Castle on Hill & Lost Restaurant

Our friends Judy & Steve pulled out this morning and began their long trek to Mission, TX.  They made a commitment to friends of theirs from their hometown to be there and join up with them.  They had hoped to leave early but had forgotten they needed their electric meter read and settle up their bill.  They finally pulled out of here around 9:30am and were on their way to Van Horn, TX.  They called this evening to say they made it there fine and were surprised to see how far San Antonio was from Van Horn.  460 miles is a long haul in a RV and if there is any wind,  it is a rough ride. 

We decided to go out to dinner at a restaurant between Vail and Benson today and called to see if Al & Sharon wanted to join us.  We've seen the restaurant from I-10 and we weren't sure how to get to it since it was located on a frontage road.  We drove a number of miles on the frontage road and never did find the restaurant.   Finally we turned around and headed back to another restaurant.

There was a very large house on top of a tall hill and it looked like a castle.  We stopped to get a couple pictures of the place and it was very impressive from a distance.  I don't think we could afford to pay for the driveway leading up to the house, let alone the land and house.  It appears they had a great view from up there and the place looked very interesting.  Maybe we will drive up there and pretend to be lost.  Then again, maybe we won't since we don't know who lives there.

We finally decided to stop at a local restaurant in Vail called Montgomery Bar & Grill.  We have had dinner there many times in the past and enjoyed the place .  Tonight was no exception.  We all enjoyed our meals and cool drinks and caught Happy Hour so that was a bonus.  We called it an early evening after that and dropped Al & Sharon off at their 5th wheel.