This is the first trip in the Casita for the new
year. We are headed out to San Diego
for my 62nd birthday. We are
trying a different approach to the blog this year. Usually we only blog during our summer trip. But, this year we
will try to blog all of our trips for the year.
After delaying our trip for a few days due to
the very cold weather in Houston, we hitched up the Casita and took off. I
called our friend James who lives in San Antonio and is the brewer for Alamo
Beer Company. He will let us hook up
and stay all night at the brewery.
After arriving and getting set up, we headed for the tap room. There was a celebration for Fiesta. This year is the 300th anniversary of the founding of San
Antonio. James was leading a brewery
tour and we had a couple of beers and dinner from the food truck. After visiting with James for awhile, he
left for home. We retired to the Casita
and when the employees cleaned up and left for the day, they locked us in the
property. The train runs through at the
edge of the property and we heard it all night. It wasn’t too loud.
James showed up at the brewery very early to
start a new batch of beer. The three of
us went for breakfast tacos. After
returning to the Casita, James unlocked the gate and we drove to Van Horn,
Texas for the night.
We drove to Tucson, Arizona today. Jim’s nephew Paul and his wife Yundi were in Tucson for
a job interview and house hunting.
After unhooking the Casita, we went to 1912 Brewing, Pueblo Vida Brewing
and then met Paul and Yundi for dinner at a restaurant in the foothills of Tuscon.
Today is my 62nd birthday. Jim took me to breakfast at Frank’s. Then we drove to Tucson Mountain Park. There are lots of really pretty Saguaro
cactus in this area. Saguaro National
Park is in this region. We drove to
Dillinger Brewing and then met Paul and Yundi to see the house they are really
interested in purchasing. This house
looks like something Frank Lloyd Wright might have designed. It has floor to ceiling glass walls and beautiful view of the mountains and the city. After leaving, Jim took me to P.F. Chang's
for my birthday dinner.
Today we drove to Quartzsite, Arizona to meet up with friends who are camped in
the desert on Bureau of Land Management land near Dome Rock.
This week is the big RV tent show in Quartzsite. We got there late in the afternoon and when we finished setting up camp we had fun catching up with them by the
fire at night.
Jim went for a hike up Dome Rock with
Jerry and a few other friends. I stayed back at
camp because I have developed a bad cough and laryngitis. When Jim returned, we went to walk around
the Big Tent. Jerry helped Jim work on the fridge -- it won’t stay lit on propane.
Everyone sat outside by the fire.
Today Jim and I went to Tyson Wells and looked
through all the tents that were set up there.
Then we had a beer at Beer Belly’s Bar by the Big Tent. Everyone sat
outside again tonight by the fire.
