Saturday, December 17, 2011
On the 10th of December we moved to the Vineyards campground in Grapevine Texas where we have been before but this time it is for a whole month; something new. What a wonderful RV park!
While exploring the the town of Grapevine we started with the Cross Timbers Winery where, along with some great local wines, the owner gave us some places to see in the area. This tasting room is in a farmhouse north of town and dates from the 1870's ... super ambiance and people.
The vinyard owner said go to the Gaylord Texan if you want to see Christmas lights. And lights there were ... millions of them ... WOW. This is the entrance to the hotel, indoors, and the light curtains were spectacular.
As we walked around a corner here is Frosty on a rotating pedestal in a Texas cavern with the light wall in the background.
This place is massive and impressive. OK here is the Riverwalk. Uh, not really, but indoors in a hotel in north Texas ... holy cow. It is 72 degrees here year round.
We ate at this Tex-Mex restaurant, one of many in the atrium of many different themes, and it was really something else; called the Riverwalk Cantina, they have done a remarkable job of replicating the Riverwalk experience of San Antonio.
They actually have a barge replica for larger group seatings like we have done on the real Riverwalk ... really cool.
And finally back to our park here which is really beautiful and our brown bus is on the lower left of the picture. If you look really close, yup, we are on Grapevine Trail ... what could be better.