Saturday, March 9, 2013

SPENDING A DAY WITH FRIENDS

Wednesday, March 6 – Paul made a “rookie” mistake last night. We knew nighttime temperatures were suppose to drop to around freezing but Paul figured the water lines would be fine. Well, temps dropped BELOW freezing to 22 degrees......YIIKES! You guessed it – frozen hose. Thankfully that was all that was frozen. Paul changed hoses, and we had water again.

That was good because we had plans to meet RV friends Jan and Dave this morning at Sister Creek Vineyard. The Winery is located in an old cotton gin built in 1885.

Sister Creek Vineyard

We tried to get together with them in the RGV about a month ago but that was the day our driver side window got blown out, so we had to cancel. Glad we didn't have to cancel again because of no water.

We took the self-guided tour. wine barrels

wine barrels

David did a great job in explaining the different varietals of wine. We tasted eight different wines. Our favorite was the Chardonnay and Muscat Canelli.

wine tasting

We met at the winery at 11 a.m. – never too early to taste some wine – and had a wonderful reunion. It's fun to see people you've met along the road and catch up with each others travels.

Dave, Jan, Marsha, Paul…Cheers!us and jan and dave

From the winery, we drove over to the Alamo Springs Cafe – famous for their hamburgers.

Alamo Springs Cafe

This restaurant is not huge but has a homey feeling.

inside

When we entered, the waiter told us to just help ourselves to whatever drink we wanted. We all got hamburgers (HUGE) and shared an order of onion rings (also HUGE). Everything was delicious.We spent a couple of hours talking with old friends.

Says it all.
sign

We hope to meet up with Jan and Dave down the road again real soon. Thanks friends for a wonderful day.

Jan and Dave

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y'all back real soon. Have a great day!