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Kaneohegirlinaz
Wannabe TV Chef
Florida Here We Come! …
We like to plot out our Road Trips long before we leave.
We map out the roads we'll take, the hotels we'll stay at and look for attractions as well as places to eat.
Well, there was a small hic-cup the night before we started to head East towards Florida.
I got an email from the hotel we'd booked in Key West, right across the street from the Atlantic Ocean. It seems that they were closing their pool and were so sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.
I thought, oh well, that's okay, there's the beach, right?
My husband thought otherwise...
"Nope! You need a pool when you're in Florida, it's just too hot and humid. Call them up and cancel our reservation, we'll look for something else."
It's a good thing this happened actually, because I found an even better place that was cheaper! A fairly new hotel/resort, so there you go. But we'll talk about this more once we get there...
So off we go …
Our first overnight stop was in Ft. Stockton Texas.
I had thought ahead and made us one of our favorite meals prior to leaving that lovely apartment with a gas grill: Teriyaki Chicken, Steamed White Rice and my Quick Cucumber KimChee.
(file photo-I forgot to take a snapshot, I was too tired)
This made the long day of driving easier, let me tell you.
We've learned that it's better to have a pre-made meal that can be microwaved once we set-up camp in our hotel for the night.
Sitting in a restaurant sometimes can be unpleasant at times like these.
It was a fast continental free breakfast the next morning and we were off to ...
San Antonio Texas.
My husband booked us into a wonderful historic hotel just a coupla blocks from The Riverwalk and The Alamo.
I think this was one of the nicest places we've stayed yet!
The included breakfast was a full hot meal with the coolest Waffle Iron!
Can you see the selection of syrups? Man!
I didn't take a picture, but I had THE BEST Grits that I smothered in Sausage gravy, scrambled eggs and sausage on the side.
After breakfast, we wondered down to The Riverwalk, and really just walked, beautiful! But man howdy dowdy let me tell you it was sooooo humid!
But I'm a smart gal and thought to bring my paper folding fan that I bought at Marukai back sometime ago... do you know how many folks remarked "smart gal!" YUP! I also stashed a washcloth from the hotel into my bag so that DH could mop his brow.
It was so hot and humid that we were in search of any sort of air conditioning we could find!
Landry's Seafood Restaurant on The Riverwalk had just opened, so we scooted on in. We were the first guests for the day and got a fabulous table, inside, overlooking the water.
As we looked over the menu both my husband and I agreed that when possible on this Road Trip, we would eat fresh seafood; we were in the right place!
We also decided that we would each order a starter and than share an entrée, if we were still hungry there's always dessert.
DH ordered a dozen Oysters; I had a Caesar Salad and we shared the Snapper, marvelous!
The following day, we walked over to The Alamo, WOW!
This was so worth the short walk in the humidity, but now we needed AC!!!
Schilo's, what a find!
This was not on my radar but so glad that we found it.
Homemade Root Beer, Soft Pretzels with yummy Hot Mustard and the biggest Chef Salad I've ever seen in my life, which we shared by the way.
Our waitress was so nice, she brought us an extra bowl and two different salad dressings.
Didn't know that you get refills on the Root Beer, so dessert was out of the question. What a fantastic lunch!
We waddled back to our hotel and decided that since this was our last night in San Antonio, we'd stay in. In the lobby were many different frozen meals and dessert items, DING! Dinner's covered.
Tomorrow we ride at dawn ...
We like to plot out our Road Trips long before we leave.
We map out the roads we'll take, the hotels we'll stay at and look for attractions as well as places to eat.
Well, there was a small hic-cup the night before we started to head East towards Florida.
I got an email from the hotel we'd booked in Key West, right across the street from the Atlantic Ocean. It seems that they were closing their pool and were so sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.
I thought, oh well, that's okay, there's the beach, right?
My husband thought otherwise...
"Nope! You need a pool when you're in Florida, it's just too hot and humid. Call them up and cancel our reservation, we'll look for something else."
It's a good thing this happened actually, because I found an even better place that was cheaper! A fairly new hotel/resort, so there you go. But we'll talk about this more once we get there...
So off we go …
Our first overnight stop was in Ft. Stockton Texas.
I had thought ahead and made us one of our favorite meals prior to leaving that lovely apartment with a gas grill: Teriyaki Chicken, Steamed White Rice and my Quick Cucumber KimChee.
(file photo-I forgot to take a snapshot, I was too tired)
This made the long day of driving easier, let me tell you.
We've learned that it's better to have a pre-made meal that can be microwaved once we set-up camp in our hotel for the night.
Sitting in a restaurant sometimes can be unpleasant at times like these.
It was a fast continental free breakfast the next morning and we were off to ...
San Antonio Texas.
My husband booked us into a wonderful historic hotel just a coupla blocks from The Riverwalk and The Alamo.
I think this was one of the nicest places we've stayed yet!
The included breakfast was a full hot meal with the coolest Waffle Iron!
Can you see the selection of syrups? Man!
I didn't take a picture, but I had THE BEST Grits that I smothered in Sausage gravy, scrambled eggs and sausage on the side.
After breakfast, we wondered down to The Riverwalk, and really just walked, beautiful! But man howdy dowdy let me tell you it was sooooo humid!
But I'm a smart gal and thought to bring my paper folding fan that I bought at Marukai back sometime ago... do you know how many folks remarked "smart gal!" YUP! I also stashed a washcloth from the hotel into my bag so that DH could mop his brow.
It was so hot and humid that we were in search of any sort of air conditioning we could find!
Landry's Seafood Restaurant on The Riverwalk had just opened, so we scooted on in. We were the first guests for the day and got a fabulous table, inside, overlooking the water.
As we looked over the menu both my husband and I agreed that when possible on this Road Trip, we would eat fresh seafood; we were in the right place!
We also decided that we would each order a starter and than share an entrée, if we were still hungry there's always dessert.
DH ordered a dozen Oysters; I had a Caesar Salad and we shared the Snapper, marvelous!
The following day, we walked over to The Alamo, WOW!
This was so worth the short walk in the humidity, but now we needed AC!!!
Schilo's, what a find!
This was not on my radar but so glad that we found it.
Homemade Root Beer, Soft Pretzels with yummy Hot Mustard and the biggest Chef Salad I've ever seen in my life, which we shared by the way.
Our waitress was so nice, she brought us an extra bowl and two different salad dressings.
Didn't know that you get refills on the Root Beer, so dessert was out of the question. What a fantastic lunch!
We waddled back to our hotel and decided that since this was our last night in San Antonio, we'd stay in. In the lobby were many different frozen meals and dessert items, DING! Dinner's covered.
Tomorrow we ride at dawn ...
Thank goodness for paper folding fans and washcloths to mop ones brow 
