College Station Apartment

Today, we dropped Craig off at his college apartment. Two bedrooms are up front, then a nice common area...kitchen, dining, and living...and the remaining two rooms past that. The guys have already equipped the living room with a TV, gaming system & stereo (go figure).

My, how times have changed since we were in college, and even since Craig's freshman year! Each of the four boys have their own bedroom and bath, and he has more private room this year than he shared with another student in McInnis last year.

Craig was able to get his wall decorations up, computer functioning, and his bedroom TV operational. For the next few days, he will be getting his Playstation connected (of course).

I sure hope he finds time to study!

We really enjoyed having him home! He will be missed.

Day 2 San Antonio

Yesterday, our evening planned, included dinner prior to the Ghost Hunt, we dined at the Liberty Bar...the building has a slight lean to it, the results of a flood in the ‘20s. We enjoyed some very yummy food.

We met the ghost hunter folks just across the road from the Alamo. Of course, we had to take our picture in front of the Alamo first!

Once we had our entire ghost hunting equipment…laser thermal readers, magnetic meter and dousing rod, we were ready to go. Just to let you know, we were 4 of about 40 people, so we aren’t the only weird ones! I can’t say we saw any ghosts, but we did see some nice architectural interests and back roads we would have never looked for. It was a nice tour of the downtown area.

Yesterday, our evening planned, included dinner prior to the Ghost Hunt, we dined at the Liberty Bar...the building has a slight lean to it, the results of a flood in the ‘20s. We enjoyed some very yummy food.

We met the ghost hunter folks just across the road from the Alamo. Of course, we had to take our picture in front of the Alamo first!

Once we had our entire ghost hunting equipment…laser thermal readers, magnetic meter and dousing rod, we were ready to go. Just to let you know, we were 4 of about 40 people, so we aren’t the only weird ones! I can’t say we saw any ghosts, but we did see some nice architectural interests and back roads we would have never looked for. It was a nice tour of the downtown area.

Today we went to SeaWorld. We had a nice time. It wasn’t too crowded and the temperature was acceptable. Craig and Derek were in charge of guiding us through the park. We all agreed to not ride the Steel Eel rollercoaster. I think Mark and I have lived too long to enjoy them and the boys are too chicken. Connie, remembers how we would ride them over and over again with Lane! The boys did ride the White Shark (without us). It is one of those rollercoasters that let your feet dangle while it twists and turns. They aren’t riding it again. Finally, they boys enjoyed getting splashed by Shamu and petting the dolphins.

Now we are back at the hotel, but will be heading back to the park to see the Shamu show at night!!!

San Antonio Day 1

We checked out both rest stops on I10 between Houston and San Antonio....what a nice upgrade from the ones of 1970's. They now have 2 sets of woman's andmen's restroom....if one is out of order, you still have another option.

Heck, you can bring you laptop into the air conditioned room and connect to the internet! (I guess that is our tax money at work.) When I told the boys we were going to eat "here"...the rest stop just west of Columbus....Craig said "Here?????". At that moment I knew that I had failed to train him in the true Barnes way. Remember how we ALWAYS ate out of the ice crest on our road trips?

We pulled in and sat at a nicely shaded table with a great breeze and pulled out our plug-in ice crest, supplied by the Liberty's. The menu choice was left over tuna salad or a turkey sandwich...you have to make your own sandwich. I think the boys enjoyed it over a fast food resturant, for a change.

On the way into the San Antonio, we stopped at Ruben's Homemade Tamalas. We purchased 3 dozen. These will go into the plug in ice crest when they cool off. Now we are at a low budget, but clean hotel. A low budget hotel will get you freebreakfast and free internet. Craig is taking a nap. We are headed to the pool here in a few minutes.

When I told the boys I bought my bathing suit, they smurked...I don't think I will put it on. Tonight's high lites are dinner at the Liberty Bar and then the Ghost tour....the Ghost tour sounds WEIRD! They will give us Ghostbuster equipment. My first thought was...too weird, no way. My next thought was...this may be a memory maker, likeRoswell, NM. We are going for it. Oh, and back to the rest stops...I was the only one that checked out BOTH rest stop between Houston and San Antonio..too much ice tea.