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The and help us in this crazy world of fun keeps coming; wekeep keep dancing, fun keeps coming; we dancing, dining, and having fun all summer fun keeps coming; we keep dancing, Welcome dining, andRGV. having fun all all summer dining, and having summer dining, and having fun all summer long, andHome we’d love to fun have you join Fran us love on to our toes, long,keeps andwe’d we’d love have youjoin join long, and you long, and we’d love totohave have you join us. provides us. a whole lot of levity, and us. us. generally guides where If you feel youusmust go,the I’dfun like to you feel you must go,the I’dword liketo you feel you go, I’d like IfIf you feel you must go, I’d like toto is. I’dIf like to say she keeps us from invite you to help usmust spread invite youto help usspread spreadthe theyou word invite you help us word invite you toto help us spread the word getting into too much trouble… about South Texas to everyone about South Texas everyone you about South Texas to everyone you about South Texas toto everyone you but…well…where’s the in that? Fran Adams poses with Alamo Chamber of Commerce executive director Savannah Lerma and Trophy Gardens office manager Julie Rodriguez. Photo credit: meet along the way andfun those you see meet along the way and those youto see meet along way those you see meet along the way and those you see Anne Marie Martin Fran will be thethe first toand tell you the every day back home. Invite them every day back home. Invite them day back home. Invite them every day back home. Invite them toto joinevery you next season! We would loveto truth about any situation, and I look joinguidance you next season! Wemore wouldthe love join you next season! We would love join you next season! We would love to her have them join us. The to and wisdom more havethem join us.realizes. Themore morethe the to join us. The totohave have them join us. The more the merrier! often than Ithem think she merrier! merrier! merrier! We’ve laughed at some of the really This ideas September, we will host our stupid I’ve had along way, Thisnot September, wethe will host our This September, we will host our This September, we will host our second, so annual (thanks to the but at every turn, Fran is there to second,not not soannual annual (thanks the second, so (thanks to second, not so annual (thanks totothe the pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion support us no Winter matter crazy pandemic), Winter how Texan Reunion pandemic), Texan Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion Tour, we’d also like totoinvite you some ofsoour are. Tour, soideas we’d also like invite you Tour, so we’d also like you Tour, so we’d also like totoinvite invite you Story by Eryn Reddell Wingert toFran join us at one of our stops. Stay is us an integral of our Stay join usat atone oneof ourstops. stops. Stay to our totojoin join us at one ofofpart our stops. Stay tuned as we announce our travel team, andas it be anyour fun travel tuned aswouldn’t we announce announce our travelran Adams, resident of Trophy Gardens RV Resort in is a nonprofit entity that provides a platform for local tuned we tuned as we announce our travel plans. Special totoWelcome Welcome Home RGV without businesses plans.her. Congratulations to plans. Alamo, Texas, is the newest recipient of the city’s Winter plans. Special Welcome HomeRGV RGV to promote themselves and become active in Special to Home Special to Welcome Home RGV our one and only Fran on winning the community. Texan of the Year award. It has been a real pleasure toto serve like only yesterday we has been real pleasure toserve serveAdams was rendered nearly speechless It been aaareal pleasure ItIthas has been real pleasure to serve the Winter Texan of the Year. the city honors a Winter Texan. In this year’s at the like seems likeEach onlyyear, yesterday we IIttttseems seems only yesterday we seems like only yesterday we you this year. We will work throughout youthat’s thisyear. year. We willfeel work throughout you this We will work throughout you this year. We will work throughout were celebrating the long-awaited Know how WE about case, Alamo honored a former Winter--now Convertedannouncement aside from exclaiming, “Oh, sh*t!” were celebrating the long-awaited were celebrating the long-awaited were celebrating the long-awaited thethe summer months onon allall ofof our the summer months on all our summer our summer months on all ofof our youthe every day. months -Texan. As Lerma shared during the announcement, which she immediately declared is her favorite word. Her return of so many of our friends. returnof ofso somany manyof ofour ourfriends. friends. return return of so many of our friends. programming soso next season will bebe programming sonext next season will be programming season programming so next season will be ~We're just connecting the dots.•will this year’s awardee, “is someone who has committed exclamation was no surprise to those who know Adams Now, here we are bidding you Now, here here we we are are bidding bidding you you Now, even better than this one! Now, here we are bidding you even better than this one! even better than this one! even better than this one! themselves effortlessly to not just the community but to and was received with laughter. farewell and safe travels. All of farewell and and safe safe travels. travels. All All of farewell and safe travels. All of Savannah Lerma, executive director of the Alamo the community at the park.” Safe travels, Y’all! • Safetravels, travels,Y’all! Y’all!••• usus at Welcome Home RGV look Safe Safe travels, Y’all! at Welcome WelcomeA Home Home at Home RGV look d a m s RGV wRGV a s look visibly stunned, immediately Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center,us presented forward your return. Plans are forward to your return. Plans to your return. Plans are forward to return. Plans are We’re just connecting the dots, We’re just connecting the dots, Adams with a plaque and flowers at the February 13 calling out Welcome Home RGV co-workers who We’re just connecting the dots, We’re just connecting the dots, were in TEXAN attendance Resort meeting. FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN SEASON FAREWELL WINTER TEXANSEASON SEASON for being in on the surprise. 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