2013 Mar 19 - Fort Davis, TX - Morning

2013 Mar 19 - Tuesday

Arrived at Davis Mountain State Park around 2pm. Drove through the park and picked the last level site, #14.
We met my aunt and uncle, Shirley and Frank as we checked in. We staying in the campground and they are in the lodge. We got together for dinner in the lodge dinning room. I tried their pulled pork which was pretty good. That evening Javelins walked through the camp site. They actually walked through every morning and evening checking out each camp site.

Visitors going through the campsite

This morning we went into the town of Fort Davis for breakfast at Fort Davis Drug Store & Old Texas Inn.

Frank and Shirley

A step back in time

Some of the streets in town dead-end!

Jeff Davis County Courthouse

Walking around the Courthouse grounds

March 2013 Part 2

San Antonio, Texas

Thirty miles to the east of our RV Park is the Texas Pride Barbecue. It’s out in the middle of nowhere. We went out for a late lunch and it was not very busy.

 

I had a sample of their ribs, brisket, and pork. It was very good but didn’t match our first barbecue in Midland.  Barbecue is commonly served on wax paper.

Debbie is walking across one end of the LARGE dinning area. The cafeteria and barbecue area is located adjacent through the door.

This is a huge covered, outdoor area where live bands perform Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

The afternoon we revisited Mission San Jose

Debbie sitting on a rental bike at a rack outside the mission walls.

March 3rd

We left San Antonio heading south to Corpus Christie and on to our destination on Mustang Island, Gulf Waters Beachfront RV Resort. 

Our site is on a small lake.

On the opposite bank turtles sun themselves.

The beach is just a short walk from the Horizon. Port Aransas is in the background.

Oil platforms off the beach in the whitecaps

Looking across at our site.

We found Andy's Country Kitchen in Corpus Christi and had several breakfasts there. One of the best restaurants we found on our trip.

March 2013 Part 1

San Antonio, TX

Wait, I forgot I stopped blogging after Fredericksburg. so I am going farther back to add the rest of our spring travels.

Leaving Fredericksburg we traveled down through the Texas “Hill Country” and on to San Antonio. We stayed at Travelers World RV park.

Our space at Travelers World RV in San Antonio

We had list of several restaurants to visit in the city which had been shown on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”.  Our first stop was Magnolia Pancake Haus.  It was an early morning week day when we arrived and we anticipated a quick table. Seeing the shopping center parking lot full, I hoped it was shoppers but it was to early for the shopping center stores, so we got in line and joined the crowd.  The breakfast was worth waiting for. 

Picture from Magnolia Pancake Haus website

Guenther House Restaurant was our next breakfast stop. Located at the foot of King Williams Street in the mansion of Pioneer Flour Mills founder Carl Hilmar Guenther and located on a corner of the mill complex.

Guenther House

The green tent serves as an overflow dining area. We were early enough to be seated in the mansion’s small dinning room. When we left the overflow was full and there were people waiting.

After our breakfast we took a stroll up King Williams Street which is lined with trees and mansions. We returned on a path behind the mansions along the river.

   

A disappointing lunch stop was Dough Pizzeria Napoletana, which we must have visited on an off day. The fact that they had empty tables should have been a caution. Our pizza wasn’t very good and the servers were busy talking to bar customers and each other.