Ready to move on

Tomorrow we move to San Antonio area. We will be just south east of San Antonio. I was going to post some pictures tonight but the wifi is terrible and my air card is slow so will wait till tomorrow night. Hope the wifi is better there or I have a good Verizon signal. It is terrible here tonight. Today we went and saw part of this fort thing. It was a real disappointment for us Not what we had figured it would be. We also drove to Del Rio Took a few pictures there Will post them later this week. Oh I forgot When we were on our way here we were stopped at a border patrol station. Everybody had to go through. He asked if we were us citizens and if the camper was locked so nobody could get in . We said yes and he sent us on our way. We have seen a lot of the border patrol here. We have been close to the border while we have been down here. I think when we move that will change. Okay that's it for tonight  Later Ron Thelma and Eli

Bracketville,TX

We made it to Fort Clark Springs today. 322 miles 8 hrs driving. Well not all driving but from the time we left the campground till we got here. We made a couple of stops Potty breaks Stopped at a walmart and there was a Burger King right there so parked in Wally's lot and I went and got some food. Thelma had like Chicken nuggets and I got a double hamburger. Took one hamburger out and started feeding it to Eli. Usually he will eat the chicken Not today he wanted the beef. He ended up eating the whole thing. When we got on the road he lay ed on his pillow and slept. Boy Diesel is really up paid 2:79 I hope we don't run out of money before we get home. This evening we went to a restaurant here by the golf course. Thelma had ground steak and I had Beef enchiladas. They were good. I took some pictures of some deer on the golf course. I will post some tomorrow. I have put them on my picture web site. Will put the link on tomorrow. I am about ready for bed. It has been a long day. Guess that's about it for tonight  Tomorrow I will put pictures on here about the trip. It was very interesting.  Later Ron Thelma and Eli

Moving tomorrow

Tomorrow morning we leave here headed to Braketville, TX We will be there two nights and then move to San Antonio. At braketville we will visit Fort Clark. This is a fort from the Mexican war. I think it has been compersialized some We shall see. We have a coupon for buy one night get one free. We got it at the rv show we went to in Jan. Today we went to breakfast and then came home Thelma did a load of laundry and I put things away. We still have some stuff to do in the morning. Hope to get started by 8 or so. We have a 300 mile trip to do. Our next ones will not be that long. We will go to San Antonio on Wed. Not sure just how long we will stay there. It is passport witch  gives us half price. It is good as long as we stay. We used quite a few of them on the way down. We will go to canton Tx on the 20th and be there till 28 Leave that morning for Mineola for a Yars rally Start back to In on the 1st. We want to stop in Little Rock and see Clintons library. We have never been to a presidental library before. Would like to see a lot more Probably won't  Well Thats about it for tonight  Later
Ron 'Thelma and Eli

La Lomita Chapel

Today we went down the road about 6 or 7 miles to the La Lomita chapel. The sign will tell you about it. Just as we started to come back it rained. I had the window on the back of the camper open and it got a little wet there. WE had not had rain for so long. One guy said we got 2/10 of an inch. Not much for as long as it has been dry. Tomorrow we start packing stuff up and getting ready to move Monday Going to Brakettville TX for two days and then on to San Antonio for at least 7 days maybe more. Okay here ate the pictures

Well that is it for today. I will probably post tomorrow night depends on how much time we have. When you sit this long you get so much out. Just almost like home. We went to the church at Alamo tonight. Last time for it for at least a couple of years. Not sure when we will come back here. Maybe won't be able to afford it anymore. Price of diesel down here is $3.69 That is the highest we have seen it for quite a while.  Well  later all. My boilers lost today Couldn't see it but as soon as we got back here and got on the puter.
They lost by 2.  Now comes tournament  Later Ron Thelma and Eli

Rio Grande River

Today we took a boat ride on the river. It was a little over an hour. Went up river and then downriver about the same distance each way Here are some pics

This river flooded really bad last summer. The hurricane came and dumped a bunch of water upstream and so they opened the dams there and let it flood down here. We have seen this at the two parks we went to You will see more damage later

They say you can see how high the water went by the different color on this building

This was a restaurant on the Mexican side. Doesn't look like they are going to do anything to it

We are not sure what this bird is. Some thought it was a bald eagle or an osprey. Couldn't get a close enough shot. Wish I had taken the binoculars along. Would have helped

Here is a building on the Mexican side also that is no longer in use. Some of the people on the boat had been down here other years and said it was a nice place.

