Good morning from site G2 at the KOA in San Antonio!
San Antonio KOA – Site G2
We like this campground – nestled in a gentle bend in Salado Creek, this KOA offers around 300 sites in a nicely wooded location just east of downtown San Antonio. This “KOA Holiday”, with swimming pool, fishing pond, onsite Hunt’s Brothers Pizza, Fred’s Fixin’s Café serving breakfast and lunch, plenty of hiking along Salado Creek and great sites, cabins and other facilities. The fancy KOA Patio sites go for upwards of $80/night, full hookup pull-throughs are $60/night and more basic, but with prime locations, are back-in water/electric for $50/night.
San Antonio KOA, Patio Site
San Antonio KOA, end sites (a bit tight)
Since departing Arizona, we’ve been on the lookout for possible Covid vaccination locations as we travel across Texas. Prior to arriving in San Antonio, we’ve secure our first vaccination in Alice, TX. Alice constantly comes up as an available Texas location, and it’s just about 2 hours south of San Antonio. So, on Thursday we make the drive to Alice to receive our first jabs. We’re scheduled for #2 back at Alice, but hopeful that we can move to a CVS on South Padre or closer in Brownsville or Harlingen. We’ll see how things progress.
On Friday afternoon we head for the River Walk in search of a quiet outside table for a late lunch and a few beers. However, things are a bit too busy and way too many maskless faces make our time on the River Walk short. After a quick beer at the Little Rhein Prost Haus we head back to the KOA.
Little Rhein Prost Haus, San Antonio Riverwalk
After exploring possibilities off the busy River Walk, we discovered Black Laboratory Brewing just 3 miles from the KOA in the unique Dignowity Hill neighborhood. This area is one of the up and coming neighborhoods of inner San Antonio and boasts some beautiful old homes. Black Laboratory Brewing has been in their east side location for about a year, opening just prior to the Covid shutdowns last March. Fortunately with lots of creativity (and no doubt, lots of capital) the owners managed to stay in business and are today creating some very unique brews. We enjoyed Mox’s IPA (named after the breweries dog mascot) and Grizzly Greg’s Mountain Ale, a great tasting amber brewed with Texas honey and juniper barriers.
Black Laboratory Brewery, San Antonio
Black Laboratory Brewing
With winds forecast to 45 MPH on Saturday, we opt to spend one more night at the San Antonio KOA. On Sunday we made the transit to Rivera, TX – and another favorite park, SeaWind RV Park. We’re in site 143, an interior back-in site that provides nice space and privacy. From Rivera we’ll continue into the Rio Grande Valley, and to Tropic Winds RV Resort in Harlingen before moving out to South Padre Island. More from SPI…
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