Home of the Alamo

After our amazing experience at Carlsbad Caverns, we drove through what is possibly the most boring, desolate place I have ever seen in my entire life -- West Texas.  There was literally NOTHING to see for hours and hours.  It was terrible.  But we finally made it to San Antonio where we spent a few days with some of Brianne's family friends.  San Antonio was awesome!!  It's just a really cool city. 

The first thing we did in San Antonio was go to the Alamo.  I've gotta admit, I was less than impressed.  We waited in line for awhile and once we got inside there wasn't much to see.  Also, I don't really know much about the history of the Alamo so maybe that's why I wasn't as interested as some other people.  But the architecture of the buildings within the complex was very nice.

 

 

The next thing we did was head down to the San Antonio Riverwalk.  The Riverwalk is a network of walkways along the San Antonio River that are lined with shops and restaurants and all sorts of fun things to see and do.  We took a really neat boat tour and even got to see the spot where they filmed part of "Miss Congeniality" which was so cool because I absolutely love that movie!!  After the Riverwalk we headed to the Tower of the Americas where I met someone whose husband was from Rhode Island and whose daughter was looking at Georgetown for college.  Small world.  The next day, we decided to take a break from the heat (naturally it ended up being the one day that was a little rainy and cool) and head to Schlitterbahn, the best waterpark ever.  Schlitterbahn has won the Golden Ticket Award for best waterpark every year since 1998 AND it is consistently featured on Travel Channel's show about the best/most extreme waterparks in the world so naturally I've wanted to go there for years.  And it was awesome!  The park is huge.  There are actually 2 sections -- the old, original part of the park and an entirely new section which is basically a separate park in itself.  We didn't have nearly enough time to go on all the slides so I will definitely need to get back, but I'm so glad I finally had the chance to go!! 

Along the Riverwalk

 

Does this look familiar?