RV mode...

We took another load to the 5th wheel.  Checked out things, topped off the tires.  Some food and personal items, and we will be ready to roll next week.  Well, after shutting down the house.

The best part of the day: sunshine!  The day started out overcast and cool, but by afternoon, I was walking around outside... without a coat.  It got all the way up to 64º... only 6º cooler than normal.  Tomorrow is supposed to be... normal.  Seems like it has been weeks.

The other thing we did today, after messing with the HitchHiker and lunch out: the annual Rio Grande Valley RV Show.  Yesterday, I told Mike about the RV show.  He asked if it was worth taking in... "Well, it is the only one in the Valley.  What is the last RV show you went to?"

"The one in Tampa."

"You mean the Tampa RV Super-Show?  One of the biggest in the country?  Yeah... this isn't like that.  Well, take the Tampa show and eliminate 90% of that.  Then, divide what you have left by 2.  Subtract 4.  That's pretty close."  ;-)

It took us about an hour and a half to go through the whole thing.  Having been to this a dozen or so times, we knew how to do it: don't go first thing in the morning when it opens - that's when all the Winter Texans are there.  By noon, the crowd heads to the three or 4 food places, with long lines.  By 1:00, they start heading out and you can easily go in and out of any RV you want and there are no crowds around the booths.  Hit it up on Friday, 'cause all the Valley people with kids come to this on Saturday and Sunday.

We rolled in just after 1:00.  Perfect timing.  We walked to the far end, checking out the booths...

Many of the booths are for RV parks, but there are plenty of them that are not RV specific...

Tupperware.  In fun fruit shapes.  And who doesn't need a banana holder?  I am a bit of a rebel - I might put green grapes in the red grape container... yeah, I like to live on the edge.

And, who doesn't need a lighted palm tree on their RV site...

On to the RVs.  Lots of travel trailers.  Some 5th wheels.  A grand total of 4 Class A motorhomes, and a few Class Cs...

Lots of non-carpeted floors.  Practical.  The image above was from a travel trailer... interior styling more like a 5th wheel.  Lightly built, though.

There was a young boy in the cab over bed in this Class C when I first went in...

"This is awesome!  Dad, can we get this?  This is where I will stay!"

The mom asked, "Did you bring your credit card?"

The kid (about 7 or 8) replied, "I don't have a credit card.  I wish I had a credit card - I would SO buy this!"

Way to teach the kid about using credit.  ;-)

We walked through some more units.  Well, not a lot more units, 'cause there weren't a lot more units.  Then I saw this...

Yeah, I had to try it on.  Surprisingly roomy in an oddly small kinda way.  Joan thinks they are ridiculous.  I am thinking: enclosed scooter!  ;-)

Oh - a couple more RVs tucked in the back.  This one was a 23A model, or something like that.  You would think it should be 23' long, right?  Nope 28'.  Makes perfect sense.  Lots of liveability in that size.

And on the way home: ice cream.  In the sunshine.  Not a bad day.  :-)