New Braunfels, San Antonio & Gruene RV Trip

At the end of my last post, I mentioned that I'd post a video which would be Part 5 of our Florida trip.   I have had lots of issues with creating the video but, hopefully, I will be posting that soon.  For now, I'm moving on to another RV trip.

In October, we had a trip scheduled to Buckhorn Campground in Sulphur, Oklahoma.  Due to the government shutdown, it was closed so we decided to go to Rio Raft Resort (now called Rio Guadalupe Resort) in New Braunfels.  My sister Linda went with us and we met up with our good friends Joe and Linda.  

We visited this RV park, the San Antonio River Walk, and Gruene around this time last year.  I posted quite a few pictures then so I'm not posting too many this time.  

The first night we went to San Antonio.

We ate some delicious Mexican food but I can't 

for the life of me remember the name of the place!

The second and third day, we roamed around Gruene.

Below is the oldest Dance Hall in Texas.

A wine and music festival was taking place but we opted not to attend because there was enough activity on the streets, in the dance hall, and in the stores.

 Gruene shopping.

I love these headbands and 

the Cotton Eyed Joe Flags!

I find a lot of art and humor in 

mannequins as many of you know.

The ones below are artfully delightful.

  

And finally, that's one mighty cute 

Longhorn motor scooter.

If you want to see more photos, click the links below to view last year's pics:

Part 1 

Part 2

If you're curious about my interests in mannequins, you can visit my Mumbo Jumbo Journal blog or click the links below to go to each specific post.  

Mannequins Are People Too!

Mannequins Are People Too 2

Mannequin Morsels 

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As far as the Florida Trip video is concerned, I have created a 13-minute video, and encountered many issues in the process.  For one, iMovie closed on me six times or more.  When I reopened it, sometimes the movie was there and sometimes it was not.  If it wasn't there, I was usually able to recover it in Time Machine.  One time, however, I couldn't get it back so I spent 1-1/2 hours on the phone with Apple, and ended up with a copy that didn't have any of the music I'd added.  I had to redo some odds and ends and all the music.  Finally, after over 40 hours of work, I attempted to finalize the project and I'm now getting an error message.  I don't know what to do next but I'm certainly going to try and figure it out!

This past weekend, we finally took our Buckhorn Campground trip to Sulphur, Oklahoma so that will be up next unless I figure out the iMovie issue first of course.

In the meantime,

Smiles,

D~~~~ 

RVing to New Braunfels~Part 1

Once upon a time (like last week), Jack & Middy came to town to go RVing.  We picked them up at the airport in the evening, and stayed in a local RV park for the night. The next morning, Rio Raft RV Resort in New Braunfels was our destination, a location that placed us in close proximity to lots of fun places!

We've been accused of being on a Griswold Family Vacation (Adam!) which just might be true depending on who you ask.  Nevertheless, we were happily minus the dead granny on the roof!  

When we arrived at Rio Raft, we decided to hang at the RV the rest of the day and we had a merry good time doing so.  Middy and I got a hold of the Rock Blocker microphone, and suffice it to say that I'm glad there were only a few RVs in the park!  

The next day, we ventured to San Antonio.

First stop, The Alamo.

The main attraction was next,
the festive and quite beautiful River Walk.

The usual suspects on the River Walk.

I goofed up on the collage below and made "River Walk" one word!  I'm having trouble editing it to get it fixed.  I've spent four days on this post so I give up!  

Please use your imagination and 

pretend  you're seeing two words! 

You hallucinator you! 

(Hallucinator is my new made-up word). 

Lunch @ Ibiza

Do they look alike?

Oh happy day!

I'm in mid sentence (as usual).

Surprise!  Cheese!

I love those George smiles!

Walking, shopping, and numerous stops for snacks and drinks happened throughout the day.  Dick's Last Resort was one of the stops. 

If you're not familiar with Dick's, they take pride in being rude.  Our waitress did a great job of it too! She was from Boston (or Bahston if she's pronouncing it.)  I asked how she ended up here, and she said it's because her "stupid boyfriend lives here!"  Tee-hee!  

The waitstaff also twists up hats, writes comments on them about customers, and places them on the customer's head.  We were almost ready to go when the hat fun began so we escaped it.

Again, insert imagination here.

Would you believe that laughing

took place while we were there?

Hee-hee-hee!

Saturday night lights on the River Walk.

The next day we went to Gruene.  

We started off with lunch on the deck at the 

Gruene River Grill Restaurant.  

Excellent! 

Two happy pals!

Thumbs up!

Of course, we stopped in at Gruene Hall, the oldest dance hall in Texas.  

The Steve Helms Band was pickin' and

singing their Texas tunes and others.

Attention diverted from

the band for a photo!

Of course, shopping took place!

In one store, the only person working 

was sound ASLEEP behind the counter!

After Gruene, we went back to the RV and watched the Tennessee/Alabama game outside.  It was a beautiful day which turned into an equally beautiful evening.

Big Vols fans!

The next day, we headed back to the house but before leaving New Braunfels, we stopped at Cooper's Old Time Bar-B-Que.  Wow!  I highly recommend it.
  

To sum up the trip,

It was delightfully ducky!

I hear your "ugh" groans!

It truly was a wonderful trip!  The San Antonio River Walk was my very favorite part of it.  We really need to go there more often!

Wishing You River Walk Smiles,

D~~~~