Since the last post, some twelve days ago, we've done a lot, but not much. Huh? Well, we have been busy....
The day before Valentine's Day we took a short thirty mile trip southeast into the town of Boerne, pronounced "Burn-ey" hereabouts. Boerne is a big suburb of San Antonio, with hundreds of businesses stretched along the I10 corridor. Once you get off the main highway, however, there is a cute downtown area with a number of shops and restaurants. The weather had turned cold and windy again, so we scooted right along with Sasha pulling at her leach, wanting to get back in the car. We left her to be warm and had lunch at the Dodging Duck, along the Cibolo River. What a nice lunch and the view from the wind-proof patio was very peaceful.
On Valentine's Day, Thursday, Donna gave me a particularly sweet gift: she allowed me to wash and detail a very dirty car! That might sound a bit odd, but things like a car that hasn't been washed in a month bug me, so it was a great low-pressure day with late coffee and a sense of accomplishment at the end.
Having gotten a taste of how nice a vehicle can look with a little TLC, on Friday I climbed up on the roof of the motorhome and washed and waxed it. Whew! There is a lot of stuff up there! So, now I'm on a roll.....Saturday saw the front of the motorhome and a few feet down each side being washed and waxed!
Sunday, the 17th, was a day to collapse...well, sort of. Instead of working outside, we spent most of the day gathering our tax info and getting it off to the "tax man". Not as physically demanding, perhaps, but harder work mentally for sure!
Still not recovered from three days of vehicle care, we took off Monday for a day trip to New Braunfels, TX, just a few miles north of San Antonio. At one point we had to make a decision where we wanted to go...
But we managed to find the town. A drive through downtown showed us that while the town has a long and storied German heritage, there wasn't much to intrigue us. Just outside of New Braunfels is another old German town named Gruene, where many European immigrants settled and began to farm. Monday was a holiday, so the town of Gruene was mobbed with families out for a day of fun. We allowed as how we had been having way to much "fun" and decided to cruise on through with only a short stop for Sasha to leave her DNA on the lawn at City Hall....Sorry about that.
There is a chain of convenience stores in Texas called Buc-ee's. These are not your local 7-Eleven.
Looking over Donna's shoulder, you can get a hint of the size of the building. Assuming each light fixture is four feet long, with four feet in between fixtures....do the math...it's huge!
One can purchase everything from Jerky to Bison Burgers to snacks here.
And, of course, a visitor must say hello to Bucky!
Two rows of gas and diesel fuel pumps parallel the building. We guess-t-mate upwards of sixty pumps! What a store!
And back to Buckhorn Lake RV in Kerrville, completing a 170 mile day trip! This was almost as much work as waxing the motorhome...
After a nice long rest, we got back to cleaning the motorhome on Wednesday and Thursday. Almost done! I think one more day....
But that will be later!
On Friday we shot into San Antonio to check out the northwest corner of town. This is a newer part of a fast growing city, and has many shopping opportunities (oh, joy...) We were able to find another location of our favorite seafood restaurant, Pappadoux's. The decor, presentation, and service here is phenomenal, and while not inexpensive, is worth every bite.
We enjoyed servings of Texas red snapper with grilled shrimp, with salad, and the single largest baked potato I've ever seen! Roughly half of the meal came home with us!
Pappadoux's offers fresh beef as well. These cuts were on display near the entrance. The Ribeye steaks in the center row were....I kid you not....a full 2" thick! So do the math on the filets on the right side!
So, that took us up to Friday. Then what?
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