Mom & Dad and Brian & I headed out mid-morning to San Antonio… and passed through ….
Kyle, Texas!
First stop in San Antonio?… The Alamo!!
March 2nd happens to be Texas Independence Day … on March 2, 1836 settlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas. Unfortunately, news didn’t reach the Alamo in time and its Texian defenders were wiped out on March 6, 1836.
Because we arrived on the anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo, there were several re-inactments. Here, soldiers are shooting muskets.
The Alamo itself was one of the early Spanish missions in Texas, originally known as Mision San Antonio de Valero … it was a mission and fortress compound founded in the early 1700’s by the Catholic Church.
Here, Mom & Dad are standing by one of the original walls … beside a shrub called Peregrina or Spicy Jatropha …
A close-up of the Peregrina flowers …
In a lovely courtyard, with several bronzes commemorating the soldiers who died in the Battle of the Alamo, was this lovely tree … I think it might be a Wisteria …
There was a Texas Independence Day Celebration in front of the Chapel of The Alamo …
Then it was off to San Antonio’s River Walk … what an amazing place! Everything at river level, gardens, restaurants, bars, shops … absolutely beautiful, and unique to San Antonio!
Photobomb!!!! …
A little bridge over the river …
We took the River Walk Tour …
One big ol’ OLD Live Oak Tree …
Looking down into the River Walk from street level …
Mom & Dad down in the restaurant … you’ll have to look close!
Supper at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.!!
