I think it looks pretty good.

Our yard at night.

The front of the Trailer decorated for Christmas.

One of our Christmas decorations, provided by a fellow on our street.

Colin's Storage box and onboard generator installation in progress.

We arrived a Llano Grande just before 5:00. We found our site, got parked and then had a little visit with Bob and Carol. They are about 5 sites down from where we are. Time to get settled in for the month.

Some of the beautiful stone work along the River.

Pretty Flowers growing along the wall

Looking through the archway into the court yard at the Alamo

The Alamo sanctuary

Part of the Wall Surrounding the Alamo.


Colin enjoying some Texas BBQ Beef Ribs.

A Squirrel posing along the River Walk.

One of the many little waterfalls.

A Bridge going over the River Walk.


We arrived in San Antonio in the late afternoon and pulled into a "Campgrounds of America Park" which allowed us to stay for 3 nights at 1/2 price which turned out to be $18.00 per night. It was a very nice park and well maintained. Although the dog park left something to be desired......a mat of tiny little prickly burrs.....my dogs wouldn't even go in!

On Sunday we thought it would probably be too busy for the River Walk so we opted to drive out to a Flea Market. We didn't actually buy anything but we got a good workout walking around the whole thing.

Monday was our River Walk day. The weather was good, a little overcast but good so off we went. You arrive in the city which is like every other city, busy, lots of big buildings and regular city streets........then you walk down one flight of stairs and you are transported into a whole different world! There are gardens, plants, trees, pretty little ivy covered bridges, lots of unique little water features and of course the River itself. There is an area of Restaurants with tables set up at the waters edge but for the most part it is like a big park in the middle of the city. There is a hospital whose basement is on the River Walk and it has a pub in it facing out to the river.....how cool is that. There is an open air Theatre with seats up on one side of the water and the stage on the other. We took a boat tour around the whole area and were amazed to learn that the city almost covered the waterway and wanted to run it through culverts, completely hiding it. Two ladies took up the cause, helped by an Architect who drew plans for a lot of the features and the rest as they say is history.

We stopped and had lunch at one of the little cafes along the water......BBQ that was just delicious.

We also ventured over to the Alamo, where we listened to a fellow give a very interesting talk about the battle of the Alamo. He was an excellent speaker and made it all sound as though it had happened just yesterday.

All in all a pretty relaxing, enjoyable day.

Free camping, Free WiFi, ....for 3 nights! The park resembles a State Park with large treed sites , the difference is there are full hook-ups, water, sewer and electric. The park is located on Lake Whitney. We got parked and settled in.

Day two we had to go listen to the "45" minute presentation ......actually 3 hours! So much for day two. The whole deal is sort of like a timeshare only it's with campsites, then to make things interesting they also add in timeshares and cabins and cruises. Way too much information and a little expensive for the type of traveling that we do. We told them we would think about it and they gave us a $50.00 gift certificate to Camping World. We did have a nice walk along the waterfront and found lots of burrs for the dogs. It took me forever to get them all brushed out.


Day three they came to the door with a really good deal cause this guys just happen to come into the park who was getting out of RV'ing and wanted to dump his membership at a really discounted price.......ya.....still no deal.

We drove for 50 miles the the Dinosaur State Park, then paid $5.00 each to get in to see where they had removed dinosaur foot prints from a river bed. We did see two of three prints but we darn near killed ourselves getting to them! Not only that but we had the dogs with us and they managed to find another bunch of Burrs. That's right .... another brushing!

We stopped at the Welcome Centre just across the Texas State Line and picked up some literature on some of the places we plan to visit. That done we got back into the truck and drove a short distance and found a Camping World. We need to get some warranty work done on our fridge and were hoping to get it done while we waited.......not! It takes about a week for them to order the parts and then you have to make an appointment to have it done, and it takes about 1/2 and hour for the actual job. While we were there we checked out a booth set up for the "Thousand Trails campgrounds. If you listen to their 45 minute selling presentation you can stay in their campground for 3 nights and 4 days. We decided to do that as one of the campgrounds was on the way in Fort Worth. Only problem is we can't go till tomorrow so we have to spend one more night in a Wal-Mart.....actually we stayed at a Sam's club right next door.

That's right, another night in a Wal-Mart. It's actually working out pretty good. Colin found a shirt in the fist one that he really liked but they weren't in his size, and then between yesterday and today they put them on sale so he has 2 now......hope to dind some more tomorrow.

For us there is no better way to spend the night when we are traveling than to pull into a Super Wal-Mart. You get to stretch your legs while picking up any grocery or other items that you might need and the parking lots have security cameras and in most case vehicles patrolling. What could be better. We stopped for the night in Missouri.

After an action packed summer with Shelly's wedding and alot of Rental property work we were ready to leave for the Sunny South......Well maybe not..... The night before we were suppose to leave we had an accident on the 401 about 2 minutes from our cut off to get to the campground. Long story short, there was about $8,000.00 damage to the truck and a little over a two week delay....Not Happy!

Finally on November 2nd we picked up the truck from my nephew's body shop and all was right with the world....we could leave in the morning.

By about noon on November 3rd we were on our way. We had no intentions of getting very far but we did get across the border and as far along as Illinois. We spent the night in a Wal-Mart parking lot and were amazed at how much more space the new trailer takes up. The old trailer with the truck attached would take up two parking spaces end to end. The new one takes up six and we have to park length wise across them.