San Antonio, Texas – Day 4

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at the Fraternal Order of Eagles #70 about 15 miles from downtown. I will depart later this morning. I was last in San Antonio in 1979. It is located at 513 feet of elevation and has a population of 1,144,646. To read more about San Antonio you need to click this link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio

Yesterday I visited the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. It has five missions all along the San Antonio River over a distance of about 15 miles south of San Antonio. All the missions are more or less about three miles apart from each other. Here is the official government website…
http://www.nps.gov/saan/index.htm

I wrote a Blog entry about the first mission I visited two days ago…Mission San Antonio de Valero also known as The Alamo. In case you missed that post, here’s the link…
http://wp.me/pDCku-6kE

I visited the other four missions yesterday, starting with Mission Concepcion…considered to be in the best condition of the four. Here’s the official website link…
http://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/concepcion.htm

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

To see the other 18 photos of Mission Concepcion, click this Picasa Web Album link…
https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/MissionConcepcionSanAntonioTexas

Second stop was at Mission San Jose…considered to be the most beautiful of the four. Here’s the official website link…
http://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/sanjose.htm

To see the other 35 photos of Mission San Jose, click this Picasa Web Album link…
https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/MissionSanJoseSanAntonioTexas

Third stop was at Mission San Juan which was in the process of being restored so I did not get to go inside. Here’s the official website link…
http://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/sanjuan.htm

To see the other 5 photos of Mission San Juan, click this Picasa Web Album link…
https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/MissionSanJuanSanAntonioTexas

The final stop was at Mission Espada. It’s a smaller mission and a Wednesday wedding was just concluding as I arrived. Here’s the official website link…
http://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/espada.htm

To see the other 9 photos of Mission Espada, click this Picasa Web Album link…
https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/MissionEspadaSanAntonioTexas

Enjoying beautiful old missions is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

San Antonio, Texas – Day 3

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at the Fraternal Order of Eagles #70 about 15 miles from downtown. I expect to depart here Friday morning. I was last in San Antonio in 1979. It is located at 513 feet of elevation and has a population of 1,144,646. To read more about San Antonio you need to click this link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio

Yesterday I showed photos of The Alamo. Another one of the things that makes San Antonio a unique city is the River Walk. If you do not know about the River Walk, you can find out by clicking these two links…
http://www.visitsanantonio.com/visitors/play/the-river-walk/index.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_River_Walk

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful River Walks is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

San Antonio, Texas – Day 2

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at the Fraternal Order of Eagles #70 about 15 miles from downtown. I expect to depart here Friday morning. I was last in San Antonio in 1979. It is located at 513 feet of elevation and has a population of 1,144,646. To read more about San Antonio you need to click this link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio

One of the things that makes San Antonio a unique city is The Alamo. If you do not know the history about this famous place, you can find out by clicking these two links…
http://thealamo.org/battle/battle.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alamo

A couple of days cold front is moving through the area. Yesterday was only 54 degrees. It was 28 degrees when I awoke at 5:00 AM this morning. The high for today is forecasted at 60 degrees.

Yesterday morning I braved a 49 degree temperature to revisit The Alamo. Photography is not allowed in the Church and the Long Barracks, the only two remaining structures from the March 6, 1836 battle during which Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie among others died…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying historical sites is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

San Antonio, Texas – Day 1

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

Yesterday I drove the motorhome the about 35 miles to a location in southwest San Antonio about 15 miles from downtown. The motorhome is now parked at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Airee #70. Just about everyone (seeing a new face in the club) come over to me, said hello, introduced themselves and welcomed me to their club. It’s really nice when that happens. I expect to be here for four days.

A couple of days cold front is moving through the area. Yesterday was only 54 degrees. It was 28 degrees when I awoke at 5:00 AM this morning. The high for today is forecasted at 54 degrees once again.

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

I’m parked in the back of the club away from the roadway noise. The barbeque shed behind the motorhome helps shield me from the cold North wind…

As always, I like to show the view from the dinette window…

Enjoying friendly folks at the Eagles Club is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort, Lakehills, Texas – Day 21

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails about 40 miles west of San Antonio. I plan to depart here later this morning.

Here are the last of the deer photos that I’ve taken here at Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort in Lakehills, Texas. I’m really going to miss having these beautiful animals around me when I leave here.

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

This beautiful doe let me pet her. I rewarded her with a couple of Romaine Lettuce leaves. With the exception of that one photo, all others were taken by me standing in the doorway of the motorhome…

I ended up with a total of 104 photos from this location. Most of them are of the deer. If you missed any of my previous 20 Blog entries or just want to see all of the photos again, just click this Picasa web Album link…
https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/ThousandTrailsMedinaLakeRVResortLakehillsTexas

Enjoying beautiful animals in nature is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort, Lakehills, Texas – Day 20

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails about 40 miles west of San Antonio. I plan to depart here tomorrow.

Here are more deer photos that I’ve taken here at Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort in Lakehills, Texas. I’m really going to miss having these beautiful animals around me when I leave here.

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful animals in nature is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort, Lakehills, Texas – Day 19

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails about 40 miles west of San Antonio. I’ll be departing here Monday, December 10th.

Today…more of those very difficult to capture birds.

You may not know that professional wildlife photographers frequently bait the area to attract the animals, sit for hours in a photo blind, with very sturdy tripods and very long zoom lenses.

I am not that dedicated. Today’s photos were shot by myself and all were hand-held shots. You have to be really lucky and fast to capture hand-held photos of these birds.

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful birds in nature is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort, Lakehills, Texas – Day 18

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails about 40 miles west of San Antonio. I plan to depart here this coming Monday, December 10th.

Here are more deer photos that I’ve taken here at Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort in Lakehills, Texas. I’m really going to miss having these beautiful animals around me when I leave here.

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful animals in nature is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort, Lakehills, Texas – Day 17

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails about 40 miles west of San Antonio.

Here are more deer photos that I’ve taken here at Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort in Lakehills, Texas…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful animals in nature is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Thousand Trails Medina Lake RV Resort, Lakehills Texas – Day 16

Mary remains at home in California tending to medical and personal business issues. She has made her airline reservations to join me at Harlingen, Texas on January 3, 2013.

The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails about 40 miles west of San Antonio.

Since I’ve been here, I’ve been showing lots of photos of the abundant deer in this area. Two days ago I showed photos of the difficult to capture red squirrel. Well, today’s subject is even more difficult to capture, because they rarely stop moving.

You may not know that professional wildlife photographers frequently bait the area to attract the animals, sit for hours in a photo blind, with very sturdy tripods and very long zoom lenses.

I am not that dedicated. Today’s photos were shot by myself and all were hand-held shots. You have to be really lucky and fast to capture hand-held photos of these birds.

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful animals in nature is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Texas. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust