2026-6-16 Anniversary Trip to Corpus Christi

Our 56th anniversary rolled around right after I came home from the last rally at Canyon Lake. It's always so hard to come up with presents we want or need so I suggested a trip instead. Naturally Dave was not enthused about going in the RV but I was okay with that as long as we got to go someplace. He suggested Corpus Christi or Wichita Falls and I jumped on Corpus Christi. we actually through Galveston into the mix which would have been even better but the weather report was against that idea. It rained on our way south but cleared up for the rest of the trip.

I made a reservation at Hawthorne Suites through Booking.com. Xena had a sleepover with her buddy Angus at Steve and Helen's and we were off. 

The hotel was decent although not quite as pretty as the pictures look.

The next day we drove across the bridge to Padre Island and went out to the National Seashore. I don't think Dave had ever been there but it was where I got my lifetime National Park Senior pass.

We drove all over the park and spent some time at the headquarters building.

This was an interesting mosaic of various badges of sealife.

Looking down at the beach.

We stopped at another steak place for dinner and it just didn't feel right so we left. Dave had me call Steve because he remembered a really great steak that they had at a restaurant in Wichita Falls on a motorcycle trip. It turned out to be Texas Roadhouse. We had the ribeye and it was really good although the service left something to be desired. I think the waiter was new and he really didn't have a good handle on the job.

After dinner, we drove down along the beach to see the sunset.

I had heard so much about the fantastic lighting on the new bridge that I really wanted to see it. It was nice but not quite what I was expecting. But it was still a nice experience. 

We had a little miscommunication about whether we were staying a third night so we ended up heading home. Along the way, Dave had a wild hair about going to see some town he had seen on the map and talked about visiting on the motorcycles one day. Another call to Steve nailed it down as "Bigfoot". Can you see a pattern here? I found it on my Goggle maps and we changed directions. It is a very tiny spot on the map.....so tiny that there isn't even an actual town sign with population. But there is a museum. Of course, it is only open one weekend a month and this wasn't that weekend but we walked around anyway.

It is the Bigfoot Wallace Museum.

It turns out that Bigfoot Wallace was actually William Alexander Wallace. This was in front of a small community center.....also closed.

While the town does not have a sign, they do have a post office. I guess that makes it official.

We ended outrside trip with a stop at a Dairy Queen in the closest actual town. Xena had a wonderful time at Steve and Helen's with her buddy Angus. All four of them slept in the King size bed. But she was very happy to see us never the less.

Anniversary in Fredricksburg TX

Yesterday was our anniversary. Neither one of us could think of anything we really needed or wanted so we decided it would be nice to just spend the day together. Now we do spend time together but this was going to be fun time together. So we decided to go to Fredricksburg. It's been quite a while since we have been there.

We enjoy walking around and looking in some of the shops.

The buildings don't change but sometimes the shops. We are both good lookers. Well, at least I am. Dave has ended up with a number of hats from Fredicksburg.

We stopped by Clear River for coffee and found these unique seats nearby. You never know what you will see as you walk around. We enjoy sitting on a bench and people watching. Again, you never know what you will see.

Fredricksburg is unique.

From artisons…….

To a store called Dogologie that carries everything you can think of for your dog.

If you have time, you can take in the Nimitz Museum but you need a whole day for that.

We had a really great day and probably walked a couple of miles. We were worn out by 4:00 and it was too early to eat so we headed home through the backroads. Still too early when we went through Johnson City and Blanco. By the time we were on highway 46, Dave started wondering about a restaurant but by then there were none between us and home. We decided to take a turn to the left and head to New Braunfels to try out Montana Mike's Steakhouse. It was definitely a good choice and a great end to a great day.

Happy Anniversary

Wow, I am really behind on posting to my blog.  My son and daughter-in-law arrived on Sunday the 16th.  We were expecting them about 10 PM but they walked in at 6:00 PM just in time for dinner.  Seems that they didn't give us their real locations when they called in along the road.  They left Panama City way before dawn.  Anyway we were thrilled to see them.  We did a some Christmas shopping during the week and spent a little time looking at houses for sale.  On Thursday, the 20th, we took them to Cooper's BBQ Steak Nite for their anniversary which was actually on the 22d.  They got married here in San Antonio two years ago.

I think they enjoyed it and we enjoyed celebrating it with them.