November 17th
It is a long drive from Lafayette, Louisiana to San Antonio, Texas. We made it in about six hours. The land is flat and this time of year the grass is brown. Scrub trees, live oaks and sugar cane grow throughout this area. We did not plan to stop in Houston so we drove right through rather easily, I might add, as the traffic was light at that time of day. On to San Antonio where we are camping out at the Admiralty RV park. It is about 20 minutes outside of the city. The outskirts of the city are not attractive. There is tremendous construction all around the city. New homes and condos are popping up all over the place. The RV park is very nice but almost everyone has a mega bus-style RV. The sites are very close together. One interesting thing we have noticed is the quietness of the parks. People tend to stay in their own “homes” and not hang out outside very much. We did notice mosquitoes here so after our cookout we didn’t stay outside much longer either.
We did manage to talk to a few people and learned that at this particular site many of the people live here permanently. I spoke with a woman walking her dog. It seems she and her husband have been here for 5 years. I am not sure what drew them here from Michigan other than perhaps warmer weather but they plan to stay. Next to us is a family with 2 children. They eat out every night for dinner and breakfast in the morning. They have a storage compartment that is attached to the back of their rig where they keep the kids’ bikes and other toys. It is an interesting life style. I haven’t quite got a grasp on the attraction of living in a RV park in a half-a-million dollar rig when one could have a lovely permanent home for a lot less than that amount of money. The people behind us are not yet retired but they have a 44ft bus style RV in which they plan to retire in. Actually, I would love for someone to invite me into their big bus so I could see for myself what they are like inside. I just might like it!
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