San Antonio

The drive to San Antonio was uneventful, and comfortable. Though it took us quite awhie to actually find Admiralty RV, when we did, they were gracious and welcoming to these self-confessed beginners. Oh, learning point, don't trust MAPQUEST...it's is commonly WRONG! Plus, start saving for new GPS system for Maebh! :P

In San Antonio, we rented a car to allow me to more easily travel to and from my conference site downtown. Maebh stayed plugged in at Admiralty RV and was a delightful place to stay!

Again, Kim was fielding calls...though Hunny nearly gave them both a heartattack when we thought that we had plugged into 50amps, rather than the appropriate 30amps. Thankfully, we had used the correct plug, though we didn't have the correct breaker on!

Admiralty RV was a wonderful camp. They had very comfortable sites, and we especially enjoyed the dog run available for Twila and Starla, who got to scamper around and explore off-lead several times during our stay. Hunny and I did not avail ourselves of the swimming pool or hottub this trip, but hopefully next time we won't be quite so busy!

On Sunday, my conference ended at approximately noon, and we were off...back to San Angelo, to join Nolan and Bonnie for our planned excursion to Colorado! Or so we thought...

Just outside of Menard, Texas, there was a thunderous crashing sound, and then silence. Pulling over, we looked around, but could find no abnormalities...so we started off again. This time, as we reached approximately 40mph, Maebh began vibrating violently, so again we pulled over and carefully examined the visible portion of the vehicle, only to find that we had experienced a blow-out, and the remaining tire on the right rear had notably cracked sidewalls from apparent dryrot. We had known that the tires would likely need to be replaced soon, when we purchased Maebh back in January, but we had wistfully hoped that they would hold until we returned to Wisconsin...they apparently had not.

We limped back into Menard, and as we did not have any cell phone reception in the area, the only means of calling for assistance was a payphone, in the bazing hot afternoon sun. So, we called Good Sam RV Roadside Assistance, who graciously assisted us, though we ultimately decided to forgo further assistance and limped into San Angelo, driving those last 100 miles or so, at 35mph.

Roundtrip to San Antonio and back to San Angelo...425 miles, though this doesn't even come close to the actual miles driven in San Antonio, due to detours and delays because of construction...don't even get me started... :P