Why Kerrville?

Food and cleaning topped our agenda on our first full day of our long winter stay here in Kerrville. We made a run into town and stocked up on essentials. The moose needed a good cleaning inside and out. It had been awhile since both. Paul ordered up a bath for the beast this morning. Lucky for us, the RV wash service could fit us in today. In no time at all Bullwinkle was sparkling in the Hill Country sun. While Paul worked on laundry, I spent a couple of hours working on the inside. These RVs collect dust in so many places!!!! With every surface cleaned and polished, we settled in by finishing up our Christmas decorating. We have a tiny tree and just a few choice holiday knick-knacks. But, with our stockings hanging over the fireplace, our clean moose is feeling quite festive.

Several folks have asked why we're spending a good part of this winter here in Kerrville. After all, we're a couple hundred miles from a beach and there isn't a palm tree in sight. This being Hill Country and all, it's nothing like the desert. And, it's not exactly shorts and sandals weather 'round here. So, what gives?

We learned so much last winter. First and foremost, we learned to stay the heck out of Kansas City! We discovered that camping at the beach is very windy and the salt gets everywhere. And, we learned we were misfits in the RGV. Beyond all that, our rookie winter as fulltimers showed us where we could have our kind of winter fun. Sun and shuffleboard might be fine for lots of good folks, but we need more. And, in many ways, we need less. We learned that we don't need the temperatures to be in the 70s and 80s every day. Actually, we're perfectly fine with highs in the 50s and 60s. And, after you've experienced lows in single digits, overnight temps in the 20s and 30s are down right balmy.

No matter what the weather, it's the people that really make a place. And, we found that here in our brief stay last year. We only spent a week here, but we met so many wonderful people. They vary in age but share a youthful energy that we loved being a part of and were eager to experience again. As these good folks talked about their plans for this winter they spoke of wine tastings and hiking and biking and maybe a group camping trip to Big Bend. We couldn't wait.

And, what's not to like about this park? Besides great folks, we have a beautiful, spacious level site with a view of the creek and surrounding hills. The power is strong, the wifi smoking hot and we can have propane delivered every week, if we want. (No preserving propane to avoid a drive in the snow!)

Finally, there's Kerrville. It's the one part of Texas we actually love. It has beautiful hills, of course. It's definitely out in the country, but it's just an hour or so away from two really cool cities. With 20,000 residents, it's a town that has just about everything you need, including one of the best quilt shops ever! There are good eats, great music and fun stuff to explore for miles and miles. And, there's one other thing. Kerrville is in the running.

One of our goals on this fulltiming journey is to find the next place we want to call home. Extended RV travel will be a part of our lives for as long as we're able. But, at some point (and we have no idea when) we're going to want a little place of our own to crash at every now and then. The operative word there is little. Right now we're thinking we'd like about 1,200 square feet. And if we could park the moose at the place, then all the better. It's a far-away dream at this point. But, we told ourselves if and when we found an area that looked interesting, we'd check it out for awhile. Kerrville has been the first place that has really piqued our interest. (We love, love, love Tennessee. But, a hefty tax on investment dividends put a quick stop to that plan.) So, now is as good a time as any to try on this town.

We so look forward to seeing how it fits.