Welcome Keith!
First off....I take a little offense at calling Belaire "South Texas"!!!
Here in Corpus Christi, everyone north of Victoria TX are Yankees!
I am in Corpus, and also relatively new, (6 years) to the Parker game. But I am up to I think 13 Parkers now, so they are definitely the focus of my collecting shooting activity now that they represent almost 20% of my collection. I am pretty involved in CCA, and I am sure we have met at some point.
You will learn a LOT here about Parkers and other fine doubles, and it will become quickly apparent that the level of civility here surpasses almost any other gun forum you might visit or join.