San Antonio, Texas

We arrived here Sunday evening to find that the the KOA Campground honored last years deposit and gave us one night for free. Great PR and a nice park. Got up early and on Art and Janey's advice took the bus downtown to the Riverwalk. We walked and walked....what a beautiful city!! We saw the original Alamo.....
Thats Davy Crockett's name she's pointing to!



It was neat..architecturally and historically although lots of touristy stuff across the street.

The river walk is something to behold! It is the center of the city and everything revolves around it. We took the 45 minute tour and it is a must for anyone who visits this city. After the boat ride we had a lunch at one of the waterside resturants and watched as everyone floated and walked by.

We really could have stayed longer in San Antonio and we would definitely would return to spend more time. We left Tuesday and made a quick stop at an old old brick company (see below), they still make the old building tile which was the precurser to cement block as well as number of other unique items.
Marge suggested we stop while heading West at Brackettville, Texas.... where John Wayne filmed the original Alamo movie. The set was still there and others like Clint Eastwood have made films there also. Its really just one of those touristy things, but kind of fun to see how the sets were built.

Recognize it from the movie?

Not to be out done, I suggested we make a stop at Langtry, Texas and see the home and bar of early western legend Judge Roy Bean. Known as the only law west of the Pecos River he was quite a character although why anyone would live there is beyond me. It's quite a desolate place.We are still in Texas, now at Fort Davis, which we plan to explore tomorrow. After that we plan to visit the city of rocks in New Mexico.