We were wanting to get off the coast (although we love the water!) so we headed northwest toward San Antonio. We had three missions in mind:
- The Alamo
- Fredericksburg, TX
- Pick up a new generator in San Antonio and ship other one back to Amazon
The night trapper walked in the RV holding the pull rope for the generator I wanted to cry. It had been raining the whole time we were in Magnolia Beach, TX so the solar wasn’t doing much! We needed a generator!
We had talked to a guy in Magnolia Beach that bought his generator from a guy in San Antonio and we’re hopeful we can land the same deal. Bigger generator and about $100-$125 less than the one we just sent back! Fingers crossed!
We searched the map and state parks and decided on Blanco State Park north of San Antonio. We positioned ourselves so we could make the short trip down to San Antonio and take care of business and see The Alamo.
We arrived at Blanco State Park and it is beautiful!!!! The spots are large…. water and electric only, but there is a dump station (included in the nightly fee) we dumped on the way in and out! Might as well, right? Plus they had heated shower rooms (imagine that) and large dumpsters for trash. It’s a small campground – only 30 sites, which is perfect for us.
The fee structure – well, we went ahead and got our Texas State Park Pass (good for a year and it cost $70). However, it saved us $10 a day ($40 total for 4 nights) for entrance fees to this park – so now we only have to stay a few more nights in a Texas – or just visit a state park, this year, and the pass will have paid for itself! Remember TX state parks (like most) charge a vehicle entrance fee per day.
We were here 4 nights for $80 and then our second night was supposed to be half-price, but the ranger couldn’t figure how to give us the discount, but a month later there was a $10 credit to our bank account. Thanks Texas! We stayed 4 nights for $70! with water and electric AND dump station on enter and exit! Turns out $17.50/night!
Check out these pictures!
You can’t go wrong with site #17 in the winter. We were here February 11 – Feb 14, 2019. Sun sets to your passenger side (which with it being cooler – the sun helped warm the place) and trees weren’t full so the solar could do it’s thing. Awesome quite State Park!
Since the wind wasn’t blowing – I decided to do a little food prep. I like keeping certain meats already cooked and then frozen and BACON is one of them. I can cook a whole pound, at once, on my Blackstone Griddle! (Thanks Mom & Dad – great Christmas present!)
Tomorrow we head to Fredericksburg, TX (the town we’d come through years ago in the 18-wheeler, to see what it was all about!) Stay tuned!