Article: RV parks hoping high gas prices won't hurt season.

Article: Early departures: Winter Texans heading home ...
Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  March 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... their lives as Winter Texans after Herman ... the number of Winter Texans was down this ... time because of gas prices and the whole ... year, soaring gas prices likely kept others ... the numbers of Winter Texans climbed to about ...

Article: Chamber, RV parks court Winter Texans: Magazines, ...
Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  November 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... special to entice Winter Texans to get here early and ... said. "We want (the Winter Texans) to see the warm weather ... Hildebrandt, 76, said gas prices bothered him at first ... advertising to attract more Winter Texans to the area. Director ...

Article: 'Winter Texans' Have Taken Two-Year Break from ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... RV parks to gaps in golf tee times, Winter Texans simply have not been out and about ... another 4 percent in 2003. First-time Winter Texans were 6 percent of the total, down ... ago. It was the first decrease in Winter Texans since the first Gulf War in the early ...

Article: Rehab Reunion: It's another sign Winter Texans are ...
Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  November 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... another sign that marks the arrival of Winter Texans, along with more out-of-state ... technician at the Clark center, said Winter Texans keep the staff hopping. "It's an ... Sirvello said. "You can tell when (the Winter Texans) are gone. It slows down some ...

Article: Libraries: More Winter Texans Going High-Tech.
Monitor (McAllen, TX);  March 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Grande Valley, where some 120,000 Winter Texans descend en masse during the colder ... users, librarians say more and more Winter Texans are at their screens. Mission's ... the increase up-front. She thinks Winter Texans represent a broader trend of more senior ...

Article: Winter Texans departing for northern homes as ...
Monitor (McAllen, TX);  March 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... time." As the Rio Grande Valley's Winter Texans hit the road for summer homes in Des ... When we have this huge influx of Winter Texans, that's going to maintain a lot ... them; some don't." As for the Winter Texans themselves, Monday afternoon Lemon ...

Article: Winter Texans work on recycling plan.
Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  February 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Martinez Feb. 22--MERCEDES -- Winter Texans bring more than an economic boost to ... to accommodate them." Farrell said Winter Texans from the Midwest have been recycling ... in exchange. Recycling is part of Winter Texans' lives, and they want the Valley ...