San Antonio

Oh my gosh we love this city!  The people are very friendly and courteous. That's a good thing because there are a LOT of people here.  We picked a busy weekend to visit. There is a George Strait concert tomorrow night. The arena holds 70,000 people!  It is right across from our hotel and people are flocking to the River Walk.  The good thing is that we had today to visit the Alamo and wander the River Walk. Tomorrow night everyone should be at the concert so we'll have our pick of restaurants.

First I will tell you that we do know about the severe weather in Oklahoma.  The weather here is wonderful.  It's a bit humid but there's a nice breeze.  We expect the humidity to get worse as we get closer to the Gulf of Mexico but so far we've had great weather everywhere we've been.  We are watching the weather for the places coming up so we won't be caught off guard.

We headed for the Alamo first thing this morning. Jim is a history buff so he already knew a lot about the battle. My knowledge was basically the phrase "Remember the Alamo!".  We had been told that it was small so we were prepared for that.  I was amazed at how well maintained it is and by how much I learned.   We came upon a guide telling the story and he was wonderful. He made the battle come to life for us.  People were right, it is small but  there is so much history there.  The guides were very knowledgable and there were university students working at uncovering some early artwork that has been discovered recently. It was very interesting to watch.

Looking at the models of the battle reenactment, you really can feel how hopeless the fight was. There just weren't enough soldiers to battle the 3,000 Mexican soldiers that took over the compound.











The live oak tree on the right was the first tree to be transplanted.  Before this people didn't believe a tree could survive being transplanted.  It was 40 years old and has been here for over 100 years.  it is a beautiful tree that covers the entire courtyard.
The well below it is the original well. If you look closely you can see Jim playing "Where's Waldo?" behind the well.  He loves to slip away from me and show up somewhere unexpected. That always gets a chuckle out of me!

After doing so much walking and driving we decided to have lunch and go back to the room for a little rest.  Lunch was at a mexican place where Jim says he had the best chicken fajitas he's ever eaten. Now he loves chicken fajitas and orders them a lot. So these must have been something special.

We went back to the room and I took a 2 hour nap! I'll most likely be up all night!  Time to go back out on the RiverWalk.  It is such a fun place to wander or just sit and people watch.  It is beautifully designed and the are plenty of different restaurants to take care of the thousands of people that come here. We sat at our table tonight on a balcony watching people wander by. Very interesting! Stayed quite a while having a cocktail and people watching. It was such a nice evening.


We didn't get to see everything we wanted to so we're glad we have another day here.  We hope to get some laundry done tomorrow since they have a guest laundry room here at the Marriott RiverCenter.Staying for a few nights has been a nice break from the heavy driving.

Our eyes are on Houston for our next stop. Looking forward to visiting the Space Center but we still have a day here tomorrow. If I find something interesting to share tomorrow, I will.  Otherwise, we'll check in from Houston.
 Good night1