Monday 10/28 We had to get ourselves out and about early this morning, we had an appointment to take the coach to Texas RV repair to get an estimate for repairing our leak. While it was there we had the oil changed etc. After getting the bad news, we had to find a place to stay for 4 nights during the repair. There were a couple of places in our camping membership that we looked at, the first we didn't even stop, the first thing we saw were a bunch of very old singlewide trailers. (not manufactured homes). The next place is about 15 miles south of downtown S.A., really nice, there is a Days Inn next door that is owned by the same people, we were able to get a suite for a real good price and they are pet friendly. We will leave Fort Sam Houston on the 18th, take the coach in to get repaired, spend 4 nights at the motel then move the coach down to Lake Braunig RV park until the end of November. Afterward our next project was to find our missing mail, two weeks of mail were not at the base that should have been. We talked to Linda at The Other Mail Service, priority mail tracking said they had been received. Somehow instead of general delivery to the base it had been sent to general delivery at the main post office in San Antonio, what a relief to figure out where the mail had gone to. We decided to try Bun and Barrel BBQ, a SA institution since the 50's, also featured on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives, there was a geo cache in their parking lot and I didn't feel like cooking. Went home to watch the Seahawks play an ugly game managing to pull out a win in the end.
Wed 10/30. I had an early appointment to get my stitches out. It wasn't a lot of fun. I'm surprised at the area they took out, now I look like I have a cold sore that went astray. I'm hoping once the redness and swelling go away it won't look so nasty. After, we went to check out the Pearl Brewery, established in 1881, the largest brewery in Texas. Now it is high end retail and restaurants. similar to the Pearl in Portland. The "Stable" area now is an event venue, we couldn't look in but the pictures look very nice. During prohibition they made near beer, soft drinks and ice cream. in 1985 Pabst Blue Ribbon bought them out finally closing in 2001. The forecast for late and middle of the night for heavy rain and thunder and lightening, this time they were right. Places here in the park were flooded including the construction area where they are making new rv spaces. Luci doesn't seem to mind the thunder, I do however!
Thursday 10/31 Happy Halloween. We've been planning all week to go down to the Riverwalk area to see a bunch of crazies in costume, we were a bit disappointed, only the wait staff at various restaurants were dressed up. Our other "must do" on our list was to find a place to watch the Christmas parade the day after Thanksgiving, you have to buy tickets for a spot and we couldn't tell on the map where to go. We inquired at several restaurants, they were full but we did find on that had openings. For $65. including dinner we could watch the parade, we decided to just get a chair along the way for $25.00. We ended up eating dinner at The Aztec on the river, I had the most delicious quesadilla made with goat cheese and spinach. Yum. I couldn't eat it all so I got a box to go, on the way back to the car a homeless man harassed me, he wanted my leftovers. No way it was too good to give away.
Friday, 11/1 On the way down to San Antonio from Buffalo gap we went through Fredricksburg, a German town, we decided we'd like to go back. There is a lot of historical homes and businesses but the draw for Gary was the War of the Pacific Museum. It took him several hours to get through it but he said there was too much to see in part of a day. We thought it odd that a Pacific War museum would be in the middle of Texas until we found a historical sign saying it was the childhood home of Nimitz I visited all the shops along main street, very expensive. I didn't buy anything. We dropped Luci at a day care on the way, PetSmart have the greatest "day camp" for dogs. We hit rush hour traffic on the way home, took forever to pick Luci up (about 10 miles out of the way) and get back to base.
Saturday, 11/2 We didn't do much today, grocery shopping, cleaning etc. I made my birthday cake for tomorrow. My sister Judy from San Diego called to wish me a happy birthday. Tomorrow for dinner we are going to the Towers of America's for my B.D dinner at sunset.
TTFN Gary and Pam
Top to bottom: View from the coach across the RV park; Quarry Market shopping center; Pearl Brewing Co. being refurbished into a hotel; cement sculptures long the water front, same artist that did the bridge that looks like trees in Breckenridge Park; Gary and I hunting for the perfect spot to watch the Christmas parade, had to stop and have an adult beverage; the wait staff and the mobster river barge driver.
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