Friday, November 26, 2010

Camping at Fort Sam Houston FamCamp

We left home this morning and drove across town for a few days of camping with the Girls.

We got a nice spot...the park is pretty full.   It is cold (50s) but sunny.  A freeze is forecasted for tonight.

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The Girls enjoy camping so much...

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We set up our little fiber optic Christmas Tree.

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Charlie and Quincy ....

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watching movies....staying indoors since it is pretty cold out...

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Looks like we are on Tiffin Road....there are three other Phaetons on this row.

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We will see what tomorrow brings....

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thanksgiving Day

Manuel, Veronica, Larissa, Arianna and Manuel pose for me as we arrive at the Old San Francisco Steakhouse.

Corina is not with us today as she is on vacation in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  We sure miss her!

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Everything looked so beautiful and everything was very delicious....

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Daddy and the Girls.....                                          The Girls pose with Daisy, The Swing Girl!

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We had a delicious meal......Thank you, Veronica.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Spending The Week with Girls

Lari had no school this week so it was a great time for us to spend time together....

We are getting the Christmas Tree set up so we can light it up the day after Thanksgiving.

Larissa and Arianna are such good helpers; they also sweep the floor as we go.

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                                                                  Tuesday, we went out to the City Park in Castroville.

  Almost done!!                                          Stopped at DQ then ate our lunch.  Is this considered tailgating?!                                                                  

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Back at home, they just play, play, play....

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More to come on this wonderful week!!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Veteran's Day 2010

We started our day by having breakfast with Alicia and Mauro, Manuel's sister and her husband. 

Then we headed out to Fort Sam Houston to check out the RV Park there...

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The Tower of The Americas....

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The Alamo Dome....

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Fort Sam Chapel....

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Entrance to the Army Travel Camp....

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The RV Park is really nice.   They have full hookups and nice big spaces....

We will probably check it out next weekend.

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                                                                              Then to the Fort Sam National Cemetery....

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Every grave here has a red ribbon placed on it.....

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These ribbons mark graves that need to have the tombstone placed...

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Then we decided to visit the West Downtown area....

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The Southern Pacific Train Station....

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The interior architecture is just gorgeous...It is now used as an event center.

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The retired Southern Pacific Train....

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We had lunch at Aldaco's Mexican Restaurant....very good food...

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I had a strawberry margarita....mmmmmm good!

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Our view from where we were sitting.

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Neat looking tile mural....Flaco Jimenez with the Accordion and Selena, Tejano singer who was gunned down by her Fan Club Manager in the 90s.

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Not sure who this is....

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Willie Nelson and his guitar!

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  What a wonderful day we had here in San Antonio today.   There is much to see here that we never take the time to go out.

I told Manuel we will be visiting more area in town since we will be homebound for a while.   He is anxious to get on the road

but I am trying to hold him back as long as I can...Happy Veteran's Day to all and thank you to those who served our Country.

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