We've heard some rumblings of how we haven't posted in a few days. So, to keep all you readers from falling off your chair in anticipation, here's a quick update on our last few days of The Tour.
After camping in Joshua Tree and driving through New Mexico, we camped again in the Guadalupe National Park which is in the Guadalupe Mountain Range in west Texas. It was a pretty cool place to stay and we finally got some cool weather (I think it dropped into the 80's?) so it made for the first good nights sleep in a while. We also saw some pretty crazy bugs, mainly big beetles and a nasty looking black wasp-type creature that seemed to be the size of my fist. Andy didn't believe how big it was when I first saw one, but then he caught a glimpse and was like "Holy S#*%!".
So after that night we headed out early in the morning after some time zone confusion (Guadalupe is right on the Mountain/Central zone border) and decided not to do a hike we thought about the night before. But, it was for the better since it was hot, we didn't have much water and we had a long day of driving ahead of us. We stopped for breakfast at a small place in the middle of nowhere when we got close to Route 10. It turns out we were the only ones there who spoke English as a first language, which was sort of an eye opening and odd experience that made us feel like we were actually in Mexico and not in Texas. I thought about trying to bust out the old Spanish skills from high school, but considering I haven't taken classes for five years I thought better of it, thinking I probably would have no freaking clue what the waitress would say in response. Anyways, we had a really good meal (Mexican fare, of course) and headed out for a non-stop trek to San Antonio.
We got to Andy's cousin Sally and her husband Mike's house just about dinner time. They live about a 15 or 20 minute drive north of the downtown area. It was great to get a solid meal in our stomachs after a few days of mainly PB&J while camping, so Sally's home made lasagna certainly hit the spot. We got a chance to play with their two kids, Mary and Sam before they called it a night, and we did too soon thereafter.
Since then, its been a pretty relaxing few days here in the Lone Star State. We've been going to the gym the last two days with Mike who was able to get us some guest passes despite getting some gripe the first day we showed up from the attendent since we didn't "call ahead" before. We made sure we did that the next day. Yesterday, we went to the nearby pool with Mike and the kids and had a blast playing with them for a while. Something about little kids that just makes everything that much more fun!
We're planning on maybe seeing an IMAX movie today and then tomorrow hitting the downtown area to see the Alamo, probably get dinner along the RiverWalk and then check out the San Antonio nightlife. Definitely hopping in a line dance or two to show of the skills.
As far as baseball goes (that's why we're on this trip, isn't it?) we'll be heading up to Dallas early Friday morning for the Ranters game, crashing there hopefully not in the truck, and heading to Houston the next morning for the Astros Saturday night which is also "Young Professionals Night". We'll be sure to bring our game faces for that one. Then its off to Florida with a probable one night stop in New Orleans! Keep tuned for more details soon.
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