Kimball Bend Park

 We left San Antonio about 11 am and took the scenic route north through Bourne and Fredericksburg.  After spending the past few days in 80 degree weather I'm looking forward to Spring in the Ozarks.  It was a rough and stressful drive north across the rolling hills of texas.  Nicely, many of the Texas stae highways have roadside picnic areas and I took advantage of a few to calm my nerves.  Driving the Texas back country would have been a lot more enjoyable in a car but in the RV the roads were just narrow enough to test your skills and didn't leave room to take in the views especially when there was oncomming trafic.

We stopped for gas and groceries in Meridian, TX and continued north to Kopperl, TX pulling in for the evening at Kimball Bend Park. It's a Corps of Engineers Campground on the Brazos River southwest of Ft. Worth, TX.  We arrived at about 4:30, got a pull-thru site with a nice covered picnic table, water and electrical hookups.  After getting the RV opened up, Toto and Bilbo took a walk with me across the campground and down to the river.

We'll be here overnight and split up the last 500 miles home with our next stop somewhere in between.  We've been reviewing possible options for tomorrow nights stay but haven't found a winner just yet.  I'm wishing for something more forested or maybe mountains with a view. It's all up in the air at the moment but we'll get something figured out.  

Come back tomorrow and find out.  Cheers!

BFF February

 February, historically has always been the peak of winter in Arkansas. This year was well represented with below 0 temps and an 8 inch blanket of snow to show for it.  I drove the RV up from the lower drive 5 days early to avoid bringing it up in the snow.  Temperatures never got above 30 the whole week and with all the snow we ended up pushing our departure date out another day.  The plan was to take a 3 day drive to San Antonio, TX but our original first stop at Lake Eufalla State park in Oklahome got scrubbed since the park was still covered in snow.  Instead we left a day later and our first stop was at the texas border, below the snow line. 

If ever there was a great way to test your patience, owning an RV should be high on the list.  We arrived at the Red River RV Ranch with a flat tire on the back of the RV.  No idea when it happened, but it wasn't something that could be patched.  We made dozens of calls to neighboring areas looking for a tire but came up empty.  Since we were headed into texas and much denser populated cities I decided to limp along on what we had and continue south.  The tire we needed wasn't found at any of the tire service points we came accross and we stopped for the night in Lampassas, TX at a Harvest Host Vinyard called Texas Legato Winery.

The place was quaint, quiet, and the perfect spot to relax after driving all day totally stressed short 1 tire.  The owner noted a few tire shops in town and we hit the jackpot next morning when a shop in town had the right tires we needed.  Not only that, they accepted the fleet tire service contract we got when we bought the RV and replaced 2 tires in the process.  A ton of weight off my shoulders and we completed our route to San Antonio.

San Antonio, TX is the home of my lifelong BFF Weston and we make an effort to see each other as often as we can manage.  Wes is a much better host than I have ever been. He's always ready to take us anywhere we might want to see or experience.  Of course since it's San Antonio, and Lynn is such a history buff, we find ouselves at the Alamo and Riverwalk often.  Today we went to Market Square and had lunch before doing a little window shopping.  We even walked from Market Square to the Alamo and back.  So much has changed, there was a lot of construction going on and renovation of some of the historic buildings.

We're staying at Lost Resort Ranch on the outskirts of San Antonio.  The place feels like its well out of town but the city of San Antonio has been spreading out more and more for years and as remote as it feels here there are already a lot of communities nearby.  I imagine this place will be surrounded by housing in the very near future.

I know I'm quite late getting this post up but this is really the first time this trip I was up to the task. We have two more days here before we begin the trek back to Arkansas. I'm not sure where our next stop will be just yet but I'll be posting again soon now that I have my mind in a better state.

Thanks for checking in.  Until next time, Cheers!