RV Service - A to Z blog challenge

RV's of Texas, LLC

www.RVsofTexasService.com

The link above will take you to the site of a great mobile RV service in the San Antonio area. Great service, many years of experience and reasonable prices. 

They did some work for me this week. I know that some of you will say, "I could do that myself".

I am fine with a hammer and saw, I can dismantle the RV furniture and build something new, but I do not want to mess with mechanical, plumbing or electrical issues.

When I purchased my RV there wasn't a ladder attached to the back - I took this as a sign that I do not belong on the roof.

So, I called for help.......

They sealed a crack in the skylight over my shower, cleaned the rooftop A/C unit, installed 2 new house batteries and installed a new sink and faucet in the bathroom.

San Antonio Riverwalk and The Alamo

Everyone is sad - our family vacation has come to an end.......
They are now back in Colorado Springs, Denver, Houston and San Antonio and I am drifting around the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.

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We left South Padre Island around 11am on Tuesday and took a different route back to San Antonio. We drove to Corpus Christi first. Diane and Karl wanted to look at a loft style apartment two blocks from the Gulf in Corpus Christi. They want to move to Texas sometime in the next few years and are trying to figure out what town will work out best for them.

The quality of the renovations was poor, the contractor using cheap materials. The views from the windows on the 7th floor were really nice - looking out to the Gulf of Mexico.  Tuesday was mostly a travel day plus unpacking and doing laundry.

On Wednesday - Diane, Karl, Liv, Collin and I went to downtown San Antonio - walking around, being tourists and we had a nice lunch at the Mall on the Riverwalk.

 at the River Walk

at The Alamo

Thursday morning, I checked out of the RV park and went to Liv's house for a few hours to visit with the kids and to say our goodbyes. I left San Antonio - headed toward Galveston Island - with a few stops along the way.

San Antonio Texas

Last night I stayed at an RV Park on Hwy 281 South. Hwy 281 in Texas has dozens of RV parks right on the highway. The park was very neat and clean and nicely landscaped. They had several places for groups to gather and sit by a outdoor fireplace. The website talked about fishing and tubing and paddleboats on the creek, and showed a picture of dozens of turtles and mentioned a turtle viewing area.

The creek was all dried up, why don't these RV park owners update their websites. It is really aggravating when they promote a feature of the park - that is not there anymore.


I drove Hwy 281 South all the way thru Texas, it is not my favorite road to drive on. It needs a lot of work, I saw some areas of repaving, but they are far from done.


This morning I visited Blanco State Park, also on Hwy 281. I should have stayed there last nite, I did not know I was so close. I did not have a large Texas map, I only have a road atlas, and it does not show a lot of detail. I did not see any tourist areas along the way to pick up a map. I asked at the State Park and they did not have any maps, either.  At the State Park, I did pick up a guide to all of the State Parks in Texas, I will be staying at some of these parks after my family vacation in South Padre.

pictures from Blanco State Park

The Blanco River is very clear and clean

I have a harness & leash for KitKat

but she fights to get out of it.

I had to keep her in the carrier

when we sat outside at the park.

Today, I am staying in an RV Park/Mobile Home park near my son-in-laws family's house. I can't park in their driveway because I would have no way to turn on the air conditioner, and with temps nearing 100, I need to keep the coach cool because KitKat is staying in the coach when I am out with family.

When we come back from South Padre, I will spend another one or two days in San Antonio so that I can go to the Riverwalk and Alamo and all of the touristy things.

Tomorrow morning we will drive down to South Padre and stay at the beach for 5 days.

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Are there any tricks to getting a GPS to find an address on the frontage road of a highway when the business does not supply a regular address? I wanted to go to Camping World in New Braunfels, TX after leaving Blanco State Park. I had written down directions from Yahoo Maps, but its hard to read these directions while driving. I had memorized some of the key points in the directions. My GPS took me in the same general area, but then I got to a road that had a sign that said clearance 11'5'' - too close for comfort - my coach is not quite that tall but I didn't want to go that way. I pulled over into a parking lot and reprogrammed my GPS to go to the RV Park instead.