San Antonio

Texas makes some people very happy. They were getting settled in and we were ready to leave.

 We made it to San Antonio and wanted to see the Alamo. I've heard many complaints and disappointments.

It's true. The Alamo does not sit in the middle of an open field where the troops of Santa Anna laid siege to it. It does sit among modern buildings and city streets. But it is not disappointing. The grounds are historically maintained and much of the structure remains or has been restored.

This is an historic live oak that cover a great deal of the courtyard near the well.

The iconic facade of the mission. This is what we recall from the movies of the Alamo. There are no photos or video allowed in the buildings. The museum displays are in the mission, the long barracks. Only photos on the grounds and outdoors are allowed. There is video surveillance as you can see near the beginning of my video.


This wasn't so obvious in  the video. The camera is in the upper left corner of this window. There were many planted all around the grounds and in the buildings.



These are the doors to the church. They are old and thick.

Colorful flowers were few; but there were a lot of cacti and succulents.

I'm sorry; but I think someone working in an "International Attraction" should have recognized this error. I assume it was an error. Hopefully they didn't melt medals to make these tumblers.

The Alamo 360.