Here is the Rio Grande. It is pretty wide here. When the flood waters came through they made some of it wider. Washed out boat dock and other stuff

Here is a pumping station for the farmers. The green stuff you can just barely see is sugar cane. It will be ready in Sept. They have to pay to get this water. Can;t remember how much  but think it was by the acre

Here is a restaurant that was called Pepe's. You can see what happened when the water came through. There was another on just north of this one that was owned by the same people It is also done for

And of course the Snowy egret. Standing tall There was a couple of them along here. Now comes the last one

This where the border patrol sits and also puts in their boats to cruise the river. While we were setting in the restaurant they went zooming by one way and a little later they came back the other. We did not see anybody swimming across. But i don't think they would do it in daylight either. We had a great time. We sat with a couple in the  restaurant that were from In. The are from up by Laporte. Had a nice chat. The campground they are staying at raised the rates $50 for next year. We told them about where we are staying here. They were gong to come check it out. Guess that's about it for tonight. Not sure what we are doing tomorrow.  Later  Ron Thelma and Eli

Basilica of our lady of San Juan Del Valle

We wnt here on Wendsday. First we went and got a propane tank filled. Then after bringing it back we went to a ropa store. Thelma found a couple of tops and I got a pair of pants. Dress pants and a white shirt. Looked like they had never been used. The pants still have the threads on them where the tags were attached. Then we went to the Basillica. I walked around he grounds and took pictures of the stations of the cross. The statues look like they are bronze. Not sure if they are or not. We then went inside and looked around. Just as we were leaving the priest or deacon came out and announced in Spanish that they were doing a blessing. We did not stay for that. Here is some pictures.

Thius what is behind the alter. Really bueatiful

This is the bell tower Sure wish it had played while we were there. Maybe only when there is services. They have a lot of services on Sunday. Some bilingual and some just english and some spanish.

This is on the outside of where the alter is inside. This is lite up at night.

This is one of the stained glass windows. Very nice. I should have cropped it a little more.

I guess we were vistiors. They have a place outside that has spigots where you can get holy water. People were there with big jugs to fill and take away. Pictures of it will be on my photo site when I get them all loaded. Waiting to get to a place with wi+fi. Should be next week sometime.

Today we stayed around here and Thelma got her hair cut this afternoon. Cheap. Not too bad of a job. Well guess thats about it for tonight Tomorrow we are taking a boat ride on the Rio Grande River. Should be interesting  Later All Ron Thelma and Eli

Another nice day in the valley

Today was a beautiful day. It cooled off last night . I had to close the windows. Today was a pretty mild day got in the mid 80s. Had a guy come out and fix a leak in our grey tank. It is the same one that we had fixed last winter in Gulf shores. The guy here said they did not use the right stuff. How would I know. Thelma did the sheets of the bed since we had to wait around. My debit card did not come yet so I called them and since it had not come last week they cancelled it and are sending a new one. Boy we have had it with 5/3. When we get back home we are going to look into a couple of other banks. It will depend on if they have branches everywhere. Wells Fargo and Chase both are down here. The lady said today "isn't there a branch near you " I told her if there was I wouldn't be having all this trouble. We wrote out a check to the campground and she gave us some cash. After the guy got the tank fixed I went around and took some pictures of some of the flowers and other things around her Here they come

This last one is a lemon tree. The lady said a while back she would send one with us. Not sure she will. Thanks for the compliments on the pictures. I try and take some pretty good ones. But I use Picasa and sometimes rework them a little. I can crop  them and make them look bigger. Thats how I did with a lot of the birds.  We have just a few more days here. Leave next Monday for farther NW. Guess that's it for tonight  Later all   Ron Thelma and Eli