Saturday was a very fun day. We first went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast. Then it was off to downtown San Antonio. We parked near the mall and headed in to check out the sights. From there it is only a short walk to the Alamo. However, it was a surprise to us that, because it is a shrine to those who died, no photos are allowed inside.
It is both smaller and larger than I imagined. The actual fort that the men defended from Santa Ana's army is very tiny. You can see most of it in the top picture. But there are huge grounds with several buildings and walls that were also defended for a time.
After the Alamo we wandered down to the River Front and caught one of the water tours that troll the river and tell you the history and all about the sights of the San Antonio down town area.
The River Front area is beautiful although, because of the unusually cold weather for them, many of the plants were looking a bit the worse for wear.
But the weather was perfect today - clear and in the 60's.
The old government building that we passed had in the building architecture, some wonderful grotesques (not to be confused with gargoyles which are much uglier and more like someone's mother-in-law. Not mine of course.) They were so wonderful I just had to include them here.
My biggest fear is that someone will wonder how Gaye and I managed to get our likenesses put on these buildings.
Near the location of the Hemis-Fair mural stood an Egret on a rock looking quite serene and very . . . feathery.
When the river tour was over we still had some time and so we decided to walk the river to see some things more closely. Drew and Beth chose this colorful bench to take a break from walking.
. . . and there was this cute young couple there as well.
The old Aztek theatre made a spectacular presence along the way. The boat seen here was similar to the one that we had ridden in.
Then it was time to eat. Drew had chosen the Texas Land and Cattle Company as one of the places that he would like to eat so we had an early and very superb dinner along the water front. We ran into a woman and her daughter in the restaurant that we had continually run into over and over again during our trip. I discovered that they are LDS and that their son/husband was in Drew's Flight. Their name is Payne. The mother is also a teacher.
After dinner we walked a bit more (because the only other choice was to swim out of there) and went looking for a good place to have some ice cream for dessert.
Up above the river a bit we found this Ben and Jerry's ice cream place and enjoyed watching the people along the river as we enjoyed both the rich delights and the warm heating lamps.
Video of RiverFront action
This video is a bit long but it is fun to watch the servers from the restaurant dancing on the side walk as the river boats go by and the people walk, eat and watch.
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