Second hop in Texas!

San Antonio, TX - April 5 - April 12, 2020

For our 2nd week in Texas we stayed at the Alamo City RV Park in San Antonio.  To no surprise none of the amenities were open and once again we were not allowed inside the office. Our paperwork was posted outside with our site number on it and we had to call them when we arrived to check in. The park was pretty full except for the pull through sites located in the center of the park. These were wide open.  I am assuming they are reserved for folks that are just dropping in for a few days like us.  There was no shade in site and unusually warm weather for April so needless to say there were a few warm days. The day it hit 93, when D got off work, we took to the road in the truck just so we could cool down.  Even though our 5th wheel is a four season one, with temps in the 90's and no shade around the A/C's just couldn't keep up!

Once again, the main reason we came to San Antonio was to visit sites!  D was very excited to visit the Alamo!  Ha!  Here's hoping this shut down of America ends soon!   And I was so looking forward to hanging out at River Walk while listening to live music, having a glass of wine and then doing a little shopping.  Double Ha!

We did explore a little bit here but everything was closed of course.  So we DROVE by The Alamo and The River Walk.  The Alamo is really small!  I would have had to duck to get in it if it had been open.

On Wednesday, D took the truck to an accessory shop, Texas Hitch and Truck Center, where they added a 45-gallon slimline tank in the back of the truck.  It has a gravity feed setup.  The fellows at the shop were quick, efficient, and fair priced.  They did very high-quality work.

We also recently opened an account with a company called EFS.  This enables us to buy diesel in the trucker lanes at the big fuel stations at significant reductions.  For example, we filled up the truck's tank, 36 gallons, and the brand new slimline tank, 45 gallons.  The price on the pump was $170.  But the price we paid was $111!  so we paid about $1.58 per gallon.  Awesome!

Corpus Christi and Padre Island

  

On Saturday, we decided that since we were just two hours from the gulf coast, we might as well drive down to Corpus Christi and Padre Island to see what all the fuss was about.  The citizens of that city were not doing very well at maintaining social distancing so it's just a matter of time before they become a hot spot... just sayin'!

I found Corpus Christi not so appealing.  The heavy smog from the oil refineries really put a damper on the city for me.  We had been thinking about wintering their next year but have since changed our mind.  The city is a little to busy for me and to find a park out on the island with excellent cell signal was zero to none.  Or at least for T-mobile.  So we have X'ed that plan and are moving on.

This Easter morning, as we were prepping for our next hop, we had a video call with the fam as it was also our D-I-L, Ali's Birthday!  Happy Birthday, Ali! We love you!

Thank you God for the gift of the cross and technology too!