Rainbow's End RV Park and Escapees - what a caring community!

We've been here at Rainbow's End for about 5 days. We wanted to stay here while we were getting our mail service going, and to look at properties for sale here at Escapees. We've decided to postpone making any decisions about whether to buy a property here until after we've made our trip west, and maybe until after we sell in Coppell.

What a caring community this is, though! We have been able to participate in a pot-luck dinner, attend a concert with a guy from the Liberty Opry who came to sing (to benefit the CARE center), and just interact with so many friendly folks.

One of the activities that we didn't participate in but got to experience was caroling through the park. Evidently, they took names/locations of folks who would like to be sung to, and then they drove the park trolley with carolers to those locations to sing to them. The lady in the motorhome next door to us was one of those who had been nominated to get a singing visit, so we got to enjoy it too.

An additional note on the lady nextdoor to us: we had noticed that the motorhome didn't really seem to be occupied, though a couple of lights were on at night, they seemed to have been left on. Then, we noticed that someone seemed to be around, and she came out when the carolers came. Today, a guy in the park that we had met previously (Joe, the Movie Man - he hosts movies at the clubhouse on Wednesday night) came by and asked for a "strong back and weak mind" to help him - Dwayne volunteered. He wanted to move the picnic table for the lady in the MH next to us. Turns out, she has just had a breast removed due to cancer, and needed the table in a location so she can do needed exercises.

It would be easy for folks to just be anonymous in a place like this - RVs come in and out every day - you don't need to get to know your neighbors - and yet, the folks here *do* get to know each other, and care about each other, and *take care* of each other.  It reminds me of growing up in New Kent - when everyone knew everybody else and cared about each other.