It was cold in Ft. Stockton last
night, but clear this morning (and still cold) when we got up at 6:00 am to
prepare for our departure. After a very good dinner last night at the RV park
restaurant, we decided to have breakfast there this morning. I had the “cowboy breakfast” – biscuits and
gravy, sausage and scrambled eggs. Judy
had the traditional bacon and eggs. It
was a hardy meal and enough to get us through to dinner.
We got on the road about 8:45 am
and headed east on dry roads and under clear skies. We had a quartering tailwind from the NW most
of the way to San Antonio which meant “two hands on the wheel” driving. We made good time until we got to San
Antonio. I made the mistake of just putting the coordinates of Fort Sam Houston
into the GPS. It is a big base
surrounded by residential and commercial development and as it worked out, the
GPS took us to a closed gate on the other side of the base from where we needed
to enter. After getting directions from
the base travel camp, we got back out on the freeway dodging a lot of traffic
and construction. We finally arrived at the RV Park about 3:30 pm. We had considered maybe going into town and
see the Alamo and assorted attractions along the River Walk but decided we were
too tired to do so. It looks like a nice
area to visit, but it will have to wait for another time.
Fort Sam Houston is the support base for Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) and is a command comprised of ten
separate organizations that provide inpatient care, outpatient care, advanced
rehabilitative services and troop leadership.
At
the center of the command is the hospital component, the San Antonio Military
Medical Center (SAMMC). Surrounding SAMMC are five geographically separate
Clinics: Fort Sam Houston Family Medicine Service Clinic, McWethy Troop Medical
Clinic, Taylor Burk Clinic, Schertz Medical Home and the Corpus Christi Army
Depot Occupational Health Clinic. Advanced rehabilitative services are also provided
at the Center for the Intrepid, a unique facility that is at the cutting edge
of Wounded Warrior care.
SAMMC is one of the Nation’s premier medical
facilities, offering highly sophisticated medical care for service members,
family members, civilians, and veterans. SAMMC is a 425-bed, state-of-the-art
medical facility, playing a critical role in patient care, as well as taking
care of Wounded Warriors in transition. The medical center is also the only
stateside DOD Level I Trauma Center and receives more than 5,700 emergency room
visits each month. Co-located on the BAMC campus is the world renowned Army
Institute of Surgical Research, which operates the only DOD Burn Center — the
Army Burn Center.
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