San Antonio

We traveled to San Antonio this weekend to meet our friend Nancy and daughter Michelle, who were visiting on a band trip from Michigan.  We stayed at the Hotel Mimosa Riverwalk, which is where our friends were staying.  It was a nice hotel, which despite the name is located about 2 blocks from the River Walk.

Shortly after we arrived we walked to the fabulous River Walk Area, which is shown in the adjacent photo.  The weather was beautiful and the temperature ideal for a visit to this paradise in the midst of downtown San Antonio.

We decided to have dinner at Mi Tierra, a Mexican restaurant located in the Market Square area.  Market Square is located 8-10 blocks west of the River Walk area, and we decided to walk over instead of retrieving the car from the hotel parking lot.  It was a bit long but not unpleasant.  We had never been to Mi Tierra, but it was highly recommended on the Orangebloods (University of Texas sports) message board.  The food was excellent, and we were serenaded by mariachis!  On the way out we stopped at the bakery and bought a bag of delicious looking treats to share with our friends.

We met Nancy and Michelle on Saturday and spent the day with them at Six Flags Fiesta Texas amusement park.  We had a very nice time despite a very rough ride on the Rattler wooden roller coaster at the end of the day.  We rode a couple of water rides and got splashed pretty heavily, especially Cec.  Unlike when I was a kid, I avoided any rides that go round and round or loop and twist.  My favorite ride is the swinging ship, called Overboard there but Pirate Ship elsewhere.  The ride is pretty mild, but it gives you a repeated zero gravity experience at the top of its swing, which feels very good.  (I probably would enjoy skydiving if I could ever get out to the airplane.)  Cec does not fare well on most rides, and Nancy and I rode all but water rides, on which Cec joined us.