We had lunch at a great "German" restaurant yesterday in San Antonio!! Who whould have known that there is a large German settlement in of all places San Antonio, TX!! With the Spanish and native American influence in architecture and language who would ever look for a German influence but us!!! The restaurant was Schilo and we had wonderful split pea soup, and franks and brats, and rye bread and fabulous saurkraut! Yummy!!!
We are having some work done on our rig tomorrow then heading South to a State park. On the 1st of Feb. we will be in Rivera, TX on the gulf for a month. I can't wait!!! I just hope it is warm and sunny and the gulf is beautiful!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Texas RVing women
WOW! What a nice bunch of women. We had dinner with them at a restaurant in Bandera, TX that had saddles used as bar stools! Very clever! They have been very helpful with sharing a name of a repair shop as well as some great suggestions on where to visit in Texas while we are here.
Texas
Here we are in Texas! We arrived in time to enjoy a great weekend with the wonderful women of RVingWomen! They were so helpful and welcoming. Made us feel like we belong here.
We are now in San Antonio for a week and doing a little sight-seeing. We took a tour bus to The Alamo and two missions that were built in the 1700s and are still standing!
Some of the buildings are being refurbished but they are trying to maintain the same colors and style of the times. The buildings were designed by the Franciscan monks and used the Moors influence as a guide.
Some of the buildings are being refurbished but they are trying to maintain the same colors and style of the times. The buildings were designed by the Franciscan monks and used the Moors influence as a guide.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
How does 3 turn into 8??
We started to leave Gulfport, MS after a very nice visit and have a leisurely drive of about 3 hours that amazingly turned into 8 hours!! Too much! After no levelers, no battery, no go.....but wait I am getting ahead of myself.
We had a nice hearty breakfast of grits this morning in preparation of a drive to Louisiana. I would have liked to see New Orleans again but my "travel companion" had just been there at a bridge tournament last year and was not interested in fighting the traffic so we opted to drive on the North side of Lake Pontchatrain instead of the Southside. As usual she was right again---but wait I am ahead of myself again! We prepared to leave Gulfport and pulled in the slide, unfastened the water hose, did the dump thing, and went to raise the levelers and all I got was a, "click, click, click". the coach battery was dead again!! Cathy went to the office of the RV resort and asked for someone to help us with a jump on the coach battery. A nice man from Indiana came to the rescue...and got the battery jumped so I could raise the levelers. So off we went!!! YEAH!! I called the leveler company to ask how the levelers could draw down the battery. Of course it is difficult to diagnose a problem from so far away.
Next I called Nexus with the same question and they too were trying to be helpful but it is very hard from Northern IN to help us in Mississippi. They did suggest that we had a bad cell in the battery and that if we stopped at a battery store we could have it checked so off we went in search of a battery store on the way to LA(Louisiana).
We took I12 on the Northside of the Lake and stumbled upon Dixie RV store! We would never have found the nice man, Wayne, in the service department if we had gone to New Orleans! He was wonderful!!! When the Camping World service department that is attached to Dixie RV couldn't help us because they only had 2 techs and were booked solid and not able to assist. I went over to Wayne and asked if they were buried too and he said, "well, yes but let me see what I can do". He went into the service garage and brought back a tester and went out to the rig with me and sure enough a cell was dead in the coach battery. Also,, he explained that there should be two batteries in that compartment and only one was there! He installed two batteries for us and gave us the broken one to show Nexus when we get back to Indiana.
In a couple hours we were on our way!
If you ever need service on your RV and are in LA, go see Wayne at Dixie RV!!!
We had a nice hearty breakfast of grits this morning in preparation of a drive to Louisiana. I would have liked to see New Orleans again but my "travel companion" had just been there at a bridge tournament last year and was not interested in fighting the traffic so we opted to drive on the North side of Lake Pontchatrain instead of the Southside. As usual she was right again---but wait I am ahead of myself again! We prepared to leave Gulfport and pulled in the slide, unfastened the water hose, did the dump thing, and went to raise the levelers and all I got was a, "click, click, click". the coach battery was dead again!! Cathy went to the office of the RV resort and asked for someone to help us with a jump on the coach battery. A nice man from Indiana came to the rescue...and got the battery jumped so I could raise the levelers. So off we went!!! YEAH!! I called the leveler company to ask how the levelers could draw down the battery. Of course it is difficult to diagnose a problem from so far away.
