Thursday May 12, 2016 San Marcos, TX

I wanted to get an early start today.  But, I didn't get up until 7:15 and didn't feel rested.  Too much activity for what was meant to be just an overnight stop and rest.  I made the coffee but we didn't really start drinking it until we were ready to pull out at 8.

It was overcast and looked like rain to the east.  The prospect of it being cool was a welcome one since the dash air isn't working.  The drive started badly with me missing the entrance to I-10 and going a few miles east on a frontage road that ended, dead end no place to turn.  Fortunately for us the locals had fixed that with an unauthorized on ramp.

About 40 miles after getting underway, we started getting sprinkles.  Gerri looked up the weather for the next town, Ozona, the forecast was for 9% chance of rain.  A few miles later it started to rain in earnest.  That continued for about 60 miles.  We went through Ozona in the rain, Gerri checked and now the forecast was 80% chance of rain.

The rest of the trip was uneventful, we stopped at a couple of rest areas and had sandwiches at a picnic area.  Texas has 3 types of "areas"; rest areas with restrooms and wifi, picnic areas with only table and maybe a shelter and parking areas with only pavement.

We arrived in Kyle at about 3:30.  We waited until Dana came home, just a few minutes.  The kids seemed to be excited to see us, it had been 5 months since our last visit.  Michelle Barnhart was also visiting.  She had a show in Austin that Dana had been helping her with.  We seldom see her in Las Vegas but there she is in Texas.

We had reservations at a RV park in San Marcos to arrive on Sunday.  Since we got to Kyle earlier than planned, I called another park in San Marcos and arranged a site until then.  I drove to Pecan Park and set up the coach in the site.  We have stayed at this park before and it is the closest to Curtis' house.  We hadn't made reservations to stay here this year.  When I was planning the trip the park was under an evacuation order because of flooding.  In the last 4 years they have has serious flood damage twice.  None of the damage was apparent when I arrived.  In fact they have added about 20 RV sites.  This is a popular put in and take out spot on the San Marcos river.  I have given some thought to cancelling our reservations at Canyon Trails RV and staying here.  I am leaning toward sticking with the plan to go to the other park so we know what it's like.  That will give us options in the future.  Also, it depends on how the internet situation goes.  The park wifi has not worked and our Verizon is somewhat slow at times.

Dana, Gerri, Michelle and Brandon came by and picked me up to go to Vanessa's softball game.  Vanessa and Curtis had already gone to the ballpark.  It was an exciting game.  This was the first win for Vanessa's team.  Vanessa got 3 hits, she was up to bat 3 times.  On defense she played shortstop and then catcher.  She scored once and batted another runner in on another hit.

After the game we went to Casa de Garcia for dinner.  It is an OK Mexican restaurant.  It would be better if they didn't use the canned nacho cheese on several items including tacos and enchiladas.

Vanessa the Mime and Brandon in a tree

It was a late evening for the kids so they went to bed after showering and saying good night.  Since it was a work night for everyone but us, we said our good nights and went to the RV park.

We had trouble getting on the Internet and my trouble with my computer continue, I now get a deadly blue screen occasionally.  This has never been a reliable computer over the 6 or 7 years I have had it.  We were in bed by 10:30 with plans to sleep in tomorrow or at least take it easy until Brandon's ball game at 6 PM.