November
1st
Today we became tourists.
We walked about 1 mile from our campground to the nearest bus stop to
ride into Austin City. A bus pass for all day is only $2. The first
thing we did was take a guided tour of the State Capital Building of
Texas. We were very fortunate as we were the only 2 people on the
tour. We visited both the State Senate and the State House offices.
In Texas the legislators come into session only once every two years.
Our
next stop was the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, where we
saw an Imax movie about the diversity of the people of Texas. After
that movie we watched a 4-D movie about the wild Texas weather. The
4-D movie had 3 screens with lots of special effects like mist coming
in during the rain scenes, lighting flashing across the theater
during the storms and the wind blowing at us; it was like we were
experiencing the weather as it was happening. Texans are very proud
of their state and its history.
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| Capital Building Austin |
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| Senate Chambers Austin |
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| Bob Bullock State History Museum |
November
2nd
Today
we drove about 60 miles south towards San Antonio to New Braunfel and
stayed at a campground called Lake Pointe Resort at Canyon Lake. En
route we visited a Camping World, a store specializing in RV camping
equipment.
November
3rd
Today
we relaxed at the campground. We did a couple of nice walks, one
along Canyon Lake shore, where Lake Pointe Resort borders. There is
an amazing number of deer wandering around this campground and we are
very happy to be camping here. There is quite a social organization
here and we got involved in a couple of the activities today
involving eating. In the early afternoon there was an ice cream
social, then in the evening there was a potato bake dinner where we
also met members of this resort. The people we spoke with gave us a
lot of good advice which we gratefully received.
November
4th
Today
we drove 50 miles into San Antonio to visit The Alamo. There is so
much history there which we both really enjoyed. After a couple of
leisurely hours wandering the shrine and its grounds we went to the
river walk on the San Antonio River.
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| The Alamo San Antonio |
- We
were told it is a must do in San Antonio. Unlike any river walk that
we have ever been on, the river is actually a canal with paths on
either side, with side by side eating establishments a large
percentage of the way, and river taxis and many other tourists. The
temperatures were in the 80's but it was nice and cool and a real
pleasure to be on.
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| On River walk |
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| Canal tour boat |
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| River walk |
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| River walk |
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| River walk |
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| Tunnel on river walk |
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| Sunset from deck at Campground |
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