Rich & Famous

We all have preferences, but on cross country adventures, Mark and I have discovered being open to new camping experiences leads to a trip full of surprises. What I mean by this; our campground preferences lean toward isolated parks with beautiful natural surroundings and few if any neighbors. Because we wanted to stay in the Big Bend area for two weeks we opted for an RV Park which has none of the above. The wonderful surprise we’ve found, doing something different, is finding ourselves in a “home” setting with neighbors we would never have in our “real” life. This RV Park is not the kind people live in year round, but it is a place “snow birds” come from all over the country. We are very small in this park (just 19 feet) while most of our neighbors have 45 feet, or larger,  motor homes; and these aren’t ordinary motor homes. They are high end touring coaches like the Prevost; a subsidiary company of Volvo. I could say we are camping with the rich but not the famous, but the famous are here too. We met a fellow Airstreamer, and his wife, who are artists with artwork in museums all across the USA. Johnnie Winona Ross is a minimalist painter who also happens to have been a pro mountain bike rider in his younger days.  Did I mention that most everyone goes out of their way to be nice? It’s so cool to be neighbors with people living such different lives....if only for two weeks or so!