Remember The Alamo!

Mission San Antonio de Valero was the original name of the building later named the Alamo by Texian soldiers that Bill and Pam visited along with Carl and Linda this morning in San Antonio. Alamo is the spanish name for Cottonwood. The picture below shows the front of the "Alamo" building, now a solemn shrine for the brave Texian soldiers captured in a pre-dawn ambush by the Mexican troops on March 6, 1836 and executed three weeks later.

After touring the Alamo and the "long barracks" adjacent we crossed the street and went below street level to enjoy the Riverwalk area. Along the stairs heading down was a pretty waterfall.

We proceeded to purchase tour boat tickets to enable us to enjoy the river sights in a relaxing manner.

Our tour boat captain was very entertaining and he piloted our boat for 40 minutes through the downtown district.  We saw countless restaurants and hotels along the river. We enjoyed a riverside lunch at "The Republic of Texas" restaurant shortly after our boat tour.

The balance of the afternoon was spent window shopping.  Pam enjoyed posing for the camera!

Tonight we visited the San Antonio Art Museum.  The gallery is free from 4 - 9 PM on Tuesdays!  Our lucky day.

We all agreed the American art paintings was our favorite section in this very comprehensive art gallery.Below are some samples of the paintings we saw.

At the end of day we said goodbye to Carl and Linda as they head to other parts of Texas tomorrow while we continue our journey eastward.