Ross and Beverley: Out and About in San Antonio

Whilst we departed San Antonio in September 2016 returning back to our second home has been a very busy time. We have used 7 tanks of gas over the 4 weeks we have been back and we have travelled hundreds of miles, most of this has been to catch up with friends and to enjoy the culinary delights of the surrounding areas.

We enjoyed lunch with Jim and Soojin whom we worked with. Soojin is the only one of the AMUSA staff who remains an employee who is responsible for all financial business matters relating to AM. Jim lives in Carolina and we are planning on visiting with he and his family on this trip.

Some of our friends we met originally in 1993 when posted to the USA. Charles (USAF- Ret) was Beverley's lecturer when she undertook the Battle Field Nursing Course at Brooke's Airforce Base. We have been friends with he and Elaine for all of these years. We had a great time catching up.

During our 6 years working for AMUSA we were involved in providing EMS services to Eagle Pass and Laredo located in South Texas. Esper was the manager of the Eagle Pass EMS service and her husband Robert provided mechanical services for our ambulances. It was so nice to enjoy lunch with them both.

Another long time friend is Ed (US Army -Ret) whom we have enjoyed many dinners together with he and late Lynn his wife who sadly passed away 5 years ago Whilst Lynn has passed she will always be remembered. This evening we had a fun evening with he and his daughter Jess who is a high school teacher. This evening we dined at the Outback Steak House.

Nora and Bob are friends we have met whilst R'Ving. They have after many years of R'Ving have sold their fifth wheel and are moving into their home in Arkansas. They have also purchased a smaller RV so they can enjoy the best of both worlds. We plan on visiting with them while on this trip.

Claudia and John are two lovely people we worked with. Claudia worked in HR and John was our EMS dispatcher. He is also a graphic designer. The day it was Claudia's birthday so it was a wonderful opportunity to enjoy brunch with them.

Faythe is another dear friend. It was she and Mark, her finance, who were our realtors when we sold our home in SAT. Unfortunately Mark could not join us this evening however, it was so good to have time to chat with Faythe. We wish them a long and happy loving marriage.

Randy (USAF- Ret) and Wanda were posted to Australia 20 years ago and have visited Australia many times. They have a lovely property in Henley on acerage. Randy now works in wound management and is slowly moving into retirement much to Wanda's delight. It is always educational and fun to spend time with these two loverly people.

Mary was another of our AMUSA staff who always came to work color coordinated and looking beautiful. She was our Compliance Officer which included looked after all of our billing, educating all EMS staff on compliance and accurate report writing and so forth or our EMS services. Mary and Beverley worked very closely together and her husband Mark is an educator and is the head of a very large Independent School System in SAT. Both loverly people and it was a very relaxing and fun dinner we enjoyed.

We also enjoyed dinner with Joel and Lydia . Joel is a flight paramedic who was a trainer for our EMT staff. He is a great guy and it was nice to meet his wife.

On 13 Feb we celebrated Ross' birthday at McAdoo's Seafood Company Restaurant. We were introduced to this great place by our dear adopted children Stephanie and Justin.

This day it was just the two of us.

Ross, who really enjoys oysters started off lunch with 1 dozen oysters from Sunnyside, PEI when he last enjoyed them was when we lived in Canada. They did not disappoint.

This was followed by delicious mains for us both. Dessert was shared which was Key-lime pie.

Ross' birthday fell on Strove Tuesday and the restaurant was decorated for Mardi Gras.

It was Super Bowl Sunday so we were invited to Stephanie and Justin's place to celebrate this. The opening ceremony is spectacular and the adds are great.

Pink sang the National Anthem and she was great.

Then the came started. The Eagles from Philadelphia and the New England Patriots from Boston . The Eagles are the team supported by Justin and Stephanie and on this occasional the Eagles won after many years in the football wilderness.

We had a fun night with the family.

Occasionally we enjoy lunch out and this day we popped into Pappadeaux's for a bite to eat.

We enjoyed a seafood fondaux and lobster, scrimp and crab spring roles. Both delicious and very filling.

Then we found Coby's Bar and Bistro close to where we are staying in our RV. Beveley had the steak salad and Ross had the Cheese board. Both delicious. So much so we have been back 4 times.

One such time was for Valentine's Day dinner.

Champagne to start.

Following is the dinner we enjoyed. The appertizer.

Ross enjoyed the pan seared duck breast , beet, parsnip puree, rosti and pan jus.

Beverley enjoyed orecchiette pasta, sun dried tomato, cremini mushrooms, spinach cream, Parmesan.

Dessert was chocolate camel rice crisps, white chocolate mousse, strawberry , orange creme anglaise.

Other fare enjoyed at this restaurant, a delicious steak salad.

One of the best beef wellingtons ever eaten.

We unexpectedly ran into TJ, at Starbuck's who is a dear fiend of ours and is a Texas Ranger pilot. We were so delighted to spend time with he and his team.