Mar 10th to 13th - San Benito to San Antonio

Mar 10th - Tues - San Benito
We went for a drive south and east today - through Brownsville to South Padre Island. We were warned that there might be lots of traffic because of kids on spring break but things were pretty quiet. We walked out to the beach - not many people there but it was very windy and not a great beach day.
We had lunch and headed back. We chatted with Glen & Bonnie while I was putting some bread pudding in the oven and I invited them over later for dessert. I also made a vanilla sauce (recipes from the internet) and I think it turned out great.

Mar 11th - Wed - San Benito
Glen & Bonnie headed for home (Louisiana) this morning - the park is really emptying out. I did a couple of loads of laundry while Terry washed the truck & the 5th wheel. I made breakfast for lunch and then we went to the pool for a while. The wind let up a bit today but there was enough to make you feel cool when you got out of the pool even though it was probably in the low 80’s.

Mar 12th - Thurs - to San Antonio TX
Lots of empty highway - empty of traffic and anything interesting to look at - on the 4 ½ hour trip to San Antonio today. We took a highway (281) that paralleled the one (77) that we took down. We found out from Glen when we in San Benito that the 60 mile stretch on Hwy 77 without a service station was one side of the famed King Ranch.
After setting up and having a late lunch, I dealt with too many emails and then we went out for diesel and groceries - story of our life! The people that we met in Sarasota for New Years (Doug & Louise) are in this park and went to the office before we arrived to arrange for us to have a spot near them. They were busy today so we will see them during the remaining 3 days that we are staying here.
A cold front came through and the temperature dropped a lot last night and stayed cool, rainy and breezy today. The River Walk is a huge “must see” in San Antonio so I hope the weather improves so we can enjoy it.

Mar 13th - Fri - San Antonio
Doug & Louise came over for coffee and banana bread that I baked yesterday. Since the weather was cold and rainy, they were doing laundry & cleaning so we headed for a flea market. It was a disappointment since more than half of the stalls are only open on Sat & Sun. Since we were north of town, we continued on to find a Costco, grazed our way through the food demos, had a hot dog and came back. Terry fixed the cord on our plug-in cooler while I worked on the computer.
We joined Doug & Louise for happy hour and “suddenly” it was 8 and we hadn’t had dinner. So we all walked across the road to a Mexican restaurant where we had fajitas for a very reasonable price. Back to Doug & Louise’s MH for a nightcap.