Friday is graduation day. We are excited. At about 5:30 am we get this phone call from Drew that the graduation ceremony has been canceled. I think there was a bit of perverse humor in these young men getting to wake their parents up after so many years of it being the other way around.
The reason: San Antonio, which is much like Phoenix in climate, got 2-3 inches of snow over night. With no equipment to clear the roads the freeways were shut down. With the freeways shut down, most people could not get to work and so about half of the businesses were closed. The schools were also closed. And, knowing that many of us had not come prepared for such chilly weather in San Antonio, they did not want us standing out in that kind of cold for that ceremony.
Notice that there is not a car on the freeway. Even after noon as we traveled to the Air Force base there were still slippery patches on the road and the emergency lanes and freeway medians were littered with the remains of the morning's fender-benders.
So we were told to arrive at 1:00pm when our airman would take us on the tour of the barracks where he lived and then would have the remainder of the day to leave the base.
What a mother's joy to see a bed made so perfectly and drawers so perfectly kept - can we send all of our boys beginning about age 8?!
So Gaye and Drew get their picture shot at the Screaming Eagles statue in front of his barracks. And note: Mom has NOT gained weight! She is wearing about 6 layers of clothing.
Drew was very proud of having not only received his ribbons for enlisting in a time of war and for graduation from Boot Camp, but also for being an honor graduate. Great job Drew!
But, being the proud, yet dutiful parents, we left Drew and Beth to enjoy the first free day off base without their parents.
So, Gaye and I head downtown to the Market area. We found this cool restaurant named Mi Tierra. It is open 24 hours a day and has been for 87 years with the exception of the day of the owners funeral. The food was very good.
Many of the other shops were still suffering the effects of the morning weather and were not open. That was too bad. But we wandered down town to the River Front area, checked out the main mall there and saw where the Alamo is, but saved that visit for another day.
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