On Monday, October 8th, (after the fire evacuation!) we went to the Alamo. It was in walking distance from the hotel and it felt great outside, a nice little breeze. I haven't been there since the 8th grade so it was nice to go again and walk around and read about it. Thankful for all of the people who gave their life fighting at the Alamo, which later down the road resulted in Texas' independence from Mexico.
Oh and one funny thing. Jase watched a Davy Crockett movie back in January and really liked it, in fact he is still talking about it. Well Ally thinks that it is Daisy Crockett!! No matter how many times we correct her and tell her it is a boy, she is sticking to her guns with Daisy!!
After seeing the Alamo, we took a little road trip to the northwest part of town and visited our old college campus: The University of Texas at San Antonio. The campus has grown so much and almost unrecognizable from when we went there. When we first attended in the fall of 2000 there were about 18,000 students and now there is over 30,000. It has definitely grown! We love to drive through the campus every time we are in SA and see what all they have added on. The kids on the other hand did not see a wink of it; they were passed out in the back seat!!
On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at one of our faves while living in San Antonio: Alamo Cafe!! We love mexican food and their buttery chili con queso and homemade tortillas are an all-time favorite!
On Tuesday morning we headed down to the River Walk. The kids loved walking around down there and the weather was great that day as well. We took a river boat trolley cruise and it was very nice. I don't know why we never did this back in college! We ate lunch on the river at Hard Rock Cafe. Allyson did not find a shortage of plants and flowers to pick while we walked around . . . she is my green thumb child!
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