGHT AND THE WIND SOUNDED LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. WE DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN, BUT THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR THE FIRST 18 DAYS.

 

 

WE FOUND OUT THEY WERE  HAVING  THE  " LONGEST CAUSEWAY RUN &

FITNESS WALK"  ON JANUARY 12, WHICH WE THOUGHT WOULD BE FUN!! 

 

 

 A THREE MILE WALK ON THE CAUSEWAY THAT CONNECTS  PORT ISABEL AND SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.  WE FELT LUCKY  TO BE HERE AT THIS TIME, THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN WALK THE CAUSEWAY. SO WE SIGNED UP FOR IT AND HOPED THE WEATHER  WOULD  IMPROVE.  IT DIDN'T UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE WALK....IT WASN'T TOO BAD, STILL CLOUDY AND WINDY, BUT AT LEAST NO RAIN.   

 

 

THERE WERE ALOT OF PEOPLE!!!  THOUSANDS!!

 

 

 

WE WERE REALLY GLAD WE DID IT!!

 

 

GOOD EXERCISE!! AND AT LEAST WE GOT OUR OF THE RV FOR A WHILE.

 

WE FINALLY GOT TO GO TO THE BEACH.  IT WAS STILL PRETTY COOL AND WINDY, BUT NOT RAINING!

 

 

 

THE BEACH WAS DESERTED!!

 

I JOINED A ZUMBA GOLD CLASS AT PORT ISABEL AND FOUND OUT THAT  I LOVE ZUMBA!!  WE MET UP WITH PAUL AND NANCY, FRIENDS WE MET AT ADVENTURELAND THIS SUMMER. WE WENT TO THE BEACH, AS OFTEN AS WE COULD,  AND ALSO  ENJOYED THE HOT TUB AT THE  KOA.  WE BOUGHT FRESH VEGETABLES AND PRODUCE TWICE A WEEK AT THEIR  FARMER'S MARKETS. WE SPENT THE TIME  JUST GENERALLY RELAXING.

 

 

 

 THERE PROBABLY WEREN'T FIVE DAYS IN A ROW THAT WERE NICE WEATHER, BUT ONE OF THOSE FIVE DAYS WE WENT TO THE BEACH AND TOOK MAGGIE AND MARLEE, THEY HAD A GREAT TIME, PLAYED BALL WITH THEM ON THE BEACH!

 

 

 

ONE EVENING DARRELL AND I WENT TO THE BEACH BY OURSELVES, SET UP OUR LAWN CHAIRS  AND WATCHED THE SUNSET........IT WAS GORGEOUS!!!

 

 

 

THIS LOOKED LIKE A PAINTING, THE SKY WAS SO PINK!!!

 

WE ENJOYED THE KITES ON PADRE EVERY WEEKEND!!

 

 

 

ONE DAY WE BOUGHT FRESH SHRIMP AND I PEELED AND DEVEINED SHRIMP!!

 

 

I BOUGHT THIS "SPECIAL TOOL", WHICH MADE THE JOB EASY, BUT STILL  KIND OF ICKY!!

 

I MADE SHRIMP SKAMPI.  IT WAS DELICIOUS!!

 

 

PORT ISABEL IS FAMOUS FOR IT'S LIGHTHOUSE, 

 

 

OF COURSE WE HAD TO WALK TO THE TOP....THE VIEWS WERE AMAZING!!

 

 

 

 

YOU COULD REALLY SEE THE CAUSEWAY THAT CONNECTS PORT ISABEL WITH SOUTH PADRE, THIS IS THE ONE WE WALKED.

 

 

AND BEHIND DARRELL PORT ISABEL.

 

 

THIS WAS ONE OF THE NICER DAYS, SUNSHINE AND WARM!!

 

WE WERE A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE WEATHER AT PADRE, THE WIND NEVER QUITS BLOWING, BUT WE WERE HAPPY TO BE BY THE BEACH!

