Way Down South In Texas

WOW, Texas is a long way across........ But we made it.

Since the speed limit is "80" it cuts your travel time down significantly.....

Actually we were one of those Old Slow RVer's you see all of the time, doing 55 in the 80 zone.

Anyway,  we made across Texas, and landed in San Antonio instead of Austin.  We ran up to Austin today, to check it out, and we must say, San Antonio "ROCKS"......

The San Antonio River Walk is a public park like area, lined with businesses, restaurants, hotels, attractions and more.  We spent the entire day yesterday, and most of the evening, strolling around, having drinks, watching football and eating dinner.  We took about 80 pictures, so below are just a few.

The boat in the canal is a water taxi.  There are also tour taxi's that will take you on a narrated tour all around the waterways.  It took us almost an hour to see only a small portion of the canal.  The price was very reasonable, only $6.00.

Some Old Guy 

 Our Narrator, and Guide, on our Waterway Tour

 Notice the green light on the traffic signal at the top of  the bridge arch.

 Huge Mall at the end of one of the canals

The stage where Sandra Bullock did the Ms. Swimsuit contest in the movie "Ms Congeniality"

San Antonio River Walk area at night

River Walk / Alamo Area

Also, just a few blocks from the River Walk area is home of the "Alamo".  This is the actual site of the Battle of the Alamo.  It is a free museum, and you can walk around the courtyard area.  Very Cool.

 

OK, Please Forgive Me, this is becoming a very long post.  Just one more stop, which was today, when we ran up to Austin.  We have heard from many people that Austin is a Very Nice Town, so we had to check it out.  It is also the Capital of Texas.

 Texas Capitol

So, our take on Austin.....?  It is a lot like the Portland / Vancouver area.  But if you are planning a trip to the San Antonio side of Texas (Southeast), you need to take a day out of your busy life, and check out the River Walk area.  Absolutely Beautiful......!!!!!!

We are pulling up stakes tomorrow morning and motoring South to the Corpus Christi area.  We have made reservations at an RV resort in Rockport, just east of Corpus Christi, across the Bay.  From what we've heard this is suppose to be a very nice Coastal area, so once again, we are forced to check it out and report back.  Check back in a few days to see what we've found out.

As Always, Thank You All for following us, on this Blog, while we do what we have always wanted to do.

Roberta and Steve

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Just a quick update...............

We decided to stay an extra day in Roswell.

No, we didn't go look for more Aliens.

As most of you know, we are not early risers.  This morning, we sort of got off to a slow start, so we decided to spend the entire day (or whatever was left of it) at Carlsbad Caverns.  

We arrive about 1:30, so we were to late to go on a Ranger Guided Tour.  But, there are two areas of the cave that are self guided, so guess what we did....?

Actually, we had a "BLAST".  The cave, which takes about 2 hours to walk through, was almost entirely empty of other people.  We only came across 2 other couples during our trip.  The cave has many huge rooms, with caverns and tunnels going off in all direction.  It was nice to have a paved walkway all through the two hour tour.

Pictures will not do this cave justice, but here are a few anyway.

The stairs, in the above photo, is how you entered and departed the cave when it first opened in 1926.  (You can click on the photo to enlarge it.)  Today there is an elevator that will take you down the 750 feet, and back up.  Also, you can walk through the main cave entrance, which we did, and down the path to the main part of the cave.  When it came time to leave, we opted to take the elevator out.

So, tomorrow we will be on our way South, and still plan to be in Austin Texas for the weekend.

Thanks for check in on us.

Steve and Roberta

Are There Aliens In Roswell....??????

We managed to not freeze during this crazy “COLD” weather we have found.   Even the people that live here aren't accustom to this extreme cold.  The plumbers are having a hay day with frozen pipes.

We are in Roswell New Mexico, but on our way here, we were stopped at a Boarder Patrol Check Point. The officer asked where we were headed, so we informed him that we were on our way to Roswell to look for Aliens. The officer stated  “His job was to look for aliens also.” Finally we have met a Boarder Patrol Officer with a sense of humor.

Wandering around Roswell, we have come to the conclusion that this whole alien thing is quite the tourist attraction.

Everywhere you look, you see them.

Roberta even wanted to get into the act

We followed some suspicious looking foot prints

And found these strange looking things playing Foosball

The locals think that this might be a clue that was left behind, but nobody knows for sure.

What we do know for sure is............................

Goodyear seems to be expanding its market segment.  Look Out Walmart................

We also noticed this at the Roswell Airport

Looks like Roswell has some other Alien guests.
(You can click on the picture to enlarge it)

So, since we didn't find any real aliens in Roswell, and there doesn't seem to be much to do this time of the year, we are heading South tomorrow.  If time permits, we will make a stop at Carlsbad Caverns, and plan to spend the night in Fort Stockton, Texas.  From Fort Stockton we should be in Austin Texas for the weekend.

Thanks for checking up on us................

Roberta and Steve

Back On The Road..........

Hello Fellow Blog Followers,

So, after three weeks back up North for the Holidays, and a couple of days of just hanging out back in Palm Springs, we are Back On The Road. We left Palm Springs and made it as far as Yuma. We stayed in the Yuma area for 2 nights and watched football for most of that time. We tore ourselves away from the TV, and made a trip down to Algodones Mexico for lunch (Beer, Margarita and Taco's).

