On to San Antonio May 10

 

A travel day today.  Destination – San Antonio. Waze tells us that it is 8 hours of driving.  Gotta get going!  

As we leave New Orleans, there are miles of the interstate that are raised as a low bridge.  We see large areas of water as well as boggy tall trees.  After about an hour of driving, we cross into Texas.  OMG, The exit is 817.  That means more than 817 miles in Texas! 

Keeping with our habit of avoiding chain restaurants while on our trips, we find a place that fits the bill.  Cajun Claws.  ½# of boiled shrimp.  

 

When it’s a driving day, a Buckees is a highlight.  Praline pecans caught our attention. 

We  get into San Antonio about 7PM.  After settling into the hotel, we walk a few blocks to the River Walk.  When we were here on our last Out West trip, we took the little boat ride.  This time walking is all we’re interested in.  The atmosphere is relaxed with couples strolling, young families taking pictures of each other, girl’s groups laughing and talking, the occasional jogger.  After wandering up and down on both sides of the river, we decide on a Mexican place only to find that it had closed 15 minutes earlier.    The Irish pub is still serving – that will do.  We share a Ruben and I enjoy a good local beer. 

By the time we are ready to go back to the hotel, the mall entrance is closed where we had entered the River Walk .  After a bit more walking, we find a stairway up to the street level.  Now to get oriented on the street level.  Waze is a good friend in such a situation.  Our path back to the hotel took us past the Alamo.  We visited the Alamo when we were here last time.  Really don’t need to ever do that again.