San Antonio - Tourist Day Trip

Did the tourist thing while here. Went to the Alamo and the River walk. The Alamo was interesting but there is only a small portion of it still there. The original church and one small barracks. The rest has been built over by sprawling mega story office buildings.

 

 

The River Walk was unique. It did remind us of Disneyland's New Orleans/Pirates of the Carribian area. A portion of the river, a canal really, winds right through the heart of downtown and you have sidewalks of both sides of it. Restaurants and stores crowd the sidewalks. It was really pretty but is mostly just a tourist trap. We did have lunch at a little bistro, sitting outside along the water's edge, watching the boats go by. It was a beautiful day, with temperatures in the 70's.

Here's where we had lunch

Trying to find a parking space was an experience in itself. Driving that big assed dualy truck through a downtown metropolitan area, when most of the streets are under construction is really nerve wracking. Parking is limited and all the parking lots were full or in multi-level building that had too low of a clearance for our truck. We drove around town in circles for probably 45 minutes and were so lost. We finally found a spot and just figured we'd have to catch a bus to get to the Alamo. We were really surprised when we walked out of the parking area and around a stone wall and found out we parked on the back side of the Alamo! We just knew we had driven at least 5 miles from the park.