On the windy shores of Lake Corpus Christi

Sunset

The fishing pier at the lake

This woodpecker was very noisy!

Our javelina visitors

Lake Corpus Christi

On Monday, we awoke to a cool overcast morning in Kerrville. After packing up for our move south to the Corpus Christi area,we made a brief stop to have the safety inspection done on the motorhome-a Texas requirement. Then we headed south through San Antonio. There was tons of traffic and some tricky interchanges but with Jim driving and Karen navigating , we made it through!
Next stop is our new temporary home-Lake Corpus Christi State Park. The lake is about 35 miles north of Corpus Christi in a "wilderness" area. Our cool overcast morning gave way to a sunny 75 degree afternoon-- what a difference being farther south makes! The trees here are already showing their spring leaves.
After getting set up were sitting back to relax when we saw a group of javelina "stroll" through our campsite. We have also seen (and heard) lots of birds. The woodpecker in the photo was particularly noisy.
Today we made a drive into Corpus Christi to start exploring the area. More on that trip later !

This cardinal woke us up every morning!!

Our home in Kerville State Park

Into Texas

We left Las Cruces after having maintanence done on our Cummins ISC engine at Valley Diesel. I would recommend them for service as the owner is very involved and his mechanics are long term employees. The drive from Cruces, with an overnight at Ft. Stockton, to Kerrville was uneventful and we are now at Kerrville-Schreiner State Park until Monday. This is a nice park, some sites with 50amp full hookups, run by the city of Kerrville. Since we are Texas residents we had the required Texas safety inspection done on the Jeep and will have the Motorhome done Monday as we leave here for Lake Corpus Christi. Last nights rain gave way to cool ground fog and clearing skies today. We ran into San Antonio for groceries and a lunch at the famous Rudy's Bar-B-Que. If you're ever in San Antonio, do not miss this special Bar-B-Que treat!! The Creamed Corn is to die for! (The Bar-B-Que is great too.)

Anniversary in Old Mesilla

We found ourselves in Las Cruces, New Mexico on our 32nd wedding anniversary. Where to celebrate? Our campground host told us the best place in town was the Double Eagle Restaurant in the the Old Mesilla section of Los Cruces.
The Old Mesilla plaza was the area originally settled by the Mexcian government in 1848. The building that houses the Double Eagke Restaurant is over 150 years old and was once the Governer's mansion. We spent an interesting afternoon exploring all the old buidings around the plaza. The old courthouse where Billy the Kid was originally convicted and sentenced to hang is on on corner of the plaza. It's quite an interesting place.
That evening we treated ourselves to the Double Eagle Restaurant.

It's elegant dining room houses beautiful French baccarat chandeliers measuring seven feet by three feet, each containing more than 1000 hand-cut glass crystals. The solid gold ceiling was hand-gilded with 18- and 24-karat gold leaf. The 20 gold leafed French mirrors are ornately carved in Greek Revival style. The many paintings, several of which have their equal only in the finest museums, express the charm and ambiance of a bygone era.

We really enjoyed being in such a lovely place. We had a fabulous dinner. Our steaks were prepared at our table with lots of yummy garlic butter!! The restaurant provided us with free dessert for our celebration and we had flambe'd Bananas Foster , also prepared at our table! What a decadent treat ! It was a wonderful evening and definately a place we would recommend to anyone looking for a special place in Las Cruces New Mexico.