Sun. 5/10… (Carlsbad , NM ) Happy
Mother’s Day to everyone! We decided to
head up to see if Roswell
wanted to keep Rick as their resident alien!
No luck – they wouldn’t take him so we’re stuck! Roswell
is 50+ miles north of where we are camped and the ride was nice. I sure had Roswell completely wrong in my head. I thought this was a one stoplight town. It is built up into a nice little city. They
have one huge and beautiful Military
Academy . We saw some of the young cadets either out
and about in town (some w/their parents) or out on the parade fields. We decided to have a light lunch while there
and found a Sonic Drive In for a quick bite.
Turns out there is only one street that has most of the curiosity alien
shops as well as the UFO
Museum Research
Center . We went in there and for $3.00 got to see all
of the exhibits and articles about UFO sightings in and around Roswell . Believe in them or not, there is a LOT of written info about sightings plus they have a
couple of life size sets in place depicting alien landings. It was pretty cool and worth the drive and
the time. On the way home we heard from Bill and Treasa who just left their
Cavern tour. We both checked out places
to eat (this part of the country we find that most places are closed on
Sundays) and since it was Mother’s Day we thought most of the places would be
open. We thought wrong so we settled
with Everspring Chinese Buffet in Artesia (24 miles from campground). It was just ok. Not a place we would go to
again. We returned to the campground and
started brainstorming Rick and Janie’s rig issue. They do not have hot water. We think it’s in the unit (it’s tankless and
operates different from ours) so they will be calling Tiffin (the manufacturer) tomorrow to see if
they could troubleshoot the problem. We made plans for departure tomorrow and
headed off to relax and watch TV.
Mon. 5/11… (Fort Stockton , TX ) Today
we had 180 miles to drive and are now at Parkview RV Park in Fort Stockton TX . Nothing fancy but this is just an overnight
stop and will work just fine. Janie
reached the manufacturer of the water heater and I spoke with him to get a walk
through on testing to see what is wrong.
We think we have found the problem and the part will be shipped to our
upcoming campground in San Antonio
in a few days. Treasa is switching dinner duty w/Janie so she fixed pork chops
and corn and baked potatoes – all yummy! We talked about tomorrow and what time
to leave. We are now two hours later
than home and will be for some time. We
discussed the weather as it looks like we’re now heading into the rain. Then we went back to the rig to kill
moths. The last stop was close to the
lake so we had little gnats and moths all around us! The gnats are pretty much gone but we still
have hundreds of @#$%& moths that flocked in and around the rigs. They get
in through the smallest of spaces and then come out at night. So we have to deal with them until we get
them all.
Tues. 5/12… (Junction,
TX) The run today was 198 miles and the weather was nasty. We had light
rain most of the way. Our stop was Junction North Llano River RV Park. This place used to be a KOA park and is very
nice. We are right by the river and
there’s grass for Bailey to roll around in.
Speaking of Bailey, she has been doing really well this trip. She doesn’t usually travel well but so far
she hasn’t gotten sick. If you look closely at the motorhome picture you can see Bailey likes to drive! We are only here
for one night so we aren’t unhooking the tow car. BUT we think we had a door
ajar during the trip so the inside dome light was on and ran down the
battery. A quick charge and we’re good
to go. It was Lydia ’s
turn for dinner. She made ham, mac &
cheese, salad and carmel
cake for dessert. It was all very good. We have a short run tomorrow so we
aren’t leaving until around 10:00.
Wed. 5/13… (San Antonio , TX ) Today we drove 114 miles through almost
constant rain and arrived at the Campground at Ft Sam Houston. It did let up a bit as we were getting close
to the base. Both Bill & Treasa and Rick & Janie are retired military
and all have ids to get on military bases.
So we stopped on the way at a picnic area and Lydia and Janie swapped rigs. Janie
used her id to get my rig on base and we made our way to the campground and
checked in. This is a huge base as
we found out later that day when we set out to find the PX. We must have driven for 45 minutes. We did a little looking around and then
headed back home. We had decided to go
find a steakhouse and Bill had spotted a sign for one on the way. It was called
Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse. So I looked it up and decided to go
there. It showed it was close to
downtown where we wanted to go later anyway.
It turns out this place was right on the Riverwalk! The food was pretty good. All of us split our
meals and we had plenty. Afterward we
decided that since it wasn’t raining we would hit the River Barge Rides. This is a narrated tour on the river. Cost us
seniors $6.00 each. We had done it before but they have added tons of places
and made it a longer loop. It was
fun. We made our way back to our cars
and headed home. Another adventure
getting back on base! We figure that by
the time we are ready to leave we might have some of it figured out!
Thurs. 5/14…
(San Antonio , TX ) This
morning we decided to head off to SAS (San Antonio Shoes). Made in America , these shoes are not the
cheapest but after the factory tour (which was fantastic) we understand
why. Most of the work is done by
hand. It takes many steps to get the
high quality shoes. All of the girls bought at least one pair. These are seconds but as they say, you can’t
find a flaw! All morning Janie had been tracking the rv part they had
ordered. It was delivered and we decided
to get it installed asap so they could have hot water again. No problem and it seems to be working
fine. Janie fixed dinner (chicken
parmigiana – yummy!) and then we headed (offbase again) to Bass Pro Shops and
Walmart. I needed to replace a fuse (why
the Honda battery was down) plus I wanted to get some more WD40, jumper cables,
and another rain jacket. We hit Walmart first but they didn’t have too many
rain jackets. By the time we got out of
there it was a little too late for the drive out to BPS so we went home.
Fri. 5/15… (San Antonio , TX ) This is our last day here in San Antonio .
Since it rained almost all last night and this morning we decided to
wait a bit before heading out. We
thought we’d go to Bass Pro Shops first so we could at least get out of the
rain for awhile. That worked. It stopped!
We headed home to walk the dogs and then Rick & Janie drove back to
downtown and to the Alamo . Bill & Treasa
decided to stay home and relax. We
enjoyed the visit there although it was pretty crowded. We walked around the
square there and hit a few shops and then went back to rest. We went to Treasa’s for dinner and then
planned for our next day’s journey tomorrow.
We only have a short drive so we’re planning on going to the local
Cracker Barrel for breakfast and then take off.
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