Holiday Inn San Antonio-Downtown

... home of Gruene Hall, the oldest dance hall in Texas! John Travolta made a movie there and we have ten condos at the Village at Gruene! <br><br>Now I am leaving my cosy corner of Texas to return home to Congo where I was born as the child of missionaries!!

... van and headed to Shamu Stadium for the Hall-o-scream with Shamu. We never did make it to the penguin encounter, oh well. Next time. It was 9:30pm before we returned to the hotel. I just downloaded the pictures from my camera and from the CD I bought with the Beluga training and just looked at them. So I will finish up my blog post a couple quick pic's and then head to sleep. I will finish downloading pictures later but will put some pic's up temporarily.

... say I am not in the best frame of mind right now trying to navigate in this chaos. Seriously though, I can't wait to get out of this crazy state. I like the attractions but I just can't handle how things are constructed around here.<br>Tomorrow we go to SeaWorld for the day with the swimming with the Beluga program. I hope tomorrow is better for me. My temper is really starting to get short with all the navigating and traffic.

... lands and resettled, bringing Spanish customs and culture to the natives that lived here. All these missions have created what is now San Antonio. <br>Today is a city built around its river, with thousands of places to explore and get lost. <br>The modern buildings contrast with the old Spanish and Mexican Villitas, and of course, food is becoming increasingly hot. <br>The famous River walk vairedad offers great restaurants, gambling dens, and mariachis on all sides.

... Heritage Festival with music, dancing and food. It was a beautiful area for a festival but rather chilly after dark especially when not peddling a bicycle.<br> I'm not sure if it was the Lone Star Circle of Life shirt or Bob's arm in the sling and his skinned up face that made one man curious enough to ask. He got to hear all about the bike ride and our mission to raise awareness of the need for donations of ...

... British singer. He's donated quite of lot of his memorabilia back to the Alamo. <br><br>So what is the most haunted place in San Antonio? It's the Menger Hotel. Across from the Alamo. There are three documented ghosts who still haunt the hotel. One is good old Teddy Roosevelt, but he just hangs out at the bar. He also must have been out "riding" today, since we didn't see or "feel" him. <br><br>Sallie White<br><br>Sallie White was a chambermaid at The ...

Unfortunatly at this point in this trip, I was pretty exhausted. I got to San Antonio after a 12 hour drive from El Paso, and was only scheduled to stay for the night. I sadly didn't do anything but go into the hostel and talk to a Scottish guy that was staying there for some time before going to bed to get ready for my next drive.<br><br> Not much here, sorry about that guys.<br>

... over having a family and stability. But here we are, five years into our relationship, and we still marvel at one another and how perfect we are for each other. Our relationship is a daily joy. We love each other's company, can't get enough of one another, and can't imagine a future in which we're not together. And suddenly "marriage" doesn't even quite seem enough. They should create a new union for people this in love.

... s Annual Rose Festival. Starting in 1933, and continuing ever year after (except during World War II), they name a "Rose Queen" and an elaborate dress is designed and made for her to wear. Jenni was in awe of the amazing craftsmanship of the dresses and made Rick take lots of pictures. He was happy to oblige. On our way to San Antonio, we drove on TX-31, which is kind of a smaller road, and is very scenic, as it goes through a bunch of the ...

9:45am - We woke up, showered, and successfully packed up the caravan. Now we are on our way to San Antonio, TX. Last night, we got Taco Cabana and some beers. My stomach was a hurtin' from all the fast food we have been eating so I paid for it last night. I drove us to San Antonio. I was going fast, sometimes I was averaging 92 mph. Everyone was going at least 85 mph and some were going 90 mph so it was like I was trying to go with the flow of traffic. So, needless to say ...