Today found us in downtown San Antone visiting the Alamo and the Riverwalk. The Alamo was very interesting and enlightening. For reasons unknown, it didn’t inspire the reverence in Frank that his visit to Gettysburg did. We learned some new facts about the mission there, but that’s a story for a different time and place. Sharon had visited it when she was a small child, so didn’t really remember much about it. Seeing it again as an adult had a different impact, but her impressions were about the same as Frank’s were.
The Riverwalk was very relaxing and enjoyable. The canals and the shade from the surrounding buildings keep it much cooler and pleasant on the lower level. We walked the full circuit looking at all the shops and restaurants, and had lunch at The County Line, a BBQ joint. Not a chain, Tim! The food was ok; nothing to write home about.
There are guided walking tours of the Riverwalk where people can learn about the canals, the shops, etc. while listening to informed docents. There are also boat tours on the canals as well. Being hard core bikers, we didn’t stoop to any of that; we did our own tour of the entire Riverwalk!
After we left the Riverwalk area, we met up with Jason, Misty and James for dinner at Capellini’s Italian Restaurant, one of the area’s nice places. The food was good and so was the company. We visited with the kids for awhile longer, said our goodbyes and headed back to our hotel. Tomorrow we head out on the road again, toward Louisiana and Lafayette or Baton Rouge, depending on how much we feel like traveling.
No numbers today; just local travel.
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Hi, I know how you feel about seeing the Alamo. I think it’s a bit surreal because it’s right in the middle of town, it was directly out the door from out hotel. I had always envisioned it in the middle of the desert. Now it appears just like any other tourist center. Enjoy the rest of your trip!
I recall my first visit to San Antonio, I flew in about 10 PM, was driven to my downtown motel, wasn’t ready to sleep, so I called the front desk, asking how far it was to the Alamo. (thinking I might catch a cab)
The operator paused, and said “you’re on room 432 (or what ever number it was)” I said, “yes”, she said, “look out your window and directly at the ground..” and there is was, directly across the street from my hotel..
So I went for the late night tour that included the “the basement of the Alamo”….
The Alamo was there long before San Antonio - leave it to the Texans to build a city around an historical monument.
The Riverwalk is amazing. I liked San Antonio. When we were there we stayed at the Fairmount. NICE hotel. Of course we weren’t on a bike.
Jason looks great. Glad you got to spend some time with him!
Later Gator!
I loved the Alamo but had problems with it being next to a department store. The riverwalk was fun - i spent St Patricks day on it and then another year shrove tuesday. we did the Mission trail both times we were there. that’s where you see what the Alamo looked like when it was built. out in the desert. Got to see a Mariachi wedding one year at one of the old missions.
see you guys soon.