Day 19: San Antonio

You may notice that there's no Day 18. You may notice that there's no mileage or sights seen for the mysterious, missing Day 18. Day was boring. We drove, a lot. You missed nothing. We went from Pecos, TX to San Antonio and saw nothing; seriously, even the Texans we know here asked us why we stayed in Pecos- we don't really have a good reason for it other than it got us closer to San Antonio.

So now, Day 19, as presented by guess writer, JeanneMarie McNamara:

"Well today, July 26th, your faithful blog composer decided to take a vacation from the vacation and is leaving the writing to his olde mom. After arriving in San Antonio [two nights ago] we decided to visit the one place everyone thinks of when they think of here - no, not the Lone Star Brewery but a place better known in history- the Alamo. While Deaglan for to visit the Japanese Gardens in Breckenridge Park with his girlfriend, [Lori], the rest of the Band on the trip traveled down the Missions Trail. In almost 3 hours we managed to visit 3 of the 5 original missions along the San Antonio River- starting in the hear of the city and the crowds at the Alamo, the site where the battle for Texas began. We then rushed off to Mission Concepcion and then to the best restored mission, San Jose y San Miguel.

We then rushed back to the hotel mid-afternoon meeting up with Deaglan and Lori and a friend of Kevin and Jeanne's - Anne Huth - a native San Antonian - for ice cream sundaes. Deaglan and Liam had not seen her since they were 6 and 2 respectively.

We then departed at 6pm to meet Lori's mom and Dad, [Irma and Jaime,] who had driven in from Midland, TX to enjoy an evening together at Mi Tierra."

That is all loyal listeners, until tomorrow!