Greetings all! Our trek East continue with a bit of a layover in San Antonio. I had been here some years ago and remembered my first Corona with Lime on the Riverfront. I had to show this very delightful town to Karen.
San Antonio, home of the famous Alamo story, is situated appropriately enough on the San Antonio River which winds its wayright through the heart of the city. The drive from El Paso was meant to be broken up midway but when we saw the halfway point we agreed to keep on trucking. It made for a longish day driving but like the northern equivalent of South Dakota, the only thing to do is to keep on trucking through it....and we did.
We arrived late but had reservations and EASY access to the downtown riverwalk. Warm, balmy, scented by flowers and vines, soft lighting in the trees all along the riverfront....well, it was well worth the effort to get here. We found a great restaurant overlooking the river with a deck outside that would have allowed me to gently toss a pebble into the water should I have been crass enough to do so.
Toured the Alamo the next day, along with Ripleys believe it or not, did some browsing and walking along the riverwalk, had another meal on the walkway and later that night went to a comedy club. Very small crowd but a few of the comedians were worth seeing. Intended to move on to Houston today but I wanted to try a tour offered on the Segways. Those segways are way way cool. My guide and I covered about 8 miles in 2.5 hours. Easy to learn to operate and very forgiving. I got a chance to see parts of San Antonio I never would have seen without a guide and the segway. We decided to stay in SA for one more night and head to Houston for the Space Center in the morning. Dinner tomorrow night with some former colleagues and now friends in Houston. Then we have to start making some serious time to make it to Virginia for Thanksgiving at Salli's and Doug's.
Anyone have interest in meeting us in NYC for a few days (Nov. 26, 27 and leave on the 28th back to NH) to see a few shows and eat great food? Let us know! matttowne@metrocast.net
Love, Matt
Matt
