We departed from Home Base San Antonio a week ago today, and arrived yesterday in Williams, AZ, which will serve as our base camp for a week or more as we explore the Grand Canyon, Sedona, and other northern Arizona destinations.
Our first stop was only an hour outside San Antonio, in Kerrville, TX. We wanted to spend some time with our friends, Jay & Kris, plus we had some tools of theirs to return, so we hung out with them for a few days at Kerrville-Schreiner Park.

Very pleasant stay, and highly recommended as a camping destination.

Giant crawdad at the boat launch. I really don’t like knowing they grow this large, but…

He unhooked the leash from one of his doggies, dangled it in the water, and used it to lead. the crawdad. out.


Tim got a kiss from Pixie, who’d just licked the crawdad.
Eeeeewwww!

Unexplained teepee in the park

There were signs everywhere advising against touching or feeding the deer, but I ask you, who can resist a face like that?

We took in downtown Kerrville’s 2nd annual Chalk Fest.
Let’s just say that Linus, Snoopy and Charlie Brown weren’t the only characters we saw on those sidewalks, and it. was. awesome.

Trippy!

I giggled.
And although I make no apologies for having the sense of humor of an 8-year-old boy, wouldn’t “Kerrville Public Library” have been a less cringe-worthy name?

It’s not funny.
The day before we left, Jay helped Tim tighten up our trailer brakes. And that’s when they noticed we’ve got some suspension issues, probably relating to the Tire Incident back in January. I don’t understand all the details, but we figured we could make it safely (albeit bumpily) to AZ with the springs and shocks in their current condition. We’ll get everything back in better working order before we leave there, though.


Pie Town, NM, is about as big as that crawdad we found, but the people there know it and play to that particular strength wisely.
They’re friendly as hell too, as you can see from this welcoming sign on the RV park bath house, which is open to anyone who may need it. Our receipt might say we stayed at the Pie Town RV Park, but according to the folks we met in town, we really stayed at Penny & Jay’s.



Can you find ownlessdomore.us?


We learned a late lesson in RV kitchen storage upon our arrival in AZ. Don’t let the pizza cutter ride next to the pastry brush.
Coming up in a few days: the best Grand Canyon photos a girl can get on an iPhone. See ya when we’re done exploring!
I giggled at the library name, too. What were they thinking? Maybe the name is tongue in cheek… never mind.
Ha! The Butt family is widely known (no pun intended) in Texas for its wealth and philanthropy. But they eventually had the good sense to re-name their chain of grocery stores HEB, rather than continuing to use H.E. Butt Grocery. I don’t know what they were thinking with that library. Imagine all the snickering school children!