On