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I’m sure there are many interesting things to do and see in San Antonio, but for us San Antonio was totally about the River Walk.
From the plaza at The Alamo, we walked down a flight of stairs into a surreal world one story below street level filled with fountains and waterfalls, shops and restaurants, and one gorgeously landscaped bend of the San Antonio River after another.
Was Apocalypse Now filmed on the San Antonio River Walk? Probably! And you can say you heard it here first.
Pippi plus some guy on the River Walk.
It is (almost) as cool as it looks under the trees, despite the San Antonio heat above.
The history of The River Walk is fascinating...the area used to be considered lethal due to flooding...but Wikipedia does a fine job with the history (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_River_Walk) so I’ll just show you some pictures to entice you.
An obvious marker of the uber-hip.
We did come above ground to explore the hip Pearl district, which reminded me a bit of the Mosaic District in Merrifield (Virginia) with its restaurants, sculptures and open spaces. The River Walk is really long, and we saved the Mission Reach portion (with five historic missions) for another trip.
See? We did at least glance over there while hurrying to the River Walk.
We also saved The Alamo for another trip. I’m vaguely embarrassed to have come to San Antonio and not toured The Alamo. But…. It was really hot, and the River Walk was a really cool compelling shaded alternative to the sun-baked Alamo Plaza, and ….. I felt like I’d kinda already seen The Alamo having watched Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure multiple times, and…. Oh, mea culpa. We did peek into The Alamo’s grounds at night, and took several pictures.
Pippi celebrated her 4th birthday in San Antonio on June 1 with a special birthday cookie and a box of treats!
I'm 4!
Would We Come Back Here?
Would We Come Back Here?
If we were here for another reason, we'd hurry to the River Walk again and also finally see the Alamo. San Antonio itself doesn't really have any negatives except for the constant highway construction and re-jiggering which seems to be the curse of urban Texas. And I get the sense that a lot of Texans wouldn't like the word "urban" applied to any part of their state. Maybe we can redefine "urban" to mean "a mess o' half-built concrete roads" for those folks. However, while it doesn't have any negatives, the River Walk and the Alamo seemed to be the main draws, at least for us.
We stayed at Tejano RV Park. As always, I don't like private parks where they slam you in side-by-side. Nevertheless, I have a soft spot for where we stayed. They had a nice, large lawn with even a few shade trees on one end to walk with your dog. And there was a fenced in dog area, as well. I seem to recall that Verizon LTE signal was good, but their wifi was good enough that, as long as voice calls were working, I wouldn't have paid a lot of attention to the data side.
Tejano RV Park is a bit far from the River Walk but most RV parks tend not to be in the center of town, so it may not be possible to do much better. Another thing I liked about them was their casual attitude about our reservation. No email, no credit card, just a "Let us know if your plans change, please!"
Would We Live Here?
Would We Live Here?
If we needed to live in San Antonio for some reason, I'd try to get a place on the River Walk or the Pearl District. However, as above, there's no huge draw to San Antonio for us, so we move onward...
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