San Antonio - Part 1 - Famous Landmarks and The Alamo

The 750-foot-tall Tower of the Americas is the first Landmark that confirms you are in San Antonio Texas. I hope we can make time to see the reported breathtaking view of the Alamo City. It is like Seattle's Space Needle since it also has a revolving restaurant.

The "Torch of Friendship" was given to San Antonio by the Mexican Consulate as a sign of friendship and to represent the roots many Texans share with Mexico.

The contemporary steel sculpture was made in Mexico and shipped to San Antonio in six pieces. It stands 65 feet tall and weighs 50 tons.It was commissioned to commemorate the relationship between the United States and Mexico and the two countries' increasing commercial ties.

Urban monumental sculptor Sebastian was commissioned at the request of the Association of Mexican Entrepreneurs of San Antonio to design the sculpture.

The is not a famous landmark. But it gave me a big chuckle. It was advertising the Valero Texas Open which Lance plans to attend. Those golfers who are lifetime members of the PGA Partners get free tickets.

This is also not a famous landmark. But we discovered that for $4.00 you can get on a street car and tour the city -- they have four routes and you can get off and on anytime you want. The wall to someone's back yard was very unusual.

Ta Da -- The Alamo -- it really surprised me to discover the Alamo was in Downtown San Antonio. Somehow I imagined it was out in the woods somewhere.

It was surrounded by a fence and was quite beautifully landscaped.

It had some REALLY old stuff and buildings -- not surprising, huh!

There it is -- the famous Alamo which is always pictured in Alamo settings.

Prevost Haven

This RV park has some beautiful motorhomes. When you talk luxury and top of the line it is Prevost. Well not only do we have a lot of Prevosts here, they have matching trailers. Veery coool!!

Things We Have Seen in the Kerrville Area

This is Buckhorn RV Park's "patio" where they have outdoor barbeques:

Around the Kerrville area we found some beautiful old churches

Lots of barns and we even saw a herd of long-horned cattle (picture too fuzzy).

And....what the heck???

They do bridges different here. If the water level goes up these bridges become lakes.

Lo and behold WE FOUND WALDO...........out in the "sticks" in Texas

The Great State of Texas

This is the first time Lance and I have been in Texas (except Lance flying in to San Antonio for a program). As we have found everywhere, there are always some things that distinquish each area from another.

The first thing I noticed was there were trees. There are still cactus especially Pear Cactus. All of these are on these endless rolling hills -- and, of course, there are endless rolling highways.

Can you believe it??? The speed limit is 80 mph!!!

There are oil wells all over the place, too!!

Of course, things are BIGGER in Texas!

And....some beautiful flowers....along the highways

We noticed, too, that Texas has a big bunch of turkey vultures...everywhere....

Then there is the Legend of "Don't Mess with Texas"

In December 1985, a bumper sticker bearing the words Don't Mess With Texas began appearing on pickup trucks across the Lone Star State. There was no explanation, no sponsor, just those four words and a small red, white, and blue Texas flag.

Fast-forward twenty years to 2006. Today, the longest-running public service campaign in Texas is also the most successful antilitter campaign in history. Until now, only a handful of people knew the true stories behind the legend: the stories of famous commercials and the stories about dozens of the biggest and brightest Texas stars who donated their time and considerable talents to help Texas reduce litter on its highways by an astonishing 72 percent.

I had no idea!!!

We stayed at the Cavern's of Sonora for a couple of days. Here are a couple of our neighbors. And, a fountain.

We noticed that Texas highways were lighter in color than we had seen along our travels.

Then we noticed the use of similar colored stones in buildings and houses.

And, assorted other things.

Not to mention that every ranch has a gate here in Texas.

Including the Buckhorn RV Resort in Kerrville where we are staying for a month.

We love it here. It is one of the nicer rv parks we have stayed at. Here is a picture of it lit up at night. This is the view from the front of our motorhome.