Next I called Nexus with the same question and they too were trying to be helpful but it is very hard from Northern IN to help us in Mississippi. They did suggest that we had a bad cell in the battery and that if we stopped at a battery store we could have it checked so off we went in search of a battery store on the way to LA(Louisiana).
We took I12 on the Northside of the Lake and stumbled upon Dixie RV store! We would never have found the nice man, Wayne, in the service department if we had gone to New Orleans! He was wonderful!!! When the Camping World service department that is attached to Dixie RV couldn't help us because they only had 2 techs and were booked solid and not able to assist. I went over to Wayne and asked if they were buried too and he said, "well, yes but let me see what I can do". He went into the service garage and brought back a tester and went out to the rig with me and sure enough a cell was dead in the coach battery. Also,, he explained that there should be two batteries in that compartment and only one was there! He installed two batteries for us and gave us the broken one to show Nexus when we get back to Indiana.
In a couple hours we were on our way!
If you ever need service on your RV and are in LA, go see Wayne at Dixie RV!!!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
The "wilds" of Gainesville
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Record breaking cold!
I forgot to mention that my Indiana and Illinois cousins saved our lives coming down here!! They provided food for the road! We left Indy about 11:00am on the 26th and got to the Southern part of Indpls. when my "travel companion" got hungry! Fortunately, we had fruit, sausage, cheese, candy to munch on until we could reach a place to eat lunch!! Thanks to the cousins!!! Also, our new in-laws provided wonderful nuts and candy for the road too!! It's nice to be surrounded by such thoughtful people.
Well we survived record breaking cold in Gainesville!! It was colder here than had been recorded in over 100 years!! Leave it to us to be in the middle of a cold snap!!! I am still looking for warm weather!! The sky is a beatiful clear blue however, and the sun is bright and feels good coming in the window. I was afraid that we had wrecked something last night however. When I tried to make coffee this morning the water was running very very slowly....but once it ran for a little it broke loose and is fine.
I hope to get out and take some pictures of the wildlife of Gainesville to share. I am looking out my window at a horse, two donkeys, an emu, and two peacocks!!!
Well we survived record breaking cold in Gainesville!! It was colder here than had been recorded in over 100 years!! Leave it to us to be in the middle of a cold snap!!! I am still looking for warm weather!! The sky is a beatiful clear blue however, and the sun is bright and feels good coming in the window. I was afraid that we had wrecked something last night however. When I tried to make coffee this morning the water was running very very slowly....but once it ran for a little it broke loose and is fine.
I hope to get out and take some pictures of the wildlife of Gainesville to share. I am looking out my window at a horse, two donkeys, an emu, and two peacocks!!!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Winter is BACK!!!
Here we are in the sunny South and yes it is sunny but the temperature has changed dramatically!! It is suppose to be in the low 20s tonight!!! Burrrr...but that is still much better than snow and the teens like they are having in Indy.,
We got our rig fixed today! The guys at B&E Service in Ocala, FL are wonderful. Not only do they know what they are doing they are very thoughtful. When we got there they asked if we were leaving the rig with them and when I said, "Well,we do have 3 little dogs and 2 cats with us and this is our only home." No problem, just back in here and we will plug you in so you have electricity and will be with you in about 30 minutes! In a little less that 5 hours we had the leak located and fixed, the cable fixed and a piece of material to put under the slide until we get back to Goshen to get the floor repaired.
I am going over to my cousin's house tomorrow and help her make grits!! It's the old family recipe. It's an all day process but worth every minute.
We got our rig fixed today! The guys at B&E Service in Ocala, FL are wonderful. Not only do they know what they are doing they are very thoughtful. When we got there they asked if we were leaving the rig with them and when I said, "Well,we do have 3 little dogs and 2 cats with us and this is our only home." No problem, just back in here and we will plug you in so you have electricity and will be with you in about 30 minutes! In a little less that 5 hours we had the leak located and fixed, the cable fixed and a piece of material to put under the slide until we get back to Goshen to get the floor repaired.
I am going over to my cousin's house tomorrow and help her make grits!! It's the old family recipe. It's an all day process but worth every minute.
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