This morning, I left my sister’s house and headed back to “historic” Grapevine (the little downtown tourist district) not far from the campground. I was on a mission to find another stuffed armadillo for my friend, Anne’s, other son. While I was there, I also planned on finding a few geocaches. The souvenir shop was [...]
I woke up this morning with yet another migraine. Urgh! This is becoming a habit. The hotter the summer gets, the worse these things are. I did pull myself out of bed to spend some time with Lex and my sister before they both went to work. I spent a little time puttering around the [...]
Not a lot to report today. After scoring really excellent doughnuts from the Snowflake bakery for breakfast, I visited the local cemetery to find the graves of the Hay ancestors. There are quite a few very old tombstones there, some dating back to the Texas Revolution. The first Hays to settle in Bandera, Alexander and [...]
Today I went to the post office in Elmendorf, not far from the RV park where we are staying, so I could mail Alexis’ iPhone 3G. The two-year-old phone sold in under two minutes on eBay for $150. What? Are people out of their minds? They can get the newer model, the 3GS for only [...]
We spent all afternoon today in San Antonio on errands and visiting with friends. Our first stop was a flea market on San Antonio’s Southside to visit my friend, Susana, who was a student at Palo Alto College when I first started working there. I should point out that flea markets in this part the [...]
This afternoon I drove to Gonzales for my aunt’s viewing. I exited IH10 and headed down Hwy 183 south towards Gonzales. A couple of miles down the road, I encountered a tiny house being moved, presumably to its permanent home. If only I could have hijacked it! Not sure if it was a Tiny [...]
Continue reading about Day 37 on the road – In San Antonio and Gonzales
As I promised, today I stayed in. The morning started early with a 6 a.m. call from one of my cousins telling me my aunt (the one who had the stroke a couple of weeks ago) had a heart attack and probably wasn’t going to make it. She didn’t. Her rosary is Thursday evening and [...]
Today we drove Alex to the airport and San Antonio and bid her goodbye. The week flew by so quickly! We enjoyed her visit and miss her already. Alexis then stopped by North Star Mall to put her name on a waiting list for the iPhone 4G. Yes, she is that geek. While she was [...]
Continue reading about Day 32 on the road – Gonzales, San Antonio, and New Braunfels
We woke today with no real plan, so the day unfolded quite organically. I made breakfast tacos, walked the dogs, checked my mail, and later in the morning, Lex and Alex played xBox games while Lex had a little break from work. I had a few things I needed from the store, so Alex and [...]
Today was exhausting emotionally and physically. I picked up my aunt here in town and we went to Austin to visit another aunt of mine who had a stroke on Sunday. She’s 84 and has been having health problems for years, so this is no big surprise, but it’s still not easy to see a [...]
