About a week before we left on this trip I was reevaluating all of our stops and travel routes. I realized that we had a problem between The Grand Canyon and San Antonio. It was just to far to drive in one day. When we got to San Francisco Erica came up with a good plan. We would shorten our stays at Vegas and Williams to give us the half a day needed to stop in Carlsbad, NM for rest. Well, when the brake thing happened in Vegas, we lost that half a day and had to make a tough decision; Either drive straight through to San Antonio or fall behind by a half a day. We decided to drive it. We left at about 5pm and drove until 1:30am. Then I (Mike) pulled over and got about 3.5 hours of sleep at a rest area. Got up at 5am and started driving again. This was hard driving too. Bumpy two lane highways, only stopping for fuel and go. We arrived at the KOA in San Antonio at about 8pm. Erica drove for a couple hours that day so I could get a quick nap in, but total that was about a 22 hour drive.
(Above) I'm OK... I'm just gonna rest my eyes for a second...
Once we got the camper set up (which now takes us approximately four minutes) we grilled baby back ribs and chicken (yummy). Then we headed into the city to scope things out.
I have to say that San Antonio was the biggest surprise so far on this trip. The city is clean, not crowded, friendly, and the two main highlights (The Alamo & Riverwalk) are absolutely free to explore. The Alamo is right in the middle of town. You cannot go inside at night but during daylight hours, the whole thing is wide open and there are historians at every turn that just love to talk about the compound, and most of them have some kind of connection to it and or its history.
The grounds inside the walls of the Alamo are quiet, shaded, and beautiful.
Horse Carriage ride around town. It was really relaxing after a long days drive
The River Walk
Next Stop: New Orleans, Louisana
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