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 I really give Charlie and myself credit for getting so involved not only in our Skyline Ranch community ("Texas Skyliners") but our town, Bandera, as well.  There is just so much to do! With all kinds of classes, games, get togethers, sites to see; we are taking advantage of as much as we can - but at a slower Texan pace. After all - we do have 5 months! So what have we been up to?

Once we settled in, we started meeting fellow campers right away. Our immediate neighbors are a really nice couple - recent full-timers - from south Texas. We have been swapping spices, books and movies.  Just from taking a walk, throwing out the trash, or doing laundry -  we have met and continue to meet new people. Skyline Ranch hosts many events - the daily meet up to play bean bag, game nights, weekly luncheons-out, biscuits and gravy breakfasts, we have signed up for Thanksgiving Dinner.  We also just found out that ice cream sundaes will be in our future! Our park actually has it's own FB page just for residents: we are notified of what's going on, updated on events and news and we can make suggestions and comments. Now that we have been here two weeks, I have actually been greeting new arrivals: I am enjoying meeting other "first timers" spending the winter with us.

Bandera may be a very small town but it happens to have a great senior center - Silver Sage.

I have already joined a weekly full body exercise class (Wednesdays) and yoga (Mondays).  Bingo is played some afternoons - a great option for something to do if the weather isn't great; they also serve a free lunch (donations) everyday in their cafeteria, which we tried one day.  For Charlie - we checked out the weekly jam session - but I don't think it's his cup of tea. I'm hoping he will feel comfortable eventually to bring his keyboard to the ice cream sundae days and play; maybe it will encourage other camping musicians to join him. Silver Sage also sponsors some concerts, trips - so much! I love having their calendar with so many activities to choose from. 

Bandera Chamber of Commerce also puts out a weekly calendar of happenings around town; I have belonged to the Bandera Happenings FB page for a year, monitoring the goings on in town. Last weekend we checked out "The Second Saturday Flea Market" and viewed the Veterans Day Parade and festivities by the courthouse. 

While we aren't out and about everyday ( today I washed the trailer floor; Charlie fixed a light that wasn't working and is gradually waxing the whole trailer in sections - I'm working on cleaning the awning...) I have been baking cakes and sharing them at get togethers and working on some small craft projects.  I love just walking around Skyline - seeing the animals, views of the hills and river. Still having 70 and 80 degree temperatures is wonderful. 

 My motto is "seek and you shall find".  I know we will be experiencing a lot over the next months!