South Texas VS West Texas (McAllen, Mission: environment, relocating, lease)

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by bellestaroftexas

ah! see! i didnt pull up Pearsall out of the thin air-i knew there was some George Strait connection! he he..thanks lifertexan..

I looked on a map and now I'm confused again. Turns out Pearsall is maybe 30 miles west-southwest of Poteet in Frio county, near the Frio river and much closer to Mexico.

I know a bit of Spanish... Doesn't "frio" mean cold? (more confusion. )
So is this river, and/or county somehow colder than the surrounding parts of South Texas?
It looks like the river starts in Texas Hill Country... a Texas Hill Country glacier perhaps?

[lifertexan]

Frio does mean cold.And it is. Some of the rivers in the Hill Country are spring fed.The water is coming out at about 68 degrees even in the hottest part of summer. If you go to Schlitterbahn,a waterpark in New Braunfels,it uses water from the Comal River,another spring fed one.Even in July on a day that is 110 degrees,if you spend all day on the rides you are chilled to the bone by the end of the day. They even have a heated swimming pool for people to warm up in. At midday. In Texas. In July.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by lifertexan

Frio does mean cold.And it is. Some of the rivers in the Hill Country are spring fed.The water is coming out at about 68 degrees even in the hottest part of summer. If you go to Schlitterbahn,a waterpark in New Braunfels,it uses water from the Comal River,another spring fed one.Even in July on a day that is 110 degrees,if you spend all day on the rides you are chilled to the bone by the end of the day. They even have a heated swimming pool for people to warm up in. At midday. In Texas. In July.

Sounds like a pool might be a waste of money for hot weather for some people;
it'd probably go well above 90 F in 110 F heat without some kind of refridgeration.

That 68 F water, I can picture it now, feeling like swimming in ice cream. Is that pretty accurate?

We have some rivers here like that; so cold you don't want to think about spending much time in it, unless it's at least 85 F and sunny outside. But when it's hot outside it's very nice.

[NOTAM]

too cool........all these years of living in Texas, and i have never gone tubing down the Guadalupe, never gone to Schlitterbahn.....maybe i should do these things before i possibly move to the Panhandle.........

Originally Posted by lifertexan

Frio does mean cold.And it is. Some of the rivers in the Hill Country are spring fed.The water is coming out at about 68 degrees even in the hottest part of summer. If you go to Schlitterbahn,a waterpark in New Braunfels,it uses water from the Comal River,another spring fed one.Even in July on a day that is 110 degrees,if you spend all day on the rides you are chilled to the bone by the end of the day. They even have a heated swimming pool for people to warm up in. At midday. In Texas. In July.

[Marlow]

There's nothing more delicious than sitting in the Frio on a hot summer day.

But no, swimming pools are fine, even in the hottest weather. The water is warm, but never so hot that you can't enjoy it.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by Marlow

There's nothing more delicious than sitting in the Frio on a hot summer day.

But no, swimming pools are fine, even in the hottest weather. The water is warm, but never so hot that you can't enjoy it.

Nice!

Well I have heard a southern/Texan saying that will probably always puzzle me, "too hot to swim."

Me I love swimming, even in water is as warm as pee. Like in Myrtle Beach when it's 98 F outside.

[Marlow]

That's the way the Gulf of Mexico is in August--like bath water. I love it.

Sometimes we wait to go swimming til 5 p.m. or so because the sun is so fierce. You get cool in the water but even with sunscreen you feel like you're frying.

[spursfan]

yeah if you are fair skinned i wouldnt recommend going out until after 5...even with sunscreen i burn like crazy

[shannon247]

Hi, I live in the Valley. I am very white and my wife is very black. You can be assured that we know what your talking about. Yes stares are common. However, I'm sure that if someone of hispanic orgin moved to a small town in northern Cananda they would get stared at too. There are good people down here that will not treat you like an outsider. You just have to look for them. Also, I think that your profession has a lot to do with it. For example, we know many Africans that work in the Harlingen Hospital, but we don't know any that work as teachers. Please, understand I truely know what you mean. 25 years ago when I went to school there were times when I was the only non-hispanic in the class and everyone spoke spanish except me. It has changed. The culture is becoming more diverse every year and many people with hispanic backgrounds don't even spanish anymore. Again, this is a good place to live you just have to find your "niche" so to speak.

If you don't mind me asking what part of South Texas are you from?

Tim

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[JULZGLZ]

Oh no!!!! The Mexicans are coming and they're bringing their drugs with them! LOL! I sense a bit of racism here. That sucks.