Bit O' Heaven RV Park
www.bit-o-heaven.net
1051 W. Business Hwy 83
Donna TX 78537
Donna TX 78537
If you're curious about tightly-packed, 55+ RV parks for snow birds in southern Texas, this blog is for you. Let's talk about Bit O' Heaven.
To be honest, we had no plans to go this far south on our 5 month journey, but we had some friends contact us while we were in San Antonio. They told us that in only 4 more hours, we could be in beautiful Donna, TX where they stay in their park model...ok two park models, a motorhome, 3 golf carts (one of which they let us use), a pickup, hotrod, and mustang convertible. You gettin my drift here? This is NOT RVing on a budget, although we did get a price for a weekly stay that equated to about 30 bucks per night for full hook-ups.
Let's talk about the good stuff, first:
1. The park is clean.
2. They have a decent dog park with all the supplies
3. They have two heated pools (one inside and one outside) with hot tubs which were nice and hot!
4. They have a huge array of activities from dances, to live music, to Bocce Ball, mini golf (sort of), yoga, two club houses, etc. They even have a dirt track for remote control cars and pickle ball courts. A full time entertainment director sees you stay as busy as you want to be. We don't like to be that busy.
5. It's only 30 minutes to Nuevo Progreso and an hour or so to South Padre Island.
6. The electric and water seem to be reliable.
7. It's gated and everyone gets a unique code. Unless it's yard sale day, in which case the gate stays open for the general public. So basically, it's secure...sort of.
8. The staff was great. We really did get excellent service on every front from the park staff.
Now the bad stuff:
1. The non-permanent pads for people coming through (like us) are grass, with one small concrete pad as a "patio." The grass is thick with stickers that stick to everything. And it wasn't just our site. They're everywhere. And that means our dog's feet were covered in them. Our shoes, clothes, RV tires, Jeep tires and clothes were covered in them. And THAT means they were in the camper. We'll be finding remnants of them the whole trip. Even if I loved this park (which I don't), this one item would make me never rent or buy here.
2. The units, whether temporary or permanent, are WAY too close together. Every unit is packed in like sardines. Definitely not our jamb.
3.This one is politically based, but it applies in our case. It may not in yours. If you're a Trump-loving MAGA Member in good standing or prefer to call our beloved Gulf of Mexico the gulf of america, or think tariffs are good for our economy or that our attack on Venezuela was a good thing, or that Charlie Kirk was a nice man, this place is absolutely your cup of tea. If you're highly liberal, empathetic, and woke like we are, this is DEFINITELY not your place. Are there other liberals amongst the herd? Probably, but every conversation we had with anyone we met would lead you to believe otherwise.
If you love butting up to your neighbors property, don't mind stickers on your shoes and love talking about how your cult leader is saving our country, this place is absolutely your home away from home.
It most definitely is not our kind of place and we won't be back at any price...at any time. But hey, the weather was nice.
Stay safe. Be smart. See ya on the road.
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