I love road trips. Well, I did until yesterday when we returned from a long trip to Texas. It was a great trip....I just got tired of the riding. Can't really complain about the driving as Kirby did most of it. But, it really was a fantastic trip to visit friends and family. We left about 5 AM on Thursday and returned 8 days later. The majority of our time was spent in San Antonio with Ray and Lucy, our long time friends from boating days.
We really enjoyed downtown San Antonio with the river walk and all the Mexican markets and we especially loved all the great Mexican food that we had. We just can't get it like that here in Charleston and really miss it. I know - it is bad for us but we don't do it often!!
Our first day downtown we went to the Farmer's Market and then toured the new area of the river which our friend Cullen had designed - so we had a great tour since he was narrating for us! And then we returned on our last day and did the old town section of the river. Both are fantastic!
We also visited the cute little town of Gruene (prononced "Green"). I thoroughly enjoyed watching the river rafters coming down the Gruene River. And we had dinner at the Gristmill River Restaurant in New Braunfels.
We enjoyed visiting with Mac and Consuelo who now live in New Braunfels and also Marjorie and Luigi in their new home in San Antonio. We were so fortunate to be able to spend time with people who have meant so much to us.
From San Antonio we drove east to Houston to visit with Virginia - also a former cruiser that we had met in Mexico years ago. She and Jay were in Mazatlan on their 53' sailboat when we met them. Later we all spent a lot of time together when they built a home just south of San Diego on the beach and we were living in San Diego. Virginia has recently moved to the Houston area to be near her family. (She is family to us!!)
The next day we drove on east to Pensacola to visit my Aunt Lee and her family. My cousins Mike and Lori were there and I hadn't seen them in years and years so it was a wonderful reunion!
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