Remember the Alamo!

Today was a great day to revisit the sites that we had seen many years ago.... When Roy and Rochelle first moved to San Antonio. So we went downtown to visit the Alamo and the River Walk. Yes, I know, the Alamo doesn't change. It HAS been there for a couple hundred years -- give or take. Regardless, it never hurts to refresh my scanty memory when it comes to our nation's history. And yes, the river doesn't change either, but the shopping sure does! Grin.

We stopped first at the Menger Hotel. It is a beautiful old historic hotel and was all decorated up for the holidays. It is rumored to be haunted but the ghosts weren't rattling around while we were there. We did get a great pic of Mom next to one of their soldiers.

Then it was on to the Alamo. Re-reading the history was very sobering. It is an amazing place.

And here are Caroline and Kaitlyn testing out how comfortable one of the cannons are.

And the lovely Phillips girls posing in front of the wishing well that is in the Alamo compound.

The River Walk is famous for its holiday lights. This year is a bit different. In the past, the colorful lights would be "dripping" from the trees, swaying in the breeze. Just beautiful! This year they switched to LED lights and wound them around the trees. Still beautiful. And unfortunately, my pics don't do it justice.

All in all, a good day to revisit the past!

Cheers!

Dr J