Texas Trip - Day 5 - San Antonio

We stayed in San Antonio today. The original plan was to spend a day in Corpus Christi but I think all the driving is wearing us out and we wanted a day to relax. Mom spent the morning with the condo lady - getting hooked up with some swag; Thckblckglasses and I slept in and waited for her return.

We had lunch at a BBQ place called County Line. The service was slow, but they were packed and the waitress was kind enough to give us free iced tea. The BBQ was okay, nothing to write home about (oh wait, isn't that kind of what I'm doing here?!), but if you're on the riverwalk and want some BBQ it seems to be the place to come. Thckblckglasses and I shared a 5 item plate with pork ribs, beef ribs, sausage, brisket, and turkey. The beef ribs were huge, but a bit tough. I think we both agreed that the pork ribs were the best. I'm not sure if it's common in TX, but there was no BBQ sauce on the table - we like to add more - so that was a bit disappointing.

After lunch mom wanted to go to some caverns for spelunking, but due to time constraints and the distance we would have been unable to make it in time. We decided to try for the Tower of Americas again. Thckblckglasses and I took a river taxi to the Hemisfair Park area, close to the tower, and then just walked over to it. The tower is 750 feet tall, and we traveled to the top to find a double level deck. One was enclosed and included information about the history of Texas and San Antonio; the other deck was open air. Today was clear so we could see far in the distance.

Afterwards, we explored a bit of the park. There were some old homes left on the property of the park, which was created for the World's Fair in the 1960's. One house was labeled as belonging to an old mayor and was dated around 1898. All the properties were run down and most were not labeled as important.

Previously, we had bought an all-day ride ticket for the taxis, so we decided to ride the whole riverwalk. From one end to the other it took us about an hour. By the time we made it back to the condo it was already dinner time.

Mom has a good habit of buying cheap coupons on restaurants.com so she had a $25 "gift card" to Tony Romas (that she probably spent $7 on!), so that was our destination. River taxis shut down around 9 pm, and it was already 8 pm, but we took one to the restaurant anyway (we figured we could take a car taxi or walk back to the condo).

After dinner, and several beverages of the alcohol persuasion, we convinced mom to walk and stop at bars along the way. Most everyone seemed to closing shop for the night (yep, it was only about 10 pm). The Original Mexican Restaurant & Bar was still open (24 hours a day, in fact), so we found a table right by the river and ordered some drinks. It was nice to just sit and chit-chat in open air. Although San Antonio has been cooler than usual, it has been great weather for us Coloradans to enjoy.

Now, midnight, we are back in the condo, and some members of our party are snoring away - possibly on to a hangover!!!