Blogs from San Antonio, Texas, United States, North America

Breakfast this morning was to be provided by Wyndham Resorts at our sales pitch. When we got there we were told no coffee because of Covid. Now anyone who knows Terry Wilson knows he needs a cup of coffee to get started each day. I must say he behaved very nicely on only juice. I was hoping this would be short. As soon as we sat down I told the salesman we really weren’t interested in making any kind of purchase, we were only interested in the gifts. He did cut his presentation somewhat short and we were in our way in about an hour. First up was to find a cup of coffee. McDonalds to the rescue!!! We found the McDonalds right around the corner from The Alamo. We then headed off to The Alamo. ... read more

Although we travel a couple of times per year, trips to destinations in our own country have been more limited in the last several years. We had both wanted to visit the great State of Texas but somehow, we had always put off a visit there. And, while I had never been to the “Lone Star” state, as a young child my husband had been through the ‘panhandle’ with his parents when they took long driving trips every summer. Texas is famous for many things and places: being part of the ‘Wild West’; the famous Battle of the Alamo where the Texans fought for independence from Mexico; being the home of the notorious outlaws Bonnie & Clyde as well as the famous Texas Rangers who finally ended the pair’s robbery and murdering spree; vast oil fields; ... read more

blog 03-01-19 The River Walk After the usual morning routine, I washed off the car just to get the worst of the dirt off. I sure felt better even though it's not "clean". Back to my favorite parking lot in town I found the entrance to the river walk after buying my tour ticket from the information center. There is a whole world down a flight of steps that is festive and colorful. There are shops, restaurants, colorful decorations and hoards of people in this secret little world. Oh, and a river. I found the line for the tour boat and after a short wait we boarded Harold's boat and our instructions if we fell overboard were to stand up and walk to the nearest shore, it's no deeper then 5 ft with a concrete bottom. ... read more

blog 02-27-19 Heading to San Antonio There was a rude awakening for me this morning when I looked out the window and saw the tail lights on in my car. How did that happen! All I can think of is when I turned off the lights last night after the movie I must have hit the parking lights by mistake. I tried to start the car but of course there wasn't enough juice for that. Now what, I had to be in O'Connor about 35 min away to have the oil changed in my camper at 9 am and it was 7 am. I got the jumper cables from the trunk and the plan was to ask the campground people for a jump start when they came to work. Just then a car came by and ... read more

We had a wonderful day in San Antonio. We followed the Frommers half day walking tour. Our first stop was the Market Square. Then we walked to the Spanish Governors Palace. Next we went to San Fernando Cathedral. We spent several hours on the river walk. We rode the Rio Boat tour and had a great guide. Then we ate at the Original Mexican Restaurant on the River Walk. Finally we made it to the Alamo. It Was pretty crowded since it was 4th of July. It was also extremely hot! We shopped in the mall for a bit waiting for a large rain storm to pass by. It ended up taking too long so we ordered an Uber to take us back to our car. We drove to a Walmart and picked up 3 movies ... read more