We were very happy to learn that San Antonio has a Seaworld so we decided to spend the day there. We first went over to the Dolphin Cove.  They have six dolphins swimming around in a huge pool.  What’s really cool is that  you can buy a tray of fish and actually feed them.  We spent…

Since we didn’t get to The Alamo on Monday, we decided that we would do that today.  Once we parked the car at the Rivercenter Mall, it was a one minute walk to The Alamo. We walked around the complex and then made our way into the old Church / Shrine where there were many exhibits. …

Today was road trip day.  We wanted to check out what is known as Hill Country, which is north-west of San Antonio.  (Think City Slickers … there are many dude ranches in the area). Karen was reading through one of the San Antonio books and she stumbled across the Brighter Days Horse Refuge.  Their mission…

We wanted to investigate downtown San Antonio today.  We started at the Historic Market Square which includes the Farmers Market, El Mercado and Produce Row.  The square is about Mexican culture with shop after shop selling pottery, baskets, paper flowers and lots of colourful stuff.  After walking through the many shops, we decided to have lunch…

San Antonio has four missions that we want to visit.  Karen found on the internet that on Sundays there is a noon Mariachi Mass at the Mission San José.  We got there about 10:30am and walked around and took lots of photos of the 286-year old mission.  The Mariachi Mass is very popular so we…