Corpus Christi and San Antonio

We went back to Corpus Christi so that Cherie could go to her final orthopedic doctors appointment.  The doc said that she no longer needed to wear the brace and that she should start exercising the wrist.  Good news indeed.

The weather started to turn cold and Corpus Christi is always windy so we decided to shorten our stay and go to San Antonio early. We are staying at Fort Sam Houston Army Base.  They have very nice campsites here.  We got here before the storms and frigid weather hit.  So we have snow and sleet and it got down to about 8 degrees on Monday (2/15).  Too cold for the heat pumps in our RV to work, luckily, we have the fireplace and a portable heater. Extra blankets and sleeping with the dogs helped as well, lol.

We'll get to visit our good friends Lori and Alan Hernandez while we are here, which is always a good time.

Colorado Lake: Columbus, TX

 This is a nice and well run campground.  After one day, we were able to get a site with sewer although with only 30 amps.  That just means we need to watch how we use our electricity.

We have visited Columbus and went on a walking tour of their historic buildings, they had an app which told us all about each one.

Opera House

War Memorial building, used to be a water tank and pump for the city.

Courthouse

We also went to the Santa Claus museum which opened in 1990.  Most of the items in this collection were donation by Mary Elizabeth Hopkins. And later two other families added to the collection, the Luman and Hubenak families.

Santa who punished bad children.

Mary Elizabeth Hopkins, I think she looks like Mrs. Santa.

Good times visiting eclectic museums.

Lake Medina, TX

We are going to visit Thousand Trails campsites while in Texas.  Lake Medina was the first. This campsite needs a lot of work, the trees need trimming and the road are full of potholes. We were able to get a site with 30 amp and water, no sewer.  They claimed to have a honey truck and after being here for a few days we ordered a pump out.  They never came.  Cherie called the office and they said their truck had broken down.  A few days later, we went to the office and asked if the truck had been repaired and they indicated it had as they promised to pump us out the next day.  No such luck, again they never arrived.  This is not a campground we will be back to.  The only nice thing about this place is that it is a deer preserve.  The deer are so used to human contact that you can feed them right from your hand.  Every day and night there were over 20 dear around our campsite.  The dogs were not too happy though.  They wanted to go and play with the deer.

One night we took a ride out to a winery and then afterward we stopped in for dinner at the 4Way Roadhouse, they had a guy singing and playing guitar and during one of his songs, this guy (about 90 years old) came up and started playing the spoons.  It immediately had us thinking about Janette because her brother used to do the same thing.  

While here we visited many cities in the area, one being Kerrville and the other Fredericksburg. We had great German lunches at both.

We were also able to visit with our good friends Lori and Alan Hernandez. We took one day and visited the missions in the area.

We also enjoyed a few nights around the fire.