Yesterday we were sluggards. I went to get some propane for the trailer, utilizing the inefficient and bizarre campground system. According to the established procedure which I verified by calling the desk, I was to drop off my cylinder near the bulk propane tank and it would be filled “ASAP” per the management. An hour and a half later, I went back and noted the cylinder was unmoved and empty. Several campground personnel passed by, some twice, while I lurked near my empty cylinder. I called the desk and asked if someone could fill the cylinder. There was assurance that the cylinder would be all filled up shortly.
Some time later, I returned to the propane filling station and found the cylinder still unmolested by staff. Unprepared to await until my departure date for service, I popped into the office where I encountered a very nice but unnecessarily talkative reception lady who made some attempts at phoning and texting site staff, all for naught. She contacted the manager who phoned and texted the site staff with equally dismal results. Soon the manager was exiting the reception building parking lot in a search for his missing or blind and deaf staff. I paid the lady at the desk for a 30 pound propane refill and by the time I drove over to the propane filling station, the cylinder had miraculously been filled but none of the miscreants were in sight. We spent the rest of the day watching the birds and the deer. It was great.
Today we violated one of our not-written-down rules by returning for another breakfast at Schobel’s. Two day ago I got a meal there that was actually too abundant, even for a porker like me, so I scaled back some and we got out for less than$20. It seems to be a great place to eat; we may have to try it for lunch. Afterwards, we took a spin over to a little town called Bellville where we found a real, old fashioned meat market with real meat and real butchers. Of course it is entitled the Bellville Meat Market. We got away for less than $40 although I certainly could have happily spent another $200. We also found a strange thing – Newman’s Castle which is exactly what it sounds like except it is in a swamp in Texas.
The back roads around here are fantastic with little attractive towns, beautiful country between them and animals everywhere, a few of them of the domesticated type. We saw some deer today with spiral horns. We don’t think they are from around here.
See some Bellville stuff. Click here