San Antonio to Corpus Christi - Jan 5, 2011

Jan 5, 2011:  We departed Braunig Lake RV Resort this morning around 11:30 and had a short day's drive to Corpus Christi.  It's only about 140 miles or so in to the Naval Air Station from south San Antonio.  We took our time and stopped at rest areas along the way.  I'm elated that with the new mods on the truck we're now getting about 14 mpg driving at 65 mph towing the trailer through slightly hilly country.  That's way better than I expected.  The H&S Mini Maxx programmer set on "hot" really adds the power.  No more down shifting on hills and the speedometer never leaves 65 with cruise control on.  I love it.

Pat and Patty followed along with their 5er and will stay at the NAS also.  We  arrived at the main gate to find, once again, that not all military base security is the same.  I had to go to pass and ID and prove up in order to get a  temporary pass to get on base.  Other bases only require military ID for entry.  Carrying our truck documentation (registration and proof of insurance, etc.) really pays off when this happens.

We finally got to Shields RV park and found the staff to be friendly and helpful if not a little slow in the check in process.  Hey, for $15 a night for full hookups with 50A service I won't complain.  This is a beautiful park with lots of lawn and large sites.  No trees, of course, but we're right on the water.  The weather is perfect for January - in the low 70's and just enough breeze to keep from being too hot.  We're  told that the wind can really blow hard here and that it's typical to have low to medium winds daily.  Makes sense...as I look around I can't see a mountain.  The weather report says we're to expect an "arctic cold front" over the weekend (not sure what that means in S Texas but probably not what it means in Alaska).  We'll enjoy the warm weather and explore the base tomorrow.

This base is beautiful we love it here.  We will get some more shots of walking out on the pier which is about .5 mile into the water.  The laundry facility is big and FREE.  There are alot of very tall jack rabbits in the park so Squatty is having a ball with them.  The rabbits have very long legs so they give him a good run once in awhile.


Squatty has broadened his horizons on this trip - made friends with a horse at K Falls, Oregon, many dogs along the way, huge ducks at Braunig Lake in San Antonio, a large, vicious crawdad also in San Antonio and now bunnies.  He can't type very well so I thought I should put some of his experiences in.  Also, Tiger Lilly is having a good time.  She now has a harness and leash and spends a lot of time outside.  She mostly makes friends with bugs...DRW/BJW

Here's a couple of shots of Shields RV Park on the Naval Air Station where we're staying: