The Traveling Ducheks

Dec 30–We arrived at Medina Lake and got a nice spot with full hookups…sewer, water and 50 amp electric. I had been concerned, as they do not have many 50 amp sewer sites, so it was a relief to get one!

We were greeted by the campground deer herd! I promptly went out and got deer corn for them. Later learned that protien pellets are better for them, so I got that too. Boy they are hardy eaters! The one pictured below earned the name “Dumb-Dumb” from us. He had been getting into my birdfeeder, so I took it down and when I was walking up the steps of the camper with it, I spilled a bit of the birdseed. Well, ol’ Dumb-Dumb here, decided he needed to eat said birdseed and promptly got those scraggly little horns stuck in our steps! Boy did it make for a fun time, poor Ed had to help him get loose. It was quite a scene. I wish I had thought quick enough to grab my camera to video it. Ed had some choice words for ol’ Dumb-Dumb.

We really enjoyed this campground. It is super quiet and it gets crazy dark at night. We had pretty good neighbors for the most part. We did end up moving sites due to some disrespectful folks who moved in that decided to tie their dogs out and let them bark at everything under the sun. It made the deer skittish and got on my nerves too! They were also heavy smokers. There were two campers with 4 adults and 2 dogs. They set up all their outdoor stuff really close to our camper, which meant we could smell their smoke and hear all their loud late night chatter. We talked to the ranger and he let us move to an even nicer site, so it worked out in the end.

We spent the majority of our time hanging out at the campground. We kinda needed some down-time after being in DFW for the holidays. While we love to go home, we also love to leave. LOL! I tend to get stressed and deal with too much ‘stuff’ (that I need to let go of) when we are there. So we really just tried to lay low and enjoy this beautiful life we are living together!

We did go to Bandera for lunch at an Italian place called Pap’s Italian Grill. The food was good, but the rolls were disappointing. I found some brand new roller skates at the thrift store right down from the grill!! Bandera is a cute little town…we didn’t spend much time exploring it, but plan to return here again.

We found a great little Mexican cafe called LaCabana in Lakehills. It is in an old home and the food was very good. We went there a couple of times and really enjoyed it.

We went to a cool place called The Points Park and Eats in San Antonio because they have an Art-O-Mat. It was a really cool place, being the ‘off season’, it wasn’t busy, but we will go back sometime and eat there for sure! The owner was really nice. I picked up two new pieces of art from the machine.

I also found that there was a F.L.A.G. in Boerne, so of course I had to pop in and check it out. It was pretty bare, so I left a litle quilted heart I made.

We went to Fredricksburg and really enjoyed exploring the town. I bought a nice bell charm made by a local artist. I also bought a really cute jumper.

We found a really cute tourist trap kinda place called Toonstone. It is super cute and fun!

An interesting tidbit about Medina Lake…the lake here is completely dried up. Apparently San Antonio drained it of water and the locals are fighting to get things changed so that SA can’t use their lake anymore. It was just interesting to pull up and see an entirely dry lake bed with cattle roaming and Jeep and walking trails with foliage that is at least 8 ft tall! LOL! This is a shot of part of the ‘lake’.

We went to San Antonio a couple of times as it really isn’t too far. This is going to be a great place to come back to. We really enjoyed it here and will certainly add it to our regular list of places to go!

Tomorrow we head back north again…