Day 60 - Sept 17 - San Antonio - A Walk Along The River

Today we spent the afternoon visiting the sites in San Antonio. There are two major attractions in San Antonio. The most famous is of course the Alamo. The story of the Alamo is well documented by two movies, the most recent having been released only 5 years ago. It was interesting to get a feeling for the size of the mission/fort and to see some of the weapons used at the battle.














The other main attraction is the River Walk. American president Roosevelt sanctioned the construction of a walkway along the San Antonio river in downtown San Antonio as part of his depression era program known as the New Deal. Over the years it has been expanded and improved. It is very scenic and it is the place to see people or have a drink and a good meal. You can travel down the river and the connecting canals on one of many tour boats or river taxis. Liam you would be happy to hear that we got our exercise today by walking for about two hours. One of the more interesting aspects of the walkway is how it is incorporated into a large shopping mall and major hotel at the northern end of the walkway. (see the second picture below)

























































Liam and Jonah, you would be interested in this Hilton Hotel, pictured below. For the 1968 world's fair, Hilton built each hotel room off-site and then shipped it to the San Antonio site where they were stacked on top of each other as you would build a shelter with Lego. It only took them 220 days to build the hotel which is still a record today for a hotel of this size.