Memorial Day Weekend in San Antonio

(San Antonio, TX: 28-31 May) After seeing Joy's aunt in Houston, TX we headed west to San Antone to meet daughter Katie, son-in-law CJ and granddaughter Kylan for Memorial Day weekend. Joy and I found one of our Thousand Trails campgrounds about 30 miles northwest of SA in the Texas hill country at Medina Lake. We got in around noon on Friday just ahead of the 50 check-ins they were expecting! We found a site with a view of the lake and got set up then checked out the rest of the camp including the large pool. There were deer everywhere - they would let you get almost within arms reach before running off. We were planning on going to Sea World on Saturday, and since CJ had to work till 5 or so we figured we would just meet them in San Antonio. They texted and called a couple times enroute and we were excited when they decided to come on in and find our campground because Kylan wanted to see us. It worked out great. Kylan enjoyed seeing the deer. We showed off our RV remodeling work and we sat down for a short visit...Kylan got our attention. Katie said, "Kylan has something to tell you". She was bubbling with excitement as she blurted out, "I'm going to be a big sister"! They just found out and we got to be the first to know! So, we will have another Elmes grand-something around January 2011.
We had a great time the rest of the weekend seeing the sites in SA. (This is where I went to Officer Training School in the late '70s. That was the last time we were tourists here). We went to Sea World all day on Saturday and enjoyed their water park as well as the sea lion and Shamu the whale shows. Sunday we went to the Children's Museum, toured the Alamo and had dinner at the Rainforest Cafe (animated animals entertain you while dining in a tropical rainforest setting). Monday all of us met Joy's sister Jane and her husband Phil for breakfast. They had been near San Antonio for a family reunion. They had never met Kylan and had not seen Katie and CJ for 5 years or so.
In spite of the 100 degree temps all weekend we had a great time. To top it off Kylan came back to the campground with us and spent the night. Tuesday, 1 June we drove the 3 hours to Del Rio. We'll hang out here for a few weeks before we head to north Texas to see family and friends.