Monthly Archives: April 2012
Last Day of Freedom ??
I was up about 9:30 because I wanted to call the Gate Guard offices down in Corpus Christi to see if we needed to be there at any certain time tomorrow. They said anytime, so we’ll probably head down to Corpus about 8:30 or so.
I asked the other day how soon we’d be eligible for a gate after we handed in our paperwork on Tuesday morning.
Jamie smiled and only half-jestingly said “Tuesday afternoon?”. So I guess today could be our last day of freedom before we’re on a gate.
And on a related note, there are only two rigs left here in the yard as of this morning, us and another one. The two others headed out to their gates today, so I guess that bodes well for us getting a gate soon.
So we decided to have one last treat, and headed out about 1:30 for dinner and a movie. Or rather, movie and a dinner.
Our first stop was to see Mirror, Mirror, a clever retelling of the classic Grimm Brother’s Snow White, starring Julia Roberts as the evil Queen, who’s also Snow’s step-mother.
The cinematography is amazing and the costumes are fantastic, and the characters are afasdfasdf. Jan and I both enjoy the fairytale-based TV shows Grimm and Once Upon A Time, and we enjoyed this movie also.
Recommended.
Leaving the theater, we drove over to San Antonio’s Farmer’s Market to have dinner at another of our long-time favorites, Mi Tierra Café y Panaderia. A favorite Mexican restaurant of ours, we first came here about 30 years ago, and always enjoy it when we get back.
Mi Tierra has been open 24/7 since 1941, starting with a small three table café. And now it is said to be the highest-grossing Mexican restaurant in the United States.
Very colorfully decorated.
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I had the Mi Tierra Platter with a beef steak, beef taco, pork tamale, and a cheese enchilada.
And of course, Tres Leches for dessert. (we ate it before I could get a picture of it.)
Heading home, we got back to the rig a little before 7pm. Really looking forward to our trip to Corpus tomorrow morning.
Brandi sent over this video Landon in the tub making animal sounds as she talks to him.
Landon in Tub
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Thought for the Day:
“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry” – William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Moving Day in Whitsett . . .
Today was moving day here at the Whitsett yard. A 5’er pulled out this morning heading for their new gate, so after double-checking with the office, we moved our rig over to the full hookup area. So now, we also have water and sewer, as well as the 50 amps we had before. We’ll be here until we go out to our gate, probably sometime this coming week.
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We’re parked backed up to a scrub brush area, complete with a lot of cacti.
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And a lot of blooms.
After we moved, I was talking to Terry here at the lot, asking about some of the utility setups. This large tank is used to deliver water to the individual gates. It holds enough water to fill up three individual tanks.
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I also asked about the capacity of the diesel generators that are on the trailers.
I did notice that each one has 2 – 50 amp receptacles, 2 – 30 amp, and 2 – 20 amp ones. Terry said the generators are rated for 13KW intermittent, and 11KW continuous. In comparison, the Onan diesel generator in our rig is rated for 7.5 KW.
Terry said that occasionally gates are so busy that two rigs with two couples are parked at a gate, and the one generator is capable of supporting both.
Later, about 2:30 we headed into San Antonio to have dinner at another of our favorite places, La Fonda on Main.
Opened in 1932, it’s the oldest Mexican restaurant in San Antonio. Over the years, a lot of famous people have eaten here, including Generals Eisenhower, MacArthur and Hill. Even American presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson enjoyed La Fonda’s fare. And movie stars like Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Yul Brenner, Veronica Lake, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans have all dined here.
We’ve been eating here since the early 80’s.
I had the La Fonda Platter with 2 cheese enchiladas, a pork tamale, and a beef tenderloin taco. All very delicious.
And for dessert, Jan and I split probably the best Tres Leches we’ve ever eaten. It was so good, we got another one to go.
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Brandi and Lowell sent over some pictures of Landon’s first Easter Egg Hunt.
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“I just know there’s one in here, somewhere.”
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Looks like a pretty good haul.
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As a final note, in yesterday’s blog I talked about Bob Miller BBQ. That was a typo. It should have been Bill Miller BBQ.
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Thought for the Day:
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never run out of material.
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