San Antonio Hilton

My lady is heading to Asia for the summer to visit her folks and I didn't feel like laying around the house all summer. So I've decided to head toward the West Coast and just see what happens. May make it and may not and don't really care too ...

... one, but then we'll take it slow for awhile. We're taking 10 days to drive to Florida, stopping in many cities, including San Antonio and New Orleans. Then, we'll witness history in Biloxi, Mississippi as we look out into the Gulf of Mexico from our ...

Our trip south to San Antonio, Texas and east to Orlando, Florida, Savannah, Georgia, and Tybee and Hilton Head Island Lighthouses.

Wow! I wasn't expecting to have such a good time in San Antonio. The Hilton Palacio del Rio was *Reeeal Nice. A depraved soul could wander aimlessly along San Antonio's waterwalk for hours until the wee hours of the morning and still find his way ...

... structure, Hard Rock Cafe, tall banking buildings (blech), Cowboys gear shops (spit outside for you Jamie), etc. etc. San Antonio things. blah blah. I stopped a couple times to ask 2 separate groups of people recommendations on a decent dive ...

... even though we had both been there before. On Wednesday morning, we got started early (for us!) and headed into downtown San Antonio, expertly led by "Satellite Sally", our GPS System...we've become very dependent on her instructions to get us anywhere ...

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... here on our honeymoon on this week back in 1988 when we were married.  Through the years we would make numerous trips to San Antonio and the hill country of Texas camping, river tubing and theme parking/sight seeing.  I believe it to be one of ...

... in 1968 and completed the hotel with days to spare.  Real estate close to The Riverwalk is obviously sought after. Day 2 in San Antonio, I slept in a little having almost thirteen hours sleep.  Must be the heat!!! (or I am worn out from my ...

Took a day ...

... I didn't.   Today begins the 5 days of Texas schools coupled with a few road trips as I travel between Denton, Austin, San Antonio, Waco and College Station... First stop this morning (after grabbing a cup of coffee at Starbucks my Dallas hotel) is ...

Michael took me from Staunton to Charlottesville on Sunday, June 28th to catch the flight taking me to Dullas to fly to San Antonio. When I got to Dullas, they asked for volunteers to give up their seats. I called my son, Thomas, and asked how it suited ...

Running from tropical storm Bonnie we did not get to see any of the RiverWalk in San Antonio. But to make the best of the situation we checked into the HGI about 10 pm and promptly headed out to Bourbon street. Now I ave traveled all over and never have I ...

... carry lots of food, water and fuel, and nobody has to smell me but me. Unfortunately, if I remember the map, it's going to be too far to do that and then backtrack to San Antonio and Austin. I may just go to sleep early and figure it out in the ...