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 [...]
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 [...]
I spent today steeped in the history of Bandera, and the history of my great-grandfather’s family, the Hays, one of the founding families in this community. Ray Hay, my great-grandfather, was always a bit of a mystery to me. I knew he’d had another family before he married my great-grandma, and he’d been estranged from [...]
We were up around 8:00 a.m., and at 8:30 sharp, my friend Melinda knocked on the door. She was carrying homemade breakfast tacos AND a pan of cinnamon rolls! She brought us some El Milagro tortilla chips and a bag of groceries! That was so incredibly kind and generous. She must have figured we look [...]
Continue reading about Day 46 on the road – From San Antonio to Bandera
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
A silent cartoon from 1937 about Farmer Al Falfa and his dog hitting the road with their travel trailer. Cute stuff.
