San Antonio Adventures

With me being 32 weeks pregnant, we decided that if we are going to do a trip before this baby girl comes we better get to it! We had talked about going down to Corpus Christi, but we had not gone to San Antonio yet and we had to check it off of our list. Jonny had his three day weekend, so when he got home on Thursday night, we hoped in the car and drove to our new adventure. We thought the drive was going to be a lot longer than it was, its only 2.5 hrs away! ( Very doable) We found a great deal on a hotel right in the middle of downtown, San Antonio. I was a little surprised In my mind I thought the city would be more like Dallas, but it seemed to be nothing more than a little town. With one sky scrapper, the little Alamo right in the middle and the river walk with restaurants that's about it. ( An older town for sure) 

Jonny had done his research and found an awesome place for brunch. We drove to an old hotel made into a restaurant, that was also an old and still running flour Mill. It was so beautiful, we had our brunch outside next to the river walk and  breakfast was soooooo good. We got ourselves pumpkin pancakes, waffle, and delicious biscuits and gravy!! We had a lot of food, but it was all so fresh and the  bread was just made. I'm so ready for the fall and all the fall spices and tastes.

The Alamo was right in the middle of downtown, thankfully when we went there was not as many people out. Since our hotel was only less than a mile away we decided to walk, with being 32 weeks pregnant it seemed to be an ok idea! ( latter, not so much) Jonny read an article saying that, not drinking enough water can cause early labor, so AT ALL times he was pushing water on me whenever he could! Needless to say it seemed like I was always looking for a bathroom. 

The battle of the Alamo happened so long ago, that a lot of the history was lost. The building itself has been made into a many different things, from a missionary home to a old strip mall to even a storage unit, so it had changed quite a bit. With some original walls still up, its still a piece of history. Inside the gates there is a large court yard, that is filled of beautiful gardens and monuments. It seems like such a large space to defend when there are only 100 men to defend it. The picture below is Jonny standing next to one of the original wall, its only like 7-8 foot tall.... that does not seem very hard to get over! ( I mean all you need is a step stool, for goodness sacks)

While we were walking around and listening to our tour tape we rented we finally found out what the, "Come and Take It" flag. Long story short, the men in the Alamo, captured one of Santa Anna's cannons, before the battle men where sent to the Alamo to talk and get it back so they could use it against the Alamo. Well, the men said, "NO, you cant have it back. Now leave!" If they gave back the cannon they wouldn't really have anything to defend themselves from the Mexican army! So they taunted Santa Anna to, COME AND TAKE IT!!!! Well, that's pretty much what happened. The Mexican army attached during the night, and they recaptured the cannon and used it against the men inside their own gates. ( They should of just broke it, and then gave it back! oops) 
Even though the battle was lost, the war was won! The loss sparked anger into people and eventually was the result of getting, Texas, Nevada, California, and Utah. Sad that so many lives had to be lost because of the loss of support, but in the long run I guess it all worked out fine. I suppose the saying, " REMEMBER THE ALAMO" worked!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

After walking all day, what seemed to be ALOT... we decided to walk home. The outside of the Alamo is beautiful with all the carvings and stone work! We have wanted to see the Alamo for a while now. Well, now we have seen it and we will REMEMBER IT!

Some of our friends sugested taking a ghost tour with this company so we decided to give it a try. We had never gone on a ghost tour, but decided San Antonio would be a good place for it. Our tour guide was all dressed up in old time cloths with a lantern to light the way. Of course it was raining when the tour started, so good thing the lantern was battery powered :P. San Antonio is known for its haunted hotels, and old cathedrals. 

At the start of the tour, he told us that he would tell us when and where ghosts are most caught on camera. He went on saying that every tour he gives there are a few that do end up having caught pictures of ghosts, spirits or whatever you want to call them. Jonny just laughed it off, and I was scared to take any pictures but was still curious if I could be that person. ( Now this next part is up to you, I do not know if its just plan creepy, real or a coincidence !) One of the first places we stopped was this beautiful old hotel called the Menger Hotel. It is the most haunted hotel in the city.... We did not go inside, but was outside looking in a window into a parlor. He then goes on to say that, this particular parlor is haunted by a woman. ( but don't worry she is nice) He then told us what she looked like, She is an African American Woman, wearing a black dress with a red shawl and a white apron. When I took the picture there was no one in the room, I just snapped a few pics of him while he was talking. Then we moved on...... Dun DUN DUN... Latter that night looking though  my pictures, I did not see anything out of the ordinary, until I zoomed up. Look in the middle of the pic, behind the roped off section. inside the glass/ wooden thing.. I don't know about you, but I SEE A LADY STANDING THERE!!!!! ( GOOSEBUMPS........) 

The tour was really long, by the time it was over I felt like I had just walked 10 miles!!!! ( and I REALLY had to use the bathroom) It was a lot of fun, but I don't think ghost tours is our thing. Needless to say, we both did not sleep very good that night.

OUR NEXT ADVENTURE SEA WORLD!!!!!!!

It was a beautiful day and we had lots of shows to see. We got there around 11.00 and spent the whole day going from show to show. Of course there was other things to do, but its not like I'm going on a roller coaster  unless I want to go into labor! 

They had everything from killer whales, dolphins, beluga whales to seals and otters in different shows, not counting the acrobats, stunt people and the trainers. I was very impressed with how well they have the animals trained. A few months ago I watched a documentary of sea world and how bad they treat their animals and how many trainers were killed by the whales and yada yada.... But even though the rules had changed and there was no one swimming with the killer whales It was still an amazing show!

In every show we saw we always sat in the splash zone, hoping that we would bet a little extra interaction. needless to say it seemed that every time we one splash zone didnt seem very splashy we would move, then next show that ZONE would get splashed.... But maybe it was a good thing because the people who got wet kinda smelt like fish after!!! So, the slash zone was not very splashy, but it was a lot of fun and we were so CLOSE to the action! All the shows were great, Below are just some short clips that I got, everything was going so fast I didn't know if I should take pictures of if or if I should take a video. Jonny's and I's,  favorite shows where the ones involving the beluga whales. The trainers where actually in the water swimming with them, with acrobats diving from the rafters and swinging across the whole stage. NOT going to lie, if I saw this as a kid, I think I would want to do this as my dream job one day!!!! WHO WOULDN'T.... Yes, the killer whales where still very impressive and HUGE, but I'm not sure I would want to swim with one though.

The Alamo, ghost tour, river walk, and Sea World were all great! It was a successful trip, with LOTS of walking. I think I need a vacation from my vacation :P!!! I'm so happy and blessed to have such an amazing husband that loves me enough to go and see and do all the fun adventures around us. It would not be near as fun an wild adventures without him by my side!