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Japanese Tea Gardens
Wow. We had heard that the Japanese Tea Gardens were a must see if in San Antonio, but mere words cannot describe the beauty, design and atmosphere created here. Ray Lambert, Commissioner of the Parks Dept in 1916 took over the former limestone and concrete quarry and with his vision created something that today is…
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San Antonio!
After two weeks in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, we broke camp this morning and headed for San Antonio. Even though we were up at 6:30 by the time breakfast was eaten, laundry was done, and everything disconnected and put away, it wasn’t until 10:00 that we found ourselves on the road again. Isn’t that the…
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Last Day In Arlington
Stacy is spending our last day here with Kara and TOlivia while I went to Argyle, TX to pick up a cargo box found on Facebook Marketplace. We discovered early on that this newer camper has much more livable space than the old one, but significantly less storage space. We are both guilty of packing…
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Texas Observations
While TOlivia (that’s Olivia, aka Trouble with a capital T), is napping, thought I’d share some thoughts about our experiences in this expansive state. The first thing is that it’s mostly flat with relatively few trees. I mean, there are trees, but not forests or even clumps of wooded areas like at home. Some small…
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BUSY Sunday!!
We started out having brunch at daughter Kara’s restaurant, Lupe Tortilla, where she is the GM. They make an Eggs Benedict Mexican style with a corn tortilla instead of an english muffin, and use crab instead of ham or canadian bacon. That along with a bloody mary started out the day right! From there we…
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Texas Food
We have been out to eat a couple of times since arriving in Arlington. I mentioned the other day that we enjoyed a dinner out with Stacy’s cousin Michael and his wife Kathleen at which I enjoyed catfish for the first time. We are not the hot and spicy kind of people so the TexMex…
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Merry Christmas!
Definitely NOT a white Christmas in Dallas, TX this year with well above average temperatures approaching 80 degrees! We spent the morning with Kara, her husband Junior and granddaughter Olivia opening gifts and then enjoying a hearty breakfast. Traffic was very light getting there around 9 a.m. but quite a bit busier coming back at…
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Adding a 16 month old to the mix
We had the pleasure of hosting Stacy’s granddaughter Olivia overnight. The dogs water bowl and their nylon bone have become her favorite toys. The bone was found in place of the missing shower plug so she left the evidence behind. She is a very happy child. Very busy all the time! She slept with Stacy…
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Tuesday 12-23-25
Today Kara, Stacy’s daughter, dropped off her daughter, 16 month old Olivia to spend the day and overnight with us. We had an interesting day of searching for the missing shower drain plug (it was later discovered hidden beneath the living room fold out bed), emptying the dogs water dish to use it as a…
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Sunday 12-21-26
In the same KOA campground until 01-01-26 here in Arlington, TX. We arrived last Thursday afternoon. The same two men’s room toilets that were out of order then still are. Judging from the odor emanating they were overloaded and need to be snaked. Pretty sure that the issue is in the fixtures themselves and not…