remember the alamo!

we had a wonderful day downtown san antonio.  

the alamo was a history lesson...one i surely had forgotten from my elementary days!  

the mission itself has been very well preserved, as have the barrack areas.  

the grounds are beautiful, 

with fountains and well manicured shrubs and flowers.  

after the alamo visit, we crossed the street and entered the riverwalk area.

  a maze of water, shops, high rise hotels and restaurants.  whew! 

 one stop for everything!  

we had a very nice lunch, then took the river cab ride. 

 it was a 35 minute round trip all around the area.

this was our spot at fort sam houston army base.  shelb was stationed here at ft. sam from nov. '90-july '91, during desert storm.  his medevac unit filled in for a unit that went to saudi.

 beautiful texas sunset

this is ernie and mona. they live in new braunfels, a beautiful area out of the city and in the country. ernie is shelb's step-dad's nephew...so they are cousins by marriage.  they left california after they retired, about 3 years ago. we had a very nice visit with them while we were in the area.

today is sunday, may 7th.  we left san antonio yesterday,  made a pit stop here in houston (nothing to report here, just caught up on laundry and did groceries.)
tomorrow we head to new orleans!