San Antonio

Well I said in the last  blog that the temps were going to remain high. Well it has rained and dropped the temps significantly. We made it into San Antonio. Found the historic site of the Alamo, and spent some time touring the old buildings and watching a short history film. Seems before Texas was part of the union, it was considered by the Mexicans to be theirs. Well long story short the Mexicans didn't give it up without a fight, and fought a tough but uneven battle at Alamo and the local soldiers and farmers were wiped out. About nine years later the US took over Texas and made it part of the union. We couldn't find where John Wayne was buried but Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were actually there and part of the fight. 

We also did a river side walk in a beautiful area with stacks of resuarants and tourist places of interest. The the rain settled in, we had a coffee at Starbucks and decided to get our rain gear on and ride west. We only made it a few miles and dicided the rain was too heavy and pulled into a cheap motel. Overnight the rain got heavier and the thunder did its best to keep us awake. Here I sit writting the blog and waiting for the rian to lift. It has been heavy rain and the TV guys are asking people to saty off the hwy's for a while.

The three cock roaches in the bath room are friendly and we might have their company for a couple more hours yet.

Hugh wants to ride further west to see the real cowboy country and maybe the Rio Grand before we turn north east and head back to Dallas.