On Thursday, September 20, 2018, I left Florida to meet my old Minnesota girlfriends in San Antonio, Texas. This was my first time ever in Texas and from what I heard, we were in for a good time in Texas.
San Antonio is the third largest city in Texas and is known for being the site of the famous Alamo battle. We had a hotel right by the River Walk which is also a famous landmark in this city and we spent a lot of time walking along the river and no one even fell in. There are no railings by the river so you have to kinda watch what you're doing.
We had tickets on the Hop On/Hop Off tour bus which we used everyday to get around the city. We had a very annoying bus driver who told very stupid jokes along the way and we all wanted to jump off the moving bus. Unfortunately we had this bus driver twice during our stay. Our groans upon seeing him did no good, we were subjected to his memorized unfunny comments and when we could take no more, we jumped off even tho we weren't at our stop. It was painful. The jokes, not the jump.
The first day we did have a nice Mexican lunch at La Gloria and then headed over to the Towers of America and took the elevator to the top where you can see for miles. After watching a 4D movie "Skies Over Texas" we made it back to the hotel where we were all pretty tired from traveling.
Friday we started the day with some San Antonio trivia and a boat ride on the river at River Walk, we learned more about the area and then headed to the Imax for a movie about the Alamo which was excellent and really helped to understand the Alamo history. We toured the Alamo then and headed over to Rosarios for another excellent Mexican lunch.
We then headed to The Friendly Spot for some beverages and finished up at the Liberty Bar which was an old convent and it still looks like it. I never knew that there were bars in convents. But it makes sense. A person can only pray so much. Sharon may have been lost at that time since she headed to the Mexican shops while the rest of us bar hopped.
After the convent we missed our bus back to the hotel so we walked back about one mile while Gwen whined. We made it back to sit at the pool and relax. And Sharon even showed up.
On Saturday we waited for the predicted rain but we got lucky. We had our old time photo done, went to the oldest VFW in Texas for cheap drinks and jukebox hits, then headed to the world famous Augie's BBQ. It was great cafeteria style food and we made our next bus to the Buckhorn Bar in downtown San Antonio. This bar is really really old and full of mounts. Apparently back in the day the owner would take mounts and antlers instead of money. We all forgot our rifles so we had to use money. But we know for next time.
We ended the day in the hot tub and unheated pool before playing more games and trying to explain rules to one person before explaining the rules to the next person who forgot the rules. And then we started all over again.
We had a great time, the weather held out and now we have another place checked off the bucket list. Next year???? Sharon, you're on deck!
San Antonio is the third largest city in Texas and is known for being the site of the famous Alamo battle. We had a hotel right by the River Walk which is also a famous landmark in this city and we spent a lot of time walking along the river and no one even fell in. There are no railings by the river so you have to kinda watch what you're doing.
We had tickets on the Hop On/Hop Off tour bus which we used everyday to get around the city. We had a very annoying bus driver who told very stupid jokes along the way and we all wanted to jump off the moving bus. Unfortunately we had this bus driver twice during our stay. Our groans upon seeing him did no good, we were subjected to his memorized unfunny comments and when we could take no more, we jumped off even tho we weren't at our stop. It was painful. The jokes, not the jump.
The first day we did have a nice Mexican lunch at La Gloria and then headed over to the Towers of America and took the elevator to the top where you can see for miles. After watching a 4D movie "Skies Over Texas" we made it back to the hotel where we were all pretty tired from traveling.
Friday we started the day with some San Antonio trivia and a boat ride on the river at River Walk, we learned more about the area and then headed to the Imax for a movie about the Alamo which was excellent and really helped to understand the Alamo history. We toured the Alamo then and headed over to Rosarios for another excellent Mexican lunch.
We then headed to The Friendly Spot for some beverages and finished up at the Liberty Bar which was an old convent and it still looks like it. I never knew that there were bars in convents. But it makes sense. A person can only pray so much. Sharon may have been lost at that time since she headed to the Mexican shops while the rest of us bar hopped.
After the convent we missed our bus back to the hotel so we walked back about one mile while Gwen whined. We made it back to sit at the pool and relax. And Sharon even showed up.
On Saturday we waited for the predicted rain but we got lucky. We had our old time photo done, went to the oldest VFW in Texas for cheap drinks and jukebox hits, then headed to the world famous Augie's BBQ. It was great cafeteria style food and we made our next bus to the Buckhorn Bar in downtown San Antonio. This bar is really really old and full of mounts. Apparently back in the day the owner would take mounts and antlers instead of money. We all forgot our rifles so we had to use money. But we know for next time.
We ended the day in the hot tub and unheated pool before playing more games and trying to explain rules to one person before explaining the rules to the next person who forgot the rules. And then we started all over again.
We had a great time, the weather held out and now we have another place checked off the bucket list. Next year???? Sharon, you're on deck!
