Three Rivers

This morning as we were getting ready to break camp, we had some visitors. They seemed to be wandering around freely, but look rather domesticated. We're not sure what kind of birds they are, except rather funny looking. [edit: apparently they are guineafowl, strange looking poultry imported from Africa.]


We drove through rain and overcast most of the way to Three Rivers, southwest of San Antonio. When we arrived at Tips Park, the host told us that the park was undergoing some repairs and many of the sites were extremely muddy. She gave us the driest site they had. We had read about the campground on the web, so we weren't surprised to find that it is practically next door to a large petroleum refinery. In fact, it made me feel rather at home, except that the Valero Three Rivers Refinery is very much large than Paramount Petroleum where I used to work.





We spotted a some Excels today. One was on an RV dealer lot, and one was in the Tips Park Campground. The most exciting one passed us on the highway: an Excel towed by a Freightliner with a Smart Car behind the cab.

We got some very sad news today. Mike Jacobs, a favorite square dance caller, died very suddenly as he was flying to call at a dance weekend in Oxnard last Friday. He will be sadly missed by many friends and dancers who loved him.