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I had enjoyed a couple of glasses of this wine on our last night in N.O.  I tried to send a photo to David, but he didn’t get it.  Now he can see it!  Not bad at all.

We left New Orleans Friday morning and headed west to Teeeexxxaaaasssss.  (You have to drawl.)  

Here we are about to cross the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge.


The day was spent mainly driving through Louisiana, crossing bayou after bayou.  But eventually we got there.  And here we are in Teeeexxxaaasssss.  You’d think for such a big state they’d have a big sign.  Huh.


We arrived in Beaumont where we stayed the night.  While there, we got about 3 inches of rain overnight.  It poured and thundered like crazy!  I thought when we got up we’d be sitting in the middle of a lake, but it wasn’t bad at all.  It eased up enough for us to get our stuff done outside, and off we went in the rain.  It would rain off and on most of the way to San Antonio.

This isn’t a lake, it’s a field.  One of many like this.

We arrived in San Antonio on Saturday afternoon and set up for a couple of days.  The sun came out and all was good.

Yesterday morning, we went off to Wally World down the road and bought a few things for the store.  Then we went off to downtown San Antonio and the Riverwalk.  Such a beautiful area.



Our plan was to have a small bite along the Riverwalk to tide us over and have a late lunch/early dinner in the tower, if we could.  Then we would just have a light snack for dinner.  So, we executed the plan.

This guy was beside me for a bit.  He, along with various other species, just waited for people to leave the table, then he would swoop in and grab the leftovers.  They would get close at other times, but did not raid the tables.


We had gone up to the restrooms and took this photo from the landing.  Where we ate (and the bird) were under one of those umbrellas.  You can see the river barges were running full swing while we were there.  We had done that last time, so we didn’t bother this time.  We just wandered around on such a nice day.


When it was time, we headed over to the Tower of the Americas.  It replicates the CN tower in many ways, but not as tall.  And the surrounding area is not as scenic either.  Rather flat and nothing special.  But it’s still nice.


So we had a really nice lunch in the rotating restaurant.  Same as the CN Tower restaurant...one full revolution per hour.

This is looking down toward the Riverwalk area.  The round thing with a daisy on the top is in the middle of the Villata next to the Riverwalk.  A little Mexican “village” with shops and restaurants.  

This is my coconut shrimp with sticky rice.  The food was quite good.



We enjoyed our time in San Antonio.  I’d like to stay for a week here to do more, but we must move along.

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  1. David KraemerFebruary 4, 2018 at 7:30 AM

    I just discovered that I bookmarked your first post, and not the blog itself. I thought you had taken a break from posting, but then discovered my mistake! San Antonio looks like a wonderful city. And nice wine! haha

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