Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX

We rolled into San Antonio on January 12. We were already missing Stephanie and her family, whom we had left behind in Wimberly. Fort Sam Houston has always been special to us. In Jerry’s days as an Army Reserve Officer, we traveled there several times for annual training and hospital administration courses. We could not help but remember the first trip in October
1962. We stayed in a trailer court near the post in our new Coleman Apache pop-up trailer with Robin, age five and Andrea, age two. We pulled our little trailer with a Renault Dauphine. That was a lot of fun, but we prefer our 34 foot Airstream with all the amenities of a hotel suite, including a queen size bed. Now if we could also enjoy the 30 mpg which the Renault gave us along with gas at .27 per gallon. In those days there were even "gas wars!"

During our earlier trips to San Antonio, there was a great preacher at Trinity Baptist Church named Dr. Buckner Fanning. We always looked forward to his uplifting messages. He is now retired, and the congregation and choir have shrunk significantly. Nevertheless, the sermons continue to be excellent, and the Sunday school class, That Class, is friendly. We felt like regular members.

Stephanie, Steve and the three G's came to visit us on Sunday. They also delivered the G Flat Trio. (More about them later.) It had rained and was a little drizzilly, but we had a good time on the River Walk, San Antonio’s number one tourist attraction. During our two weeks stay at Fort Sam, we worked at losing some of the pounds gained over the holidays. In addition to using the post fitness club, we rode our fold-up bikes almost every day (unfolded). The RV park is close to main post and is one of the best Army famcamps in the nation. We try to stay at military parks whenever possible, because the price is right, they are well maintained, and they give us access to the commissary, PX , and many other facilities.