I started out walking over to the Alamo....I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how these guys held out against a force of thousands for 13 days. Santa Anna must be rated among the most incompetent military leaders EVER!!! Its an 8 foot wall around most of the compound that a good athlete could jump over, let alone need to scale. And the area they defended was spread out enough that 200 defenders could easily have been picked off by a few good sharpshooters without much trouble. Included are lots of pictures but only about 15-20% of the Alamo is the Alamo of the legend...the rest is a reconstruction. Nice gardens though.
Took a ride to the top of the Tower of the Americas (owned now by Landry's Restaurant Group) which was the cornerstone of the World's Fair in 1968. Spent a good 10 minutes at the top (I am a slow study) and headed to Riverwalk.
Loved the crafts village, LaVillita, right next to the Hilton...lots of really cool things to buy for astronomical prices. I will come back after the second Powerball win...I don't think one will handle it...Dinner at a little TexMex pub in the village that had the world's best nachos EVER!!! And for desert, I stopped in an ice cram store for a waffle cone with Blueberry cobbler ice cream. Outstanding!!!
By the way I did stop in the Mall along RiverWalk and saw a new pair of sneakers, just like my first day Asics from last year only in an orange scheme and were wicked cool. If only one of these workshops had paid me....
Tomorrow dinner at a German Bauhaus...I am excited!
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