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Frio River from the highway looking south. From the north side of the highway. the Frio River.
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Pics of the hill country and some kearney
Our trip to the west of San Antonio towards the 'hill country of Texas.' We left Friday not really knowing what to expect. We were armed with our phones as maps and few choices of rental cabins. Past Bandera, TX we had no more help from our cell phones. So we enjoyed the scenery and relied on our memory. We found a rental cabin off a small creek call Peace of Heaven. These are pics of the weekend. View to the side of our cabin. The small pond/dammed up creek near the cabin. Near the cabin. See all the limestone in the area. this was a dried up creek bed/drainage ditch near the cabin. A not so flattering pic of me on the 'couch' in the living area of the cabin. Saturday we headed for Garner State Park not far from the cabin (maybe 30 miles). It was worth it. The drive was great and the park was beautiful. on the drive. Cool house, right? Look at the colors in the trees. The hardwoods were in the late stages of colors and they really stood out against the...
vacation
We just returned fromour two week vacation. We rented a mini van which worked out great. We have heard that driving all night is better with kids so we tried it. All things considered, if you can nap once you get there and a little while in the car then you will probably be ok. We left the house saturday night around 6pm. We stopped in Monroe, LA at the mall to let Nate have one last run around. They have a carousel which is always begging to ride but is usually not happy to leave. We made great time to San Antonio, no traffic, none. I took over around 11pm and drove through 4 am and stopped at a rest area just outside town and slept a short time in the van. Since we had nowhere to go, since the hotel was full and we couldn't check in. Once Nathan woke up, Jay drove us into town and we found a park (yea for our smartphones) where Nate could play while I slept a little more. Then we drove to the hotel and parked the van and walked around downtown until we could get in our room. We...