Day 35 - Sunday 9/1/13 San Antonio, TX (0 Miles)

San Antonio's Riverwalk

The Menger Hotel original lobby

After breakfast at the inn (haven't met an inn breakfast as good as ours yet), we set off early for a riverboat cruise along the San Antonio River, along what is called Riverwalk.  The part that winds through downtown is a big oxbow and sits about 20' below street level.  Both sides are lined with restaurants and hotels primarily, but one of the farthest points reaches the site of the 1968 World Hemisfair that was held here.  Not much remains of interest to tourists except a sky needle, some really lovely fountains and the convention center.

Guacamole Recipe:
Juice from 1/4 orange
Juice from 1/2 lime
1 Avacado, diced, not smashed
2 T. Kosher salt
3/4 C. Diced, roasted tomatos
1/2 C. Chopped red onion
1/4. Chopped cilantro
Fold together and feast

The current convention goers were very interesting because they were attending the LoneStarCon 3 Convention (that's the World Science Fiction Convention to us mere mortals).  Interested in their line-up for the weekend?  Well, here's the program guide: LoneStarCon 3  Let's just say, there were a lot of soft bodies, dressed in very interesting attire here this weekend.

After our introduction to Riverwalk, we snooped around the lobby of a great historic hotel, The Menger Hotel (c. 1849), then toured the Alamo where 200 colonists fought for Texas' independence from Mexico.  Well, now we're getting thirsty because after all it is about 100 degrees AND we are in margarita country.  So, we joined the other 10,000 river walkers to dine along the shore of the 3' deep river.  Guacamole prepared table side, black & white soup (half black bean/half white cheddar chile) and a peppered caesar salad were fabulous as was my margarita, the best I've ever had!  Thirst quenched, now it's nap time (again)...because we can.

The Alamo

Black & White Soup.    MMmmmmmm

This evening, we walked the river again where we had a bite to eat for dinner before calling it an early night.  Tomorrow, we depart early (5:30am) because we're driving 543 miles to New Orleans and want to get there early enough in the day to enjoy it a little.

Riverwalk Vista Inn's wall art - Hand hooked rugs & quilts