Last Updated: May 2026
After a week in the remote stretch of Texas Hill Country around the Frio River — no cell service, quiet roads, nearly empty restaurants — the return to civilization had its appeal. We set up at Spring Branch, about forty minutes north of San Antonio, and spent the next several days doing the things that only a large city makes possible: Costco, HEB grocery, restaurants with actual menus, and a few of the historical and cultural sites that put San Antonio on the map for everyone who doesn’t live in Texas. The Alamo. The Riverwalk. And — on the occasion of arriving just in time for Thanksgiving — a home-cooked meal in a motorhome that turned out considerably better than we expected.
