Happy Valentine’s Day, all. Nice day on the road today. We’re in the process of leaving Texas. You know how that is, it doesn’t happen just because you decide to do it. You have to be determined to make it out of Texas, and hold that determination for days before it actually happens. So here we are in West Texas. Van Horn. Tomorrow we drive another hundred forty miles to finish the “leaving Texas project”, then on through New Mexico and into Arizona.
New Braunfels
New Braunfels, Texas. A long day, waiting for the motorhome repair shop to do its work. Swapped out the driver and passenger chairs, fixed a couple cabinet latches, and did an oil change. Thirty-two quarts of oil. Separation anxiety for me, staying away while they do their work. Relief when finally reunited with the coach, even at rush hour. Skipped across the top right quadrant of the San Antonio Area, and got north and west of town before dark. Buckhorn RV Resort in Kerrville.
Tomorrow… west on Interstate 10.
Tomorrow… west on Interstate 10.
San Antonio
We did it. We pried ourselves loose from the beach. Northwest for a hundred fifty miles to San Antonio. A little north from there to New Braunfels. Got here early enough to go check out Landa Park. We heard a rumor there were wood ducks there. We like wood ducks a lot. Tomorrow morning, Ironhorse RV to have some seats installed.
Port a
Today’s entertainment, a drive down the beach by the jetty. It has been windy the last couple days while the cold front passed through. When the wind blows like that, we get some good sand drifts that build up by the dunes. It’s not okay to drive in the dunes, but if some sand drifts out over the part of the beach you normally drive on, you get to do whatever you want. A sedan and minivan had already accidentally found the deep sand and were not having any fun at all, so we got to use the tow strap and drag them out. We always carry a tow strap and shovel, in case someone needs help (including us). A big tanker passed, dolphins playing in the bow wake, while we were parked watching the channel. It looks like most tankers pull into the port of Corpus Christi loaded and leave empty.
Palm trees
The ones planted a couple years ago look like this.
Some years down the road, this place is going to be a palm tree forest. I counted, multiplied, and estimated. I think there are going to be about a thousand palm trees here. A tropical forest.
Some years down the road, this place is going to be a palm tree forest. I counted, multiplied, and estimated. I think there are going to be about a thousand palm trees here. A tropical forest.