Happy New Year

Best wishes everyone, we hope 2012 is a great year for you with lots of good health and great times.

The last picture of 2011, Happy New Year

We spent New Years Eve at our home resort, Tropic Star.  They had a great New Years Eve party.  There were about 400 people up at the the ballroom and fun was the order of the night.  We shared a table with friends Jan and Leo, Sally and Jim, and had a great night.  We danced until my feet gave up on me but that was just before 12 so it was perfect.  At midnight the resort provided a bottle of champagne to each table and a great midnight snack of sandwiches, chips, ice cream, and brownies.  Our activities director and the volunteers that made it happen deserve a lot of credit.  It was great and I suspect today will be a quiet one with a nice long afternoon nap.  I went outside to get the newspaper about 7:30, it as like I was standing in a graveyard, not a whisper anywhere.

The Tropic Star Ballroom

Music was provided by a group called Heartland Express.  http://www.myspace.com/heartlandexpressband1 

They are well known here in the valley although we hadn't danced to their music before.  They were really good, with lots of two step, swing, and polka music.  It was fun to watch the band at work last night.  They tried a few waltzes and the floor stayed pretty much empty.  So they went back to swing and two step and filled the floor right away.  They did a good job of keeping people on their feet all night.  The crowd was there to party and a good time was had by all.

Bernie and Phylis hard at work .

We had such a good time last night I'd like it to go on, BUT, 2011 is all wrapped up and we're off on a whole new year.

SO

HAPPY NEW YEAR, BEST OF EVERYTHING IN 2012.

Bernie and I are exited to be headed into another year of full time travel with our RV.  We're anxious to spend as much time as we can with our kids and the grandchildren.  It's funny how it took me 60+ years to figure out why my parents were after me to come over all the time.  As they say "tooooo soon old, toooooo late smart."

We'll leave the Rio Grande Valley in about 7 weeks for a long and slow trip to Vancouver, then over to Calgary, and Winnipeg for the summer and the required six months in our home province (state.)

We haven't planned anything beyond next summer, although discussions of the North Eastern U.S. are on the table.  I have to admit I really do want to try taking our rig to New York state.  I think we Might be a bit long for the city but the state is a "must."  My bucket list includes driving through Manhattan and Central Park, (Smart car only).  I was there once a long time ago and have always wanted to drive through it,  I understand there are some RV parks across the river in New Jersey that we could get into.  Bernie and I have this saying we use all the time, "if not now, when?"  So doing this trip is simply a when?  There is no "if."

I think that's all I have in me for today, thanks for stopping by and please do leave a comment  when you can.

Neal and Bernie

PS, I see, from the information this blog gives me, that people visit here from all over the world.  I see people stopping by from India, Russia, China, and many many more.  I'd love to hear from you.  Where you are from, and/or what you do in you country.  Please say hello by leaving a comment and telling us about yourself.  Thanks