 

 

 

WE WASHED THE SAND AND SALT WATER OFF GUSTO AND DUALLY AND HEADED INLAND 30 MILES TO FIG TREE RV PARK FOR ANOTHER MONTH IN TEXAS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE SELLING SEASON

 

WE OPENED AT 11:00 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23,  WE WERE BUSY ALL  DAY, NOT OVERRUN, BUT BUSY. WE SOLD 37 TREES,  AND HAD ALOT OF LOOKERS.  IT WAS PROMISING!!

 

 

ALOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS FROM LAST YEAR, CAME IN TO BUY AND VISIT WITH US..... SOME JUST TO SEE IF WE HAD COME BACK.  IT WAS A GOOD SATURDAY, WE SOLD 40 TREES, MORE THAN  WE SOLD ON ANY DAY LAST YEAR. ON SUNDAY DARRELL  GOT A LOAD OF TREES, WE SOLD 44 TREES  SUNDAY. IT  WAS PRETTY SLOW DURING THE WEEK, BUT WE WERE LOOKING  FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND.

SALVADOR IS OUR TREE FLOCKER THIS YEAR, HE IS VERY GOOD AT IT!! DARRELL WAS GLAD, HE NEVER LIKED THAT JOB.

 

 

 

 

WE FLOCKED ALOT OF TREES FOR CUSTOMERS, BUT WE ALSO  LIKED TO HAVE SOME ON THE FLOOR  TO SELL, SO JOHN DID SOME FLOCKING ALSO, TURNS OUT HE IS VERY GOOD AT IT TOO. 

 

 

 

 

DAVID  MADE THE KIDS TREES AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND THE KIDS WERE THRILLED!!

 

 

 

 

 

SOME MORE THAN OTHERS............

 

IT WAS A GREAT SEASON.........  OUR HELP WAS AWESOME!!! WE ENDED UP HIRING ONE EXTRA GUY, ANTHONY. SO, WE HAD TWO ANTHONYS.

 

 

 

ANTHONY P.

 

 

 

AND JOHN'S SON ANTHONY H.

 

 

DAVID

 

 

JOHN

 

 

AND OF COURSE, SALVADOR

 

 

 WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER CREW!! AND COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.THE MOST WE SOLD IN ONE DAY WAS 61. THE LEAST WAS  7.  WE WERE OPEN 24 DAYS.   WE SOLD OUT OF TREES ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 AT 9:00 P.M.  THE NEXT MORNING WE TOOK ALL THE SIGNS DOWN,  LOCKED THE GATE  AND CLOSED THE TENT FLAPS.  WHAT A RELIEF!!   THEN WE STARTED PACKING THE TRAILER AND WERE  FINISHED ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20.

 

 

 

  WE HAD PEOPLE AT THE TENT WANTING TO BUY A CHRISTMAS TREE EVERY DAY UP UNTIL THE 22ND. THEY COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WE DIDN'T HAVE  TREES.

WE WENT TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY/BUSINESS MEETING ON CHRISTMAS DAY.  IT WAS FUN!!

 

 

 

ELAINE AND DARYL GAVE EACH COUPLE A "GAG" GIFT.....WE GOT THE LOOOOOONG DACHSHUND STOCKING!! 

 

 

 WE HAD ALL EXCHANGED NAMES AT THE START OF THE SEASON, SO WE ALL GOT GIFTS.

 

 

WE ALL THOUGHT MIKE'S GIFT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE......

 

 

ON THE 29TH OF DECEMBER WE GOT PAID FOR ALL OUR HARD WORK...IT WAS MORE THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE AND WE WERE VERY  HAPPY!!  WE SOLD 645 TREES THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 416 LAST YEAR. IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR!!

 

BEFORE LEAVING SAN ANTONIO WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM LAST YEAR, KAREN AND MIKE.

 

 

I FINALLY GOT TO SEE THE RIVERWALK LIT UP FOR THE SEASON....IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

 

AND THE ALAMO AT NIGHT!!!

 

 

WE LEFT SAN ANTONIO ON JANUARY 1, 2013, HEADED FOR SOUTH PADRE ISLAND FOR A MONTH'S VACATION.