We are staying at the Retama Village, a luxury RV, age-restricted community with a mixture of deeded RV lots, “port houses” with attached RV ports or garages, and single family winter homes, not to mention three heated pools, fitness center, craft center, outdoor kitchen, lounge, library, billiards room, game rooms theater, laundry and much more. Lot owners rent their lots out when not in use. The owner of the lot we are renting owns 3 lots and uses the income to support his retirement life style. Not a bad idea considering the problems renting a house out. Not a lot can go wrong and not a lot to worry about renting out a lot. That’s a lot of lots in one sentence…We’ll be here through February and then have to move down the road to another RV resort.
Tom Landry, the former coach of the Dallas Cowboys, was born and raised, and played high school football here in Mission. Landry was one of the great all-time coaches in football.
We ran over to South Padre Island the day before yesterday for a quick visit and had lunch at a place called Dirty Al’s. The restaurant is right on the Gulf of Mexico, and Dirty Al and crew go out each day and catch all their own sea food which is sold to large crowds of loyal customers from near and far.
South Padre Island is a high rise strip of hotels and condominiums surrounded by beautiful beaches. Not sure I’d want to be here during Spring Break.
- Ratama Club House
- Called a coach house or carport with an attitude.
- Way off in the distant is the bridge to South Padre Island…
- Padre Island is 113 miles long. Long Island in NY is longer.
- Oh yeah, highrises…
- Parking is free on the beaches. Free corrosion to boot…
- The sign on the door says “Sorry we are open”. What?
- 12 to 14 shrimp to a pound. I didn’t need a box…
- Think about it. You could be the bait…
We will be wintering in Texas next winter and was looking at Retama. Do they require a minimum number of months to stay?
-MonaLiza
Greeting from Mission. I will send you and email with more info.