Well so much for being up to date; the last post was weeks ago!

San Antonio

So San Antonio for the weekend plus. No big problem, we're in a nice park in a nice city. We had been here before, no great urge to see the Alamo again and since we'd have Monday afternoon to find something to do while the rig was in the shop we decided to just hang around here and relax for the weekend. And do a load or two of laundry.

Friday, 8th November, as I said, a slow day. Gillian drove into town for a bit of shopping while Art and the dogs stayed home. Art's headache was mostly gone and there was no more nausea so we hoped the concussion would be done with before we hit Mexico. And maybe he could have a drink soon!

The volunteer residents put on a dinner on Friday nights and breakfasts Saturday and Sunday morning. So Friday night it was burgers and fries (or else Art would have had to cook).

Saturday breakfast was bacon or ham and eggs, toast, juice, and coffee or ice tea.

Sunday breakfast was all you could eat waffles, again with juice, coffee etc.

Somehow this weekend Art found time to wash the bugs from the windshield.

Monday morning was taken up with getting ready to set off for the day in San Antonio and possibly a hotel stop overnight.

Art went round to the nearby Valero station for diesel at 3.579 a gallon while Gillian and the dogs went in the Jeep.

We left the rig with Cummins a bit before our 1:00 PM appointment, the service desk sounding confident that they would find and fix the problem today. That is certainly good news. 

Now. Where for lunch? We knew of and had visited the River Walk, with the Rivercenter Mall at the end of it, last year and knew there would be lots of choices there as well as adequate parking at the Mall. Found it listed in the GPS Shopping listings, set it to GO and we went. Only once around the block when we got there as road construction got us and the Garmin a bit confused and when we were along side the parking entrance we were on the wrong side of a three lane one-way street!

We abandoned the poor hard put upon dogs in the Jeep and headed to the River Walk via the mall. We soon found an Italian restaurant and shared a very nice pizza while watching the birds and the wildlife. Of various types: A grackle was busy at a table two down dining on a crust of bread it had picked up from the floor and taken to the table top! Next to us a pigeon sat on the rail with it's eye on the bread basket. When it landed on the table the man dining there didn't seem to welcome the company and waved it away. 

We took great amusement at a sign on all the River Walk tables, particularly this one. Please Do Not Feed the Ducks Pigeons and Other Animals. Our photo might not be particularly politically correct perhaps, but amusing all the same.

Now to kill some time and do a little sightseeing. We had done the walk before, at least most of it, but thought this time we would do it the easy way, a guided tour on one of the many boats. It was quite interesting and learned some new things: Part of the Riverwalk was originally built as a flood control measure. The loop down to the Rivercenter Mall is all artificial; the fountains part of the water filtration system. The ducks seem to know just how close they can come to the tour boats, but a few have to paddle madly out of the way!

One of the hotels (below) along the Riverwalk was built in 7 months! All the rooms were prefabricated off site, including all electric, plumbing and ventilation systems and were put into place by two large cranes. According to the guide even the beds were already made up and bathrooms stocked! 

Here are a few more pics of the River Walk. City streets cross the River Walk in several places.

While on the boat Art's cell phone rang. It was the shop! It was too noisy to hear (Art's phone has an audio problem) so when we returned to “land” we found a lest noisy area and Art used Gillian's phone to return the call. They had located the fault, cost estimate about $500.00. Art said go ahead and asked if it would be done tonight. Happy! Happy! Happy!

As we stepped out of the elevator in the Car Park we saw Trekker's face staring out the windshield of the Jeep, directly at the elevator door! We wondered if he had been there the entire time! He usually naps while we are away.

En-route back to the shop the phone rang again. Still unable to hear anything, we just carried on. We arrived to find the motorhome was almost ready!

Gillian and the dogs went shopping for groceries while Art waited for the rig. Shortly it was time for him to take it for a test drive a mile or two up the highway and back to the shop. All was well. They said it would take fifteen minutes or so for the paper work so Art climbed into the rig for a liedown. A knock on the door soon got him up and back into the shop, credit card in hand. The problem had been a faulty engine position sensor. Art wondered why it would need such a thing; it was doubtful the engine would wander off on it's own.

Back to Braunig Lake where Art checked in for our last night in San Antonio. We could have the same space if we were out by Noon. Art agreed and was quickly set up and Gillian and the dogs arrived back soon after.

Odometer: 98841 kilometers.