 Downtown Algodones

Boarder Crossing back to the U.S.

On the way back, we managed to find the "Center of the World".  What was amazing was we don't think anybody lives there yet.

(The Center of the World)

Felicity California 

We got back home in time to see the New England Patriots finish off the Texas Texans.  Who will be the Super Bowl Teams this year......?

Anyway, we pointed our truck and wheelhouse East this morning (Monday), heading for Roswell New Mexico.  We are so close we decided to go check out where the Aliens crashed........ (or was it some sort of government conspiracy)  We will let you know what we find out.

We hear that it was SNOWING in the Portland Area this morning (Monday).
Sorry we missed that....."NOT"

We seem to be caught up in a "COLD FRONT" that has managed to settle over Southern Cal and Arizona.  We are staying in Benson Arizona for tonight, and the weather report is for the Low to be 12.  Yes, you heard that correct, "12".  OK, we will stop whining, we did get to see the "SUN" all day.

If we don't wake up frozen tomorrow morning, we will point our home East again to Alamogordo, NM.

Stay Tuned for future updates.

Steve & Roberta

Home For The Hoildays

Well, here we are, sitting at the Palm Springs Airport waiting for our flight to Portland.  We are looking forward to seeing all our friends, and spending the Holidays with family, but we are not very excited about the weather.  We are looking out the window here, enjoying the "SUN", knowing that we are headed for "COLD and WET".  When we were packing our bags, we realized that we do not have any warm clothes, so our bags are packed with T-shirts.  Guess we will need to do some shopping when we get home.  Oh Well...............

Hopefully we will see most of you while we are home.

We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Roberta & Steve

Kicking Back In Sunny Southern California

Hi Everyone,

Sorry that we haven't updated the Blog recently, but not much has been going on.  We spent a few weeks in Prescott Arizona, which was really nice, just relaxing, but the evenings were down right COLD.  We decided to move a bit more South, where the days are Tank Tops,Flip Flops and Shorts and the evenings are Sweatshirts, Flip Flops and Shorts.  We know, just what you wanted to hear......

We are about 65 miles East of Palm Springs, right on the boarder of Arizona and California.  We found a place where we backed our wheelhouse up to the Colorado River, So every time we look out the back window, all we see is:

Today is Thanksgiving and we are relaxing by the river, waiting for the timer to go off, letting us know that the Turkey is done.  We watched the Detroit Lions/Houston Texans Football game, and then we will catch the New England Patriots/New York Jets game this evening.  We don't seem  to get FOX where we are, so we are missing the Washington Redskin kicking the Dallas Cowboys Ass.  Oh Well, not much missed there, even though we have Dallas to win in our football pool.

We will be heading into Palm Springs tomorrow, to spend the day we Roberta's sister, Donna.  We don't really have any great exciting plans while staying here, since we were here last years for a few weeks.  We just plan to do some serious kicked back relaxing , riding our bikes, basking in the sun and watching the river flow by.  It's a rough life, but someone has to do it.

We will be flying home from Palm Springs the middle of December for 3 weeks, and after we return to Palm Springs, we will be pointing the Truck and Wheelhouse East to Texas, and then hopefully catching Mardi Gras New Orleans.

So, as the sunsets over the Colorado River, we bid you a farewell, and a Happy Thanksgiving.

Until Next Time,

Roberta and Steve

Still Relaxing in Prescott Arizona

Well, here we are, still relaxing in Prescott Arizona.  The weather is almost perfect, with the afternoon temps getting up to around 75-80 and dropping to around 40 in the evening.  Just right for sleeping.

 

We took a road trip up to Jerome, an old mining town up in the hills.  Rumor has it that it is haunted, and many people have told us stories about strange ghostly sightings.  We didn't see any ghosts, but we are sure glad we didn't have the wheelhouse with us.  The road through the town was really narrow and windy.

 

The Canyon to Jerome

 

Speed Limit Sign

 

 

 The road on the left is the main highway through town, and the road on the right goes up to the old hospital that has been converted to a hotel.

 

 

 Haunted Hamburger

 

 The Hospital that has been converted into a hotel.  There have been many ghost sightings there.

 

 

 

We plan to return to Jerome this week to checkout a few of the mines, and to pursue the sighting of a ghosts.

Last Friday evening we went to downtown Prescott, to check out Whiskey Row.  A lot of history here around the Old West.  Somehow Steve totally forgot all about moderation, and doesn't remember much of the evening.  He had a lot of FUN, dancing and visiting with locals, but it took a couple of days to recover fully.

 

 

 

Below is just one of the salons we visited.  The bar was huge, and there was a group of gunslingers hanging around have a few cold ones.  Yes, they were all packing weapons, some pistols and a couple of swords.  And it wasn't even Halloween.

 

We plan to return to the downtown area sometime this week to check it out more closely.  Moderation will be paramount for Steve.

Now that the elections are over, and we can finally use our brain for more important things, here is something to ponder.

Till Next Time....................................................... Thanks for checking in on us.

Roberta and Steve