Lake Medina

On Friday Linda and I needed to go meet with four parks that we work in the Lake Medina/Bandera area. We had three of these parks last year so it was great to see the owners/managers and chat about how their year has been. At Lake Medina, the welcome wagon was there to greet us. The owners horse was standing in the middle of the road and I could only get it to move when I rolled down my window and called it. He came over to the car and stuck his head in the window. Then another one came to Linda’s side of the car and stuck his head in Boomer’s window. Boomer wasn’t impressed…he was whining to get out and play with the cows. Apparently, he’s not into horses. The cows weren’t interested in him though.
At the Lake Medina RV Park, we drove down to the boat ramp area to look at the lake. Wow, we were shocked how low the water was. Luckily the rain we had the night before had put a little bit of water into the lake but it’s so sad to see how low it is. I wish I had pictures from last year to show you the difference. We’ve heard that overall the water table is down something like 50’. Crazy, huh !
The town of Bandera was gearing up for their annual Mardi Gras event. The town and rv parks were packed with people. We watched these “cowboy taxis” loading up at one of our parks and heading to one of the watering holes next to another park that we do. Need a designated driver ? They’ve got you covered. Don’t have to worry about parking or getting pulled over for a DUI. What a cute idea.
We’ll be in Bandera in a couple of weeks to start work on the parks there. Anxious to see our advertisers and check out what has changed in the area. On first glance, driving around town, we already saw two new restaurants that have opened.

Training is Over...Now the Fun Begins...

Larry & Nancy(trainers), Sage & Paul, Linda and I,Bill & Sandy, Hugh & Dianne(trainers)

We finished up our training on Saturday morning with work in Publisher and Excel on how to do mock ups and some of our paperwork. Linda B will be doing most of these two items, since she will be doing the office work, so she was the one to "practice". On Friday night we had our graduation dinner at a local golf club. What a fun time we had !
    On Saturday, we got to meet Jackie and Eric Fulbright....the top sales team for the company. What nice people they are. They are from Lexington, NC so we talked a little bit about Winston Salem and the campground where we used to have our rig. Turns out they were probably just a couple of sites down from us in November when they came home for the holidays. Small world !
    We pulled out of Lake Conroe around 8 this morning, headed for Lake Medina, TX. Pretty day and nice trip until we got about 10 miles from the campground. Engine light came on, lost power on hills so we limped to the campground. I suspect that it's the fuel filter (hoping it's something that simple) so we've found a garage where we will take it in the morning.
    We're staying at the Lake Medina RV Resort, which is an actual working ranch. We had to drive through herds of cattle driving into the resort. No gates to come through but I guess the metal tubing we had to drive over at openings in the fence are enough to keep the cows in. (Probably hard to walk on for the cows when they're trying to escape.) The resort sits next to a lake in a corner of the ranch. Very pretty area....rolling hills, thus the name "hill country". The park seems full. I didn't see any empty sites as we were walking around. I'll take some pictures over the next week and post them. I'll also post more info on the history of the park....neat info !