Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Day 49: The number of readers of TheHowserHouse continues to grow......

A rainy night.....but what a fantastic day it became!!!! Crisp....in the low 60's....and very clear......MY kind of weather.

I spent the morning working on our "problem" with the dining room table and chairs. Don't know if I made a difference.......time will tell if I have contained the problem!!??

As TheHowserHouse has been included in the listings of rv travel journals on a website devoted to selecting the best of these journals.........well, my readers have increased beyond all belief!!!! I have now been registering between 400 and 500 readers each day!!!! WOW.......who would have ever thought when this little "diary" began that it would grow to become such an internationally read blog????!!!! Sometimes I just can't believe it........

Did you ever wonder why there are people ( like myself) that tap into a blog and read about someone else's life....their thoughts....their travels...their suggestions about great places to eat and stay?????? What is this magnet that pulls them into these blogs each day.....and oftentimes MORE than once each day for certain blogs???? I could express my thoughts on this.....but....well, they are just MY thoughts and I do not wish to offend anyone on here.....hahaha.

And while we are discussing this blog.......I received an email from a great couple that we met while we were staying in Llano Grande Lake Park Resort in the Rio Grande Valley.....and,.......

They had been to Dirty Al's on South Padre Island to eat the incredible shrimp which is served there. The 1st Lady and I had strongly urged them to eat there......because of the shrimp. Well....they went recently and while sitting at the bar......noticed a picture of me...and a copy of the blog that I wrote recommending Dirty Al's as a great place to eat......all there inside the restaurant. Guess I am read and remembered by a lot more people that I ever thought I would "touch". GREAT!!!!!

Sunscape RV Park is a very quiet place...........while there are quite a few streets, each one seems to become it's own little neighborhood. And when I bike up and down the various streets it becomes very noticeable........the small gatherings that occur at anytime of the day always bring out a few people to talk, to laugh, to share their thoughts and problems. This is just like a small community.......one that has these same little friendly neighborhoods. In a way......it is quite nice to know that there are friends only a few steps away if there is a need!!!

For people who do NOT have an rv or who do not travel in them to any great extent........well, they have NO idea just how many people and rv's there are in the south and southwest........all trying to follow the warmth and the sun during the winter. There were a quarter of a million rv'ers in the Rio Grande Valley during the month of January......and who knows how many there are out here in Arizona!! It is almost like tribes of nomads who gather behind walls and gates for protection from various intruders who might wander into their little communities. Hmmmmm........nomads.......yep.....if you travel down any of the highways out here you will certainly notice that there would appear to be a law that all vehicles on the highways must be either a traveling house in box on wheels which is being towed......or a house with a motor!
Traveling senior citizens........Americans, Canadians, and Mexicanos........the nomads of the 21st Century.

And so......each day passes quicker than the previous one.....and the 1st Lady and I have now finished our 7th week of this journey! Believe our life record of traveling is 8 weeks....which means we will set a new "personal best" for being on the road......as it will be April 1st, around that time, before we return to our stick and brick. And we will not pause there for very long.......Life is tooooo short to stay in one place for any length of time! But.......nevertheless.....

LIFE IS GREAT......andI hope it is for all of you, also!!!!

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