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 On this Valentine Sunday the weather in the Rio Grande Valley has become much more like it would be back in Iowa, Minnesota or Wisconsin in a normal year. It is very cold down here and we are currently under a Winter Storm Warning if you can believe that. But, this is not a normal year in any shape or form and the weather back home is just as terrible as it is down here with extremely cold temps. I just heard from a Facebook friend who lives a bit north of San Antonio and they have had at least 1/4 inch of ice and they are stranded in their house. He has his hummingbird feeder on a heating pad to try to keep it from freezing. We are going to have freezing temps tonight and tomorrow night and then it will be somewhat warmer. It has been raining/drizzling all day so tomorrow morning the roads and sidewalks are going to be slick. They do not have salt, salt/sand, or brine down here so I'm expecting many reports of accidents because people do not know how to drive on ice. We have covered up the plants that are on our lot some of which are not going to withstand freezing temperatures and have also covered up the ones we just recently planted over on Chet & Irma's lot. I think before we go to bed we (translation, Jim) will go out and unhook the water hose from the RV just to be on the safe side.

Several of us received our first Covid-19 Vaccine shot with the second one scheduled for March 2. We were very fortunate to have been able to register on line, have an appointment at 9:00, show up, go in, get the shot, wait 15 minutes for any reactions and go home. We left about 7:30 in the morning because it was very foggy and it was about 24 miles from here and we were back home at 10:00. No long lines either in cars or standing outside, just very well organized. As I said, we were very fortunate. None of us had any serious side effects but the second one may prove to be a different story as I've read that one may have a bit more reaction than the first. Time will tell.

I have been seriously considering perhaps doing some sort of Magnolia directory more or less as a way to keep in touch with names, current address no matter what park any of us are in, home address, phone and email. It would not be printed but saved as a PDF file which most everyone is able to open and read either on their computer or on their phone or both and most people should be able to actually print it out if they have access to a printer. I would be interested to know if there would be enough people interested in such a document to make it worthwhile. If you are interested, let me know via email at:

deonsp43@gmail.com

Stay warm, stay safe and think SPRING!!