This past weekend Teresa and I took a trip down to San Antonio. We were celebrating our first-date-aversary with a weekend away. We got in a little late on Friday, but had enough time to walk around downtown for a while before feeling tired and hungry. Back to the room we went, and soon had some pizza and TV to finish the night off.
The next day was spent walking around again. We walked from our hotel to downtown, all around the River Walk, over to the The Institute of Texan Cultures. That was okay. We learned that lots of different cultures moved to Texas many years ago. We also learned that the tickets are a little overpriced, and that the lights in the building were acting funny. We thought of going up the Tower of the Americas, but we were getting tired and hungry and needed to sit down for a while and not pay $12.00 for an elevator ride.
Off to the River Walk we went. We found ourselves a boat rental station and headed out on to the water with a bunch of other people and a tour guide. We learned of many things while on our boating adventure. We learned when every hotel along the river was built, and even a thing or two about some of the restaurants. The guide also threw in some facts about the flood gates and other things like that, but the most interesting thing had to be when we boated by the mall! The guide did focus a lot on some odd things, but it was a good ride, and I think we both would recommend it.
After the boat ride we decided to eat at the oldest restaurant along the river, the Rio. It was nice, we had a table right next to the water. We got to watch ducks swim all around, some boats pass, and a girl have her 16th birthday. Fun was had by all!
From the River Walk and the restaurant we walked over, closer to our hotel, to a pedestrian street with many Mexican things on it. Mexican shops, Mexican bands, Mexican food carts, Mexican girls singing Journey songs… just watch the video.
On Sunday we drove home, but first we stopped by Cascade Caverns for a peak inside the Earth’s guts. It was a nice sidetrip. We learned some about the “living” walls and why we should not touch them. We got to see some bats, hit our heads, and have a good time in the cool, damp caverns. If you are in the area I would say you should check them out.
After posting all these pictures I realized, I forgot about the Alamo! We went there on Saturday, and it truly is something you can forget about. I am sure there is plenty of interesting history that one can know about the Alamo!, but they were not telling anybody that history when we were there.
Grass, trees, sky, cows, grass, trees, sky, cows, house, grass, trees, sky cows, grass, trees, sky, cows, trailer, grass, trees, sky, cows, fence, fence, fence, fence, fence, grass, trees, sky, cows, pickup truck, grass, trees, sky, cows. Neat!
The comment I made before is specifically for the video of the ride home. No cactus, no sand, no horses, and no cowboys… yet. Your trip looks like it was a lot of fun and you certainly did a lot of exploring, San Antonio looks very interesting. Happy anniversary and glad to know you had a wonderful weekend!
I kind of figured that previous comment was for the driving home video. All of the cows and pastures and houses are all part of ranches. They all have names and some have elaborate front gates. Most of them are on main roads so it is hard to stop and take a picture of the gate. I think that when we go to Arizona we will see cactus, and tumbleweed and much sand. There are some cowboys around here, I just need to take their picture.
Well, my quest for tumbleweed is second to your lovely San Antonio vacation, and you did mention that San Antonio has quite a Mexican flavor. I did see some gates along the fences but they flew by quickly. Texas ranch gates might make an interesting photo album.
Oh, I forgot, that’s my favorite Journey song!