November update and December plans

Reids on the Road 2

November update —

We spent most of November in our RV community called Retama Village.  Highlights of the month were visits from our traveler friends Tony and Jenny, finishing up a 6-month camping trip from Nova Scotia, all the way to Alaska, south through California, then on to visit us in very far south Texas.  Our daughter Alexis also visited us for a few days around Thanksgiving. We love having visitors.  We took our guests to beautiful South Padre Island for a few days at the beach, and to Mexico to do some shopping.

We also took the Airstream out for a few trips.  We hope to do this periodically while we stay in Retama Village, as a way to get to know Texas better.  We went to Falcon State Park where we visited a bird sanctuary and saw lots of exotic birds.

While in Retama Village, George stays busy with projects around the house and with some social events with others in the community.  I do water aerobics daily and have joined a line-dance class!  W

We have also been busy as we prepare for our presentations in Rochester, Minnesota in January/February.  We will be speaking on “retiring and traveling the world on a shoestring budget” to the library’s fundraiser and to various civic clubs.  We also made a collage of photos from our 25 housesitting assignments as our latest wall art.

December update —-

George’s sister and her husband will be visiting us in mid-December.  We are looking forward to their visit.  Then, we are off to Panama for our next housesitting assignment.  We will spend Christmas there, staying in a condo overlooking the canal.  Another one to check off from the bucket list!

While our daughter Alexis was visiting us, we took advantage of her computer technology skills.  She helped us set up our new blog.  We will start posting again in mid-December.  It is named ‘ www.reidsontheroad2018.wordpress.com.  Hope you will follow us.  We will be able to attach photos once again.

Cheers! George and Karmen