We left California on the 2nd of December, and got to Louisiana on the 19th, meaning we took about 18 days to get there. It took us 6 days to return home -- we probably cold have done it in 4 or 5, but we missed a couple of people and places on the way East, so we took our time, sort-of.
Dec 27 - we left Slidell in the morning, and drove to San Antonio.
On the way to San Antonio, we stopped at Buc-ee's Travel Center, an Amazing gas station and store and restaurant and... Well, everything. There is a bronze statue of their mascot in front of the store.
Once we got to San Antonio, we found our downtown hotel. After dinner we walked to the Alamo via the Riverwalk. The Riverwalk was nice in the daytime, but even better after dark. It was mild night, so we enjoyed our outing.
Remember how it was 32 degrees about 10 days ago? Here's today's high temp:
Dec 28: San Antonio to El Paso. Another long day in the car. Texas is huge.
You know how they say everything is bigger in Texas? Here's one example. This is a Medium drink:
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