By Linda Sauer, Winter Ranch resident The Rio Grande Valley is well aware of the financial benefits that winter tourism brings each year, but are there other benefits that Winter Texans bring to the Valley? Aside from the warm weather and a multitude of activities, residents of Winter Ranch RV Resort in Alamo say one…
Golf View Estates (GVE), 7424 Couples Circle, Mission, ladies have made and donated baby blankets and stuffed animals for newborn babies at Mission Hospital. This year (2025), the group donated 360 blankets and 45 stuffed animals. They plan to continue their mission for the 2026 year. Thank you to all the ladies at Golf View…
Welcome Home RGV is thrilled to celebrate 21 incredible activity directors who have officially conquered our 2025 Activity Director Boot Camp! This lively, hands-on program is designed to help RV park activity directors discover—and fall in love with—the people, places, and experiences that make the Rio Grande Valley such a special destination for our Winter…
by Ruth Filz, Palm Gardens RV Park Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan Monthly, ladies from Palm Gardens RV Park in Harlingen head out in the Valley, looking for new places to enjoy lunch, then venturing off to visit some of the wonderful attractions the Valley and the Island have to offer. In February, the…
Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan The theme for this year’s fundraiser at Breeze Lake Mobile Home and RV Campground in Brownsville was Pay It Forward. The third annual event, hosted by Breeze Lake and Sunset Palms RV and Mobile Home Park, also in Brownsville, was held March 1. The fun began with a social…
Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan Friday, February 16, Paradise Resort Estates in Pharr held its annual in-house Spaghetti Dinner and Charity Auction. It was organized and hosted by our Community Outreach Group. The results exceeded all of our hopes and expectations. Over $11,400 was raised, our best to date! These monies will be divided…
by Ace Moore, Winter Texan at Palm Resaca Park, sharing An American Valentine Story Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan The Beginning of a Timeless Romance Dan O’Connell met Kathy in 1952 in La Grange, Illinois, a suburb just outside Chicago. His family lived only two blocks from hers. One afternoon, 11-year-old Dan was climbing…
Submitted by Ace Moore, resident of Palm Resaca Park, who recently attended a holiday cookie decorating event hosted by Misty. The event was fantastic, especially when experiencing holiday cookie decorating with Misty, making it memorable. Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan A Manager Who Does It All At Palm Resaca Park in Brownsville, we are…
by Ric Cavazos Dawn Mundt is new to Mission and the Rio Grande Valley, and first impressions are of a place that will keep her in South Texas. “You feel like you belong here,” Mundt said as she prepared to play at a musical jam session at Chimney Park RV Resort in Mission. “We’ve felt…
by Eryn Reddell Wingert Photos courtesy of Chico Garvis Three times a week, the skies over Bentsen Grove Resort in Mission are taken over–somewhat–by drones. In 2015, Chico Garvis and two other men organized a drone enthusiast group. In its first year, they used small, inexpensive drones, but a Black Friday sale the following year…
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