HALF WAY ACROSS US STILL HEADING WEST... SAN ANTONIO

  NEEDED TO DO A REPAIR OF A REPAIR DONE BY A 'PROFESSIONAL'... ISSUE WAS THE CHECK VALVE UNDER SINK- UN-NECESSARY PART (A BIT LIKE AN APPENDIX) TO BEGIN WITH BUT IT HAD FAILED AND HAD PREVENTED ME FROM DOING BLACK WATER TANK FLUSH. PAID ALMOST $200 TO HAVE REPLACED, AND THE CONNECTIONS WERE LEAKING AT VALVE ON NEW ONE!! NOT ONLY THAT, THE NEW VALVE WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REMOVED... SO I JUST PLACED IN A BYPASS HOSE AND ALL GOOD.

ABOVE- JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE OLD GIRLS LOOKING AS BEST I CAN... BELOW- MISNOMER AS CERTAINLY NOT LAZY.  BTW, WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF TAKING PICTURES AT THE DOG PARK, WHERE IN ACTUALITY, DARWIN ENCOUNTERED A GIANT TORTOISE ... AFRICAN SULCATA... NAMED 'HENRY' BY OWNER.... NAMED AFTER THE TORTOISE THAT ACTUAL EXPLORER DARWIN BROUGHT HOME FROM THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS!!! 

DOMESTICATED UNICORN IN DOWNTOWN NOLA (NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA)
 

 

 AT THE NEW ORLEANS SCULPTURE GARDEN, ALMOST LOST MY LOVELY ILEA TO A SNEAKY SPIDER! WONDERFUL WEATHER- FORECAST KEEPS SAYING 'VERY SEASONABLE' WHICH IS SOMETHING WE VERY RARELY EXPERIENCE ON OUR TRIPS...

                                        BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS AT NOLA SCULPTURE GARDEN

WALK ALONG THE BOARDWALK AT THE SAM HOUSTON STATE PARK

 

A FEAST OF CRAWFISH= BOTH YUM & YUCK... BELOW, AN IMPRESSIVE 911 MEMORIAL IN LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANNA

 

BELOW- BREAKFAST IN SAN ANTONIO, COFFEE & CULTURE, FOLLOWED BY A MORNING WALK AT THE JAPANESE TEA GARDEN....

ABOVE- ENJOYING AN EVENING JUMBO MARGARITA AT MARGARITAS IN MARKET SQUARE IN SAN ANTONIO... BELOW SHOWING THE ENTIRE LOOP MAP PATH WE HAD WALKED EARLIER TO ACTUALLY DESERVE A JUMBO MARGARITA! DARWIN CHILLIN,

MORE RIVER WALK, TEA GARDEN BELOW...

........................................GOOSE ON LOCK DOWN AT RIVER WALK......