On this episode of RV Miles, we recap our time in San Antonio, including all the larger-than-life food options and the numerous historical missions. We also discuss a listener question about campsite length, snow in Joshua Tree and the big campaign coming your way from Go RVing.
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Show Notes
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We also talked about the wild snow storms hitting the southwest, and the striking video of a blanket of snow covering the desert-climate Joshua Tree National Park:
A listener question asked about site length. We put together a video a couple months ago showing how site lengths are measured and how we often fit our 37′ bus into spaces listed much smaller:
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Our main topic for the week was our time in San Antonio, Texas, where we’ve been able to eat some great food and visit interesting historical sites.
We had some excellent texas smoked meat at Old 300 BBQ in Blanco, Texas. The “Willie Nelson” was a heck of a sandwich!
We enjoyed a massive pizza and calzone at Big Lou’s in San Antonio:
…and a giant 3lb cinnamon roll at Lulu’s Bakery & Cafe:
Then we covered our time at the Alamo and the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. A do-not-miss!
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