Thanksgiving in San Antonio

We decided to spend Thanksgiving in San Antonio with our granddaughter, Courtney, and her husband, Keith, who was on standby for his job and couldn't leave town. Our daughter, Jean, and her significant other, Jim, and their two doxies piled into our RV on Wednesday and we, including our two dogs, headed out.

Wednesday proved to be a beautiful day and traffic was surprisingly light all of the way to the Famcamp at Fort Sam Houston. After setting up, we motored up to the Germany's apartment for a yummy supper ... she had prepared a delicious deer meat/beef cassarole with asparagus. We brought one of Marie Calandar's famous Banana Cream Pies for dessert.

On Thanksgiving we enjoyed some deep fried turkey -- cajon style -- with all of the trimmings, laid around and watched some TV and generally caught up on stuff. We did a drive-by on the Germany's new house... very, very nice. They settle in December and move in in February.

Friday found me at the BX and got a great buy on an I-Pad 2 ... has the camera ... Donna's Christmas present (couldn't wait). Jean, Courtney, Keith and I went to see the J Edgar Hoover movie ... really good! Should win some awards .... the aging process on the actors was unbelievable.

On Saturday Donna and I hung out at the RV while Jean and Courtney went shopping. We joined them later for take-out from Jason's Deli.

Sunday was a travel day back home ... a cold front had gone through on Saturday and the temps plummeted, plummeted I tell you, to the 50's! Again, we were pleasantly surprised by the lack of traffic on the highways.

All in all, it was a fun trip with no scary moments.

Leaving South Forty in Giddings

We leave the rally this Sunday morning right after Caring and Sharing at 0830. Have had a great time here with 14 rigs ... on Thursday evening folks settled in for a session of Joker (board with dice game) after a hot dogs with all of the trimmings. Friday morning DJ and I with two friends drove down to La Grange which is about 20 miles south of us. Another neat old town (1836) and hit Weikel's bakery --- to die for kolache's, cinnimon rolls and home made bread. We heard it was written up in Southern Living this month. That night we caravaned 20 miles to Winchester for a meal in an old Post Office turned restaurant that specialized in steak; more games to follow. After our business meeting on Saturday we headed back to the RV to catch up on college football and possibly nap a bit. That night found us at the dinner table again ... our hosts had deep fried cornish game hens and made a terrific dressing for our Thanksgiving feast .... the rest of the folks brought side dishes and desserts. I picked up a bear pillow in the gift exchange; but, sadly someone took it from me. Someone took my next selection (popcorn and Sinatra Christmas CD) and I ended up with a container of assorted candy. We wrapped up the night watching Baylor put the wood to Oklahoma.





Looks like we will be stopping at Camping World on the way home ... we lost a vent cover on the roof somewhere on the trip up here.

We are looking forward to our next trip ... leaving next Wednesday for San Antonio with Jean, Jim, Hansie and Maisie to spend Thanksgiving with Keith and Courtney. We will stay at the famcamp on Fort Sam Houston while Jean et al will stay with the Germanys.

More later!

Back on the Blog

We haven't done much on the blog lately ... been having technical problems with it ... mostly my fault; but, hopefully that is behind us. Apparently the *.gwt.xml module file (whatever that is) has a problem in that the compile time user agent value does not match the runtime user agent value. If this makes sense to you, please tell me what the heck it means.




Meanwhile .... we traveled to Boerne, Texas last month for a Kountry Lone Star South rally at the Alamo Fiesta RV Resort. Boerne is such a neat town ... lots of interesting shops to browse through and , of course, great restaurants to sample. Eleven rigs were in attendance ... two new couples, the Crumps and Hutchens, joined our chapter. Friday night we all hit the Hungry Horse Restaurant ... their liver and onions was very good! The hosts served up baked potatoes with all of the fixin's for Saturday night which was followed by a Halloween costume party. Gene won most original for his Father Balducci the Priest get up. The Newmar Kountry Klub International Directors, Jim and Wilma Weeks, attended the rally on their way to their winter digs in the Rio Grande Valley.

One of the highlights of our trip was lunch with our granddaughter, Courtney who now lives in nearby San Antonio. Sadly, her hubby, Keith was called out to work in the middle of the night and was snoozing away. Courtney left the Texans in Houston when he was transferred to San Antonio and now she works for a Methodist charities company.

Today finds us in Giddings, Texas at another Kountry Klub rally. On our way we stopped at the Prime Outlets in Cypress and hit the Coach and Nike shops. Two handbags, a wallet and pair of shoes later we hit the road. The savings were feenominal and Santa's job is DONE! The South Forty Campground is rather rustic, but nice. We are a day early and there are four rigs here with a plan for a total of thirteen at the rally which officially starts today. A cold front passed through and the temps went from the 80's yesterday to forties this morning.

More later!