Awake: 6:47am Temp 65 sleep 6+42 cloudy overnight @ Von Ormy, TX.
G & G use our Suzuki early this morning to go for a chiropractic adjustment for Gary. When they return, we drive to downtown San Antonio, park @ our $5.00 per day lot, walk to the nearby trolley stop, show our senior mug shot card, pay the 25 cent fare & ride to the Market Square. Most of the shops had things “made in Mexico,” but an amazing thing happened: the girls bought nothing! Gary bought a water bottle holster & I found a money clip that I’ve been looking for. A rare event!
Next we take a short walk to the very old San Fernando Cathedral; the oldest cathedral sanctuary in the US. Right inside the door there is a sealed marble container with the inscription: “Here lie the remains of Travis, Crocket, Bowie, & other Alamo Heroes.” Now how could they have know whose ashes belong to whom?
Walking further down the street, we see a FedEx truck; Gary wants to do me a favor by sending a sample light bulb that I use in our motorhome to his company man, Kevin, who will search the electronic books & let us know where I might get more of them. We send it with the FedEx driver.
Further down the street, we visit the famous Aztec Theater built in 1926 & recently restored. We talk with Gene, the care taker & watch a free demo of hi-tech sound & light. The old Aztec Theater has now been transformed into an ultra modern marvel.
Next, we find our way to the River Walk area again & stop @ the Irish Pub “Waxy O’Connor’s” for lunch. Kathy has a Portabella Mushroom sandwich on Facasia bread. I have a Guinness beer & a bowl of Irish beef stew. G & G have some lush meal that would make your mouth water & I wouldn’t want to do that. After lunch, the 4 of us take a river boat ride around the loop for 30 + min along with 40 + other seniors. It was quite nice & our boat driver / tour guide was a clever & informative narrator.
Then we catch the trolley again for a ride to the King William Historic District & walk around to see & take pictures of some of these turn of the century homes. The Guenther House, built by the founder of Pioneer Flour Mills, and the Steves Homestead are two of the real standouts; very elegant & fashionable for the time period. We actually arrived too late to tour these homes; all we could do was walk the grounds & peer through the windows.
Next, we saunter back to our trolley stop, use the transfer ticket to ride back downtown, take a shortcut through the mall area toward our parking lot & make a side visit to a Brookstone store to look around. Suddenly, Grace realizes she doesn’t have her camera! None of us paid any attention to her camera so we have no idea of where it could have walked off to. Several hrs later, after stopping (4) blue trolleys to check with the driver & look on & under seats, numerous phone calls to the bus & trolley company + a call to the River Boat Company, we are told that nothing has been found so we continued back to our campground. I know Grace loves her camera; I have the same model & love it as well. Tomorrow, we’ll make more checks to continue the search.
Kathy & I have a late dinner of veggie soup with crackers.
High temp=? Lights out: 12:00 midnight
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