The Trail To Mobile - Day 7

The people on the trail to Mobile took a day off in San Antonio. After six long days in the truck and finding out that we were a little ahead of the trucker's schedule of arrival, we took a day off to explore San Antonio. This is a city that we had not visited before despite it being a favorite for dental meetings. We are glad we did.

We had three places that we wanted to visit while there. One can not miss visiting the Alamo and understanding its place in Texas history. It was preceded by an I-MAX film depicting the days preceding and the lengthy attack. The battle took place in 1836 ending on March 6th. The displays that are there as well as the memorabilia they have gathered is impressive. It was a must see especially for a couple of folks who watched Walt Disney's version of Davey Crockett as kids. His famous quote on t-shirts down here was said by him after he lost his congressional seat. He told them that "you'll can all go to hell, I'm going to Texas".

The next area we explored was the famous River Walk. Since it was off season and a little chilly, it was not too busy which suited us just fine.

 We were able to have lunch at a place called Casa Rio, a restaurant that has been in this family since 1949. We figured they must be doing something right so took a chance. We were rewarded with some of the best Mexican food we have ever eaten.

Following this we went to The Buckhorn which is a tavern famous for its collection of horns from any game animal with horns and also from Texas longhorn cattle. It is a museum for the Texas Rangers as well. What a great combination! [Hey, who took this picture?]

It had terrific exhibits and personal stories as well as many photos of the early Rangers up to more recent ones. It was very well done. Our docent for the museum was in total character.
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One of the items that they had on display was the final "get-away" car [almost] of Bonnie and Clyde. There sure were a lot of bullet holes in that car. I don't think that there were any Second Amendment issues back then.

Nautical Word For The Day: [from seatalk.info]

Red Line:

1. The maximum safe reading of a gauge usually indicated by a red marking.

From Great Loop Jargon:

2. An RPM reading on a tachometer that would only suggest that the maximum speed limit in certain portions of Texas is 80 mph.