Del Rio, TX

We are finally settled in Del Rio, TX. It's located about 160 miles west of San Antonio. We found a nice new Rv park with huge sites called Broke Mill Rv Park just west of Del Rio and close to the lake. It is good to be done traveling after almost 3 weeks on the road. It was nice to take our time getting to our ultimate destination but it's even better unhooking the boat and starting to fish again.

Lake Amistad is the lake we are fishing. It was created by a dam across the Rio Grande by the border with Mexico. If you want to buy a Mexican fishing license you can fish both sides of the lake. There is more than plenty of water on the American side to fish so we won't be fishing the Mexican side. The water level is high for this time of year which is nice for fishing and the water is still pretty warm. Jim found out how warm it was when we put the boat in the water and it started to sink. He jumped in the water -- we were still at the boat launch -- and dragged the boat back to the boat trailer while I madly cranked it up out of the water. He had put the boat plug in the wrong hole so it took on water quickly. We still managed to go out fishing after we got the excess water out. Jim caught three smaller large mouth bass that fought like they were much bigger. So, over all it was a good day even though it was a Friday the 13th.

Its been beautiful here since we arrived with temps in the low 80's. We haven't been this warm most of the summer. It is not as dry here as it was in New Mexico but it is still considered desert. The weather here is only about two degrees cooler than the southern gulf coast of Texas so it should be very nice all winter.

We've been told it is very safe here as long as you don't do anything stupid. The drug war violence seems to be in El Paso to the north and Laredo to the south of us. For whatever reason its not a problem around here. I hope its true but if not we will just move out.