A Three Heater . . .
And One Cat Night.
It finally struggled up to 35° today after a low last night of 33. Big difference.
Our low for tonight has been downgraded to 24° with 25 tomorrow night so later in the afternoon I topped off our fresh water tank and then disconnected both ends of the shore hose and let it drain. So we’re all set for the next couple of days.
Glad we’re not on a gate tonight, though with the shacks it wouldn’t be too bad. Back in 2014 we were on a frack gate over in Whitsett. And one night in November a couple of weeks before we left, it was 26° and sleeting, and I had icicles hanging off the edge of the canopy. Never again.
Of course from up in Paul’s Valley, OK, about 50 miles south of Oklahoma City, our son-in-law Lowell’s mother Sonja sent us these photos today.
Sonja said it was 16 degrees today with a wind chill of 5 degrees. Then after 4 inches of snow it supposed to be 10 degrees tonight with a wind chill of –5. Just glad it’s not us.
For breakfast this morning we had a couple of the tacos I picked up on my way home from my gate the other morning.
During our first week here back in Oct. Jan and I stopped off at the Stripes/Valero Truck Stop coming home one morning from our gate. We found they had a 24 hour Taco/Burrito Shop so we each got a couple of breakfast tacos to bring home. Since they were so good, it was worth doing again.
This afternoon I took my anemometer outside and found the wind speed here at the park to be about 25 mph, so with the 33°, that gives an wind chill of 20°. No wonder it felt so freaking cold wind we left the rig about 4pm.
We’ve always heard about how good the burgers were at Barth’s, even seeing people ordering them when we’re there for the lunch time buffets. So if they’re better than the buffet, they must be good. And they certainly were.
Jan got the Cheeseburger and I got the Bacon Cheeseburger.
These are huge burgers, with 6†buns and a hand-formed patty sized to match. And they were really good. The thin edges were crispy-charred and just perfect. A really delicious burger. It’s easy to see why they’re so popular.
We’ll use all 3 of our heaters tonight, the Lasko Ceramic Tower,
and two of these smaller Sunbeam units.
Normally one of the Sunbeam’s stays in the truck for use on cold nights on the gate. The rooftop heaters don’t always work too well in some of the shacks so I always have a backup plan.
Always have a backup plan . . . for everything.
Thought for the Day:
“Maybe this world is just another planet’s hell.†– Aldous Huxley
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When I Said I Wanted Some Winter Weather . . .
I didn’t mean like this.
Today the high temp was 68° with a low scheduled tonight of 33. Then tomorrow’s high is 34° with a low of 25.
I do not like the direction this is going.
Jan and I had originally planned to take in a movie as part as our San Antonio day trip today, but that didn’t happen. I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night due to the fact that I’m normally working when I was trying to sleep.
So we dropped the early morning start and left the rig about 2pm with our first stop at Lone Star Real Estate to pick up two days work of Amazon deliveries. Then it was on to the Sam’s Club/Wal-Mart in the City Base area of San Antonio for some shopping.
Finishing up there we met our long-time friends Jim and Peri Dean at La Fonda on Main for dinner.
Besides Magic Time Machine, La Fonda on Main is our other go-to place in San Antonio, and it’s another place we been eating since the 1980’s. And the place itself has been open since the 1930’s hosting such notables as Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, Yul Brynner, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and of course, us.
Between the four of us, we all went for something a little different.
Jim went the in fish direction with their Salmon selection,
while Peri went for the vegetarian course with the Sweet Potato Enchiladas.
Jan got her go-to dish, the Chile Relleno,
while I had my usual beef selection with the Carne Asada.
Once again Jan and I only ate about half of our entrees, with the rest to take home. This left us with enough room for Jan and I to share our usual Tres Leches.
But this time we got an upgrade with their new special, Chocolate Tres Leches. And following our lead, Jim and Peri split one too.
Even better.
After spending another hour talking, and then saying our good-byes, and making a pit-stop at the Valero in Floresville, we got home about 8pm.
Passing through Floresville even as full as we were, we drooled as we passed the Whataburger there. This again brought our question about why Kenedy/Karnes City doesn’t have a Whataburger of our own.
At first we wondered if the population was too small, but the K/KC has a combined population of about 6300, plus all the surrounding countryside. This is only about 100 people less than Floresville.
Plus with all the oil stuff going on around here, they’re losing a lot of money from the oil workers. Oil guys loved Whataburger, and some of them eat there every day when they can. And when we’ve been on gates with one nearby, the guys would regularly bring back burgers for Jan and I.
When we stopped to pick our packages at the real estate office, I ask Nancy Christian, the owner (and the owner of our RV Park) why K/KC doesn’t have a Whataburger. She said, “Because they’re stupid.â€
She said that a while back she and her husband had been at the one in Floresville and saw what were obviously some big-wig corporate types visiting the location. So her husband went over and talk to them about it, and was told it sounded interesting and that they’d look into it. But nothing so far. But even then we certainly won’t get one in the next 5 or 6 weeks that we’ll be here. Bummer!
WE WANT OUR WHATABURGER!
Thought for the Day:
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. And those who benefit in the racket will defend it with passion.â€
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