The plan to stop in Hill Country, visit Fredericksburg and Texan capital Austin was scuppered by spring break hordes, and a huge music festival and the rodeo in Austin. We found a small RV park overnight, then headed south next day to San Antonio.We visited there 35 years ago - it has changed unrecognizably but still has a lot of charm.
Pulling into a nice RV resort on the south side of town, we found we were easy driving to the Mission Trail, covering 4 of the 5 missions in SA, a good day's touring in brilliant sunshine and 88 degree days (photos above.)
The Alamo (left) was originally a mission that makes up the 5th in the series, a positive shrine for Americans, and one they lined up around the block to visit. We enjoy the civilization of good facilities and a pool to end the day after hot sightseeing. Also a day (an easy 3 mile bus trip so time off from driving for Ted) downtown, enjoying the Riverwalk, a great downtime collection of hotels, shops, restaurants, live entertainment, a theatre on one bank of the river and seats on the other.
With spring break, it was positively jumping, we skipped the river tour lineups and walked to take in the renovated Spanish Governor's palace, cathedral, market square and, of course, The Alamo (photos only!) Great to see the cardinals and birds in our trees, which are bursting by the day with pale green life again. So glad we are not heading home to the 10 cm of snow forecast for Calgary again. (Durty Nellies left on the Riverwalk!)We stayed an extra day to get the RV in for service, a frustrating and aggravating experience while you search for a dealer who handles these vehicles, sometimes Dodge, sometimes Chrysler, sometimes Mercedes.
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