San Antonio, Texas

We arrived in San Antonio on Friday morning after spending the night at a rural campground outside of the city. Our new campsite was the S.A. KOA which is right in town.  It was not our original intention to stay in town, but it worked out well.  It's a decent place that has everything we "need" - 50 amp electrical, water, sewer, and cable TV.  Yes folks we really DO NEED TV - especially this weekend!!  We have a huge (and I mean HUGE) football game to watch on Sunday.  If our Seahawks win, they're in the Super Bowl!!!  We also *must* watch Downton Abbey, so having cable was truly of utmost importance :) 

Friday afternoon we made our way to the RiverWalk in downtown San Antonio. We drove through some not-so-nice neighborhoods to get there, but the downtown area was nice, and there were lots of volunteers milling around, directing people and answering questions. After we parked, we walked right into what is apparently a Texas icon, "Whataburger".  Yep, we got a "Whataburger".  It was huge, and fairly tasty, but I'm still partial to In-N-Out!  ;-)

Here's Suz, at the RiverWalk:

We decided to take the barge boat ride to get to see all of the RiverWalk and were glad that we did. Here are some photos from that little adventure:

This photo shows some ducks and a crazy barking dog on the right. He wanted to get to a squirrel that was up in the tree!

A view of downtown San Antonio from the RiverWalk.

On the boat ride we passed this theatre.  Our guide pointed out that the marquee it is not painted, but all done in mosaic - gorgeous.

This pic shows the type of boat we were on.  The guide was commenting on how cold it was which made us shake our heads.... it was about 65 and sunny. Yes, there was a cool breeze that blew through from time to time, but it felt great to us!  

Apparently there was an Air Force graduation on Friday because the downtown area was mobbed with the new grads, all decked out in dress blues, showing their families around the city. It was fun to see them all.  

After the RiverWalk, we moseyed on over to the Alamo!  Here's our driver, outside the famed building.

Another outside view of the Alamo.

We very much enjoyed learning the history of the Texans who gave their lives there. There was a theater that showed an informative movie and then a museum with plenty of artifacts from the period. Here is the photo showing the White Knight outside a building on the Alamo complex.

Suz, in the Alamo courtyard.  

The next day we went to Mission San Jose, one of the 4 San Antonio missions. The White Knight came along also!  

The outside of beautiful Mission San Jose:

The inside of the church.... lovely.

Last but not least, two photos showing an area where the Franciscan Monks once lived.

Sorry this was a long post, but we've incorporated several days into one this time. Sayonara, San Antonio... we're headed east again on Monday morning. Here's hoping we'll have another blog post up by Wednesday.  See you then!!