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On this page, we'll be dealing with one trip that involved first a few days in San Antonio for Ron and Karl's birthdays, and then an overnight with our friend Denny in Leander, TX.

Getting to the Ruckman's House in San Antonio

You have probably seen an album page where we visit San Antonio, but in case you haven't, I want to show you the route to San Antonio from Dallas and where Prudence and Ron and Guy are located.

On the left-hand map below, you can see the normal route from Dallas down to San Antonio. Not much explanation is necessary; sometimes we take the bypass around Austin, but most times we don't, and the trip to the San Pedro exit in San Antonio is usually four hours plus.

We head north on San Pedro Avenue a couple of miles and then either hang a left on Ashby and a right on Breeden or just a left on French to get to the Ruckmans' house on the northeast corner of Breeden and French.

In case you have not seen them, I have put below first an aerial view of the Ruckmans' house (it is the house on the corner and the garage/apartment building north of it where Guy lives) and a front view of the house (taken in 2010).

The purpose of this trip was to come help celebrate Ron Ruckman's and Karl's birthdays. I also spent some time with Prudence at the gallery working with her on newsletters, the website, and such.

On the evening of the 9th, we all ate at Ruckman Haus, and we gave Ron his gifts and cards. Fred gave him a chef's apron which he put on right away as he was opening his other gifts:

He Really Does Hate Kale

The next night, the six of us (Guy didn't want to go as, if he did, he would have to start a quarantine process all over again to enable him to do his nursing home visits and such) celebrated both birthdays at Perry's Steakhouse out by where Nancy and Karl live. We had an excellent meal, and I took, and had the server take, some candid pictures during dinner:

We left San Antonio on the 11th so we could stop by our friend Denny's house in Leander, TX (northwest of Austin) and spend the night with him. We had a really nice supper, watched a movie, and were back in Dallas the following afternoon.

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