The Agony and the Ecstasy

RV life continues with never a dull moment.

Oak trees, green leaves all year

Kumquats beside an orange

Betty's RV park was a wonderful  experience, a feeling like coming home for a while.

 



 Betty gave me some kumquats growing there.They look like small oranges, citrus, many seeds, a bit bitter, good in Christmas cakes


From Betty's , a 5hr drive into Texas and Galveston Island , on the gulf coast.There was a free ferry across and an interesting drive along the gulf to the state park where I stayed for 2 nights. The island is quite a tourist attraction with many restaurants, bars, beaches. Most houses are on stilts as the land is so low and flat.The park was very quiet and quite a distance form all the action.
A big hassle was that the internet was down the last day at Betty's and then the state park had no wifi.Oh, the agony!
However, the beaches at Galveston were beautiful.
 

 From Galveston island I drove about 4hrs to San Antonio 
where I am at present. It is now Dec 17 and I'll be heading to Del Rio today.
The RV park is on the outskirts of the city and very nice.There is even a heated outdoor pool. Oh ,the ecstasy!

whyknot parked right near the pool!

San Antonio is a beautiful city with a river going through it.
The river has bike paths and walkways along both sides. The walk is known as The River Walk and on the downtown part, no bikes allowed as there are so many people.Both sides of the river are lined with restaurants and there are musicians playing at many of them. There are interesting sights such as the Alamo which I visited.
I had trouble adding minutes to my cell phone and after trying to reach someone to talk to, it took another hour to sort out an error they discovered! It was a frustrating hour on the phone and I was ready to tear my hair out.....more agony!!
The river walk was fantastic and at night, the Christmas lights turned it into a magical wonderland.Pure ecstasy!!

Hilton

Alamo

A bench by a store