Texas - San Antonio

 

As I mentioned in my previous post, more on San Antonio…

There was certainly more than Rancho Cortez. The Alamo? The Riverwalk? The Tex-Mex? The Barbecue? The caterpillars? The incredibly complex grid of interstates? Yes, we experienced all of that and the latter having to experience it three times.

We spent a week at Canyon Lakes as a central hub to explore San Antonio.  What a great spot! Plenty of area to walk and explore, see the lake and splash around in the water.

We ventured into San Antonio one to see The Alamo and the Riverwalk. The Riverwalk itself was beautiful with the flowers, patio dining, running water and birds. I’m not sure exactly how far the entire Riverwalk is, but we walked about 4-5 miles of it with Titus in tow.

Our stop at The Alamo was really neat and quite pretty. Of course, there was a lot of history to be read about, but the courtyard of trees within was my favorite part. If you’ve never been, it is a must see, but don’t bother with the city of San Antonio surrounding The Alamo. We called it the “Myrtle Beach” of San Antonio. The highlight of this day for me was to see a live performance from a mariachi band, which has been a dream of mine. I might have gotten a little emotional about it…

This finished up with four hungry humans who were exhausted and looking for some Mexican food. After missing our opportunity on the River Walk, we set out for one on the drive back. You can imagine this because you’ve all been here before, but we’re hot, sweaty, hangry and tired and just want to find a place to get a cup of ice water, a margarita and some tacos. I find the place. We put the address into Google Maps. It’s only 15 minutes away! We arrive to find an empty parking lot. Head in hands. We try again by entering the name of the restaurant rather than the address. It’s only 15 minutes away! We arrive. We get all five of us out of the truck. We go inside. And we hear “It will be an hour wait!” Ugh. We load back up in the truck. We find another place. It’s only 15 minutes away! (My math skills learned in elementary school tell me 45 minutes have already passed just in the drive time.) We arrive. We get out of the truck. Yay! We can sit and order immediately! We ordered their famous fish tacos and shrimp tacos. Quite good actually. But we had to sit outside due to Titus. And…it’s a very rare year of an incredible amount of caterpillars. No kidding. They were literally dropping into my hair, on my lap, all over the table while we were eating. We got out of there as quickly as we could.