Aug 29th to 30th - San Antonio TX

Aug 29th – Mon – to San Antonio TX
When we set up yesterday, we noticed a badly worn spot on a tire on the 5th wheel. When we had the work done on the rig and got 2 new tires, we knew one tire was wearing slightly on the inside so Terry has them turn it around and put it on a different axle. It might have been out of balance (trailer tires aren’t generally balanced) because now a strip on the side about a foot long had no tread left. So we started the day by changing the tire which certainly beats changing it on the side of the road after a flat. Then shortly after we got going, the “check engine” light came on. This happened a few months ago and a Chev dealer had to reset the computer so we figured that would be the case again as no other message showed up.
Our drive was only 90 miles and once again we thanked Wanda for getting us through the maze of highways to the southeast corner of San Antonio. Actually the address is Elmendorf but we are only 15 minutes from downtown SA in Braunig Lake RV Resort which does have its own little lake.
The first thing we did after lunch was find a tire shop. Amazingly enough, a Discount Tire that the park employees told us about had the tire we needed in stock. They were incredibly busy but we weren’t in a big hurry and Terry did have them balance the tire. There was no Chev dealer nearby so we returned to the park and relaxed for a while before deciding to check out the pool. It is a little ways from our site and the temperature was a toasty 109 so we drove rather than walked. Immediately, we got a message on the DIC saying “Cleaning DPF, keep driving until this message goes off” so we headed for the freeway while I dug out the manual. I found out that DPF is “diesel particulate filter” and cleaning happens often and unnoticeably. But sometimes it needs more cleaning which results in the message and can take up to 30 minutes of CONTINUOUS driving above 30 mph with no extended idling which meant we were in the perfect place on the freeway. After 15 minutes, we turned around and the message – and the check engine light - obediently went off less than 10 minutes later – YES, one more glitch handled!
Now it was time to head for the sparkly clean pool where the water temperature was perfect. I can’t figure out how they keep it cool enough in this heat. There are a lot of rigs in this park but only a young woman & her small son were in the pool with us. I think most of the tenants are living here full time.
After we were sufficiently wrinkled, we headed back to the rig for drinks, dinner & TV.

Aug 30th – Tues – San Antonio
After breakfast we went “downtown” where the Riverwalk and the Alamo commemoration site are located. The office here had told us about a place to park which at $10 for a day is the cheapest price. We wandered to the Riverwalk and took a boat tour. We did this the last time we were here but again it is amazing how much you forget especially when the guide is spouting facts for 35 minutes. A young family sitting next to us was from Spokane.
Even though the temperatures were climbing rapidly, we walked a lot along the river and then through a multi-story shopping complex. We sat at a table outside to have a beer and watch the ducks, pigeons & carp snap up any bits of food.
It was too hot to do much more so we tried to find a couple of places to check out FTA (free to air) but they were both not there any more. So we stopped at a Big Lots and came back to the park where we hit the pool again. This time there was one young lady sunbathing and 3 people came just as we were leaving. Then it was time for another quiet evening.