We packed up this morning and headed north on US 281, planning to stay at the George West Truck Stop. We passed the border inspection station, where the officer with the drug dog asked where we were going. We said, "George West," and he waved us on. We stopped at the nice rest area in the median just south of Falfurias for lunch.
In the past, we have always stayed in Three Rivers, but the oilfield workers have taken all the sites at Tips Park. We also called a couple of parks in George West and found nothing available--so the truck stop was plan D or so. It turned out to be a non-starter.
The lot was unpaved, messy, pot-holed, and unlevel. We went over to the DQ across the street and had a coke and asked about staying in their lot. They said sure, but their lot turned out to be very unlevel too. We have leveling boards, but all of them together wouldn't have helped that situation. Besides, it was mid-day and 95 degrees with no shade in sight. We decided to head farther north.
At one of our stops to change drivers, we found a small picnic area where we enjoyed the wildflowers and watched the horses in a nearby field. Along our route today, we saw only a few bluebonnets, but lots of other varieties like the ones here.
We stopped at a Subway in the San Antonio area, just off I-410. After supper we drove past the nearby Walmart, but it had a sign prohibiting extended truck and RV parking. So we ended up at a very nice Walmart parking lot in New Braunfels. Along the side where we parked, we found a memorial saying that the Walmart associates honor the home-town veterans.
It has cooled off nicely, and we are cozy in our little home, listening to the birds chattering and chirping outside. Yup, even at 11:30 p.m., the birds in the Walmart parking lot are wakeful. Maybe it's the lighting?
While we were plotting our route today and looking for a place to spend the night, I noticed that Google Maps has a new feature: I was invited to start my Quest! WooHoo (and April Fools from the folks at Google).
The nice thing about having come this far north today is that now we have time to stop at the San Marcos outlet malls and see what we can find.
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