Mesa Regal
Every park has its own personality and you can see that this is different than our usual stop. Mesa Regal is probably the most friendly place we've stayed. We've been here five days and already been to two morning coffees. One was for all park residents from South Dakota so we claimed our statehood and enjoyed the donuts. This morning we had the block coffee next door with about 15 people. The guy next to me said that in the last five years they've had 8 of the men die leaving widows who come back each year.
This is a "snowbird" park where half the lots have park models (single wide mobile homes with patios and sunrooms.) People leave the northern states in November and head down here for six months. Most of the folks we met this morning own the park model and pay $300 per month for space rent. We met two couples who are also fulltimers. It's nice to ride down the street and know a few faces.
Saturday was "pass the junque" day. The next doors had a table out on the patio with various kinds of knick-knack stuff and they didn't even want money...take what you want...and none of it moved. So Isobel says she'll give it to the Mexicans.
We found our Thanksgiving turkey yesterday after measuring a few. He's 6" high and weighs 11 pounds. People look at us kind of funny when we measure the turkey but that's the only way to know if it will fit in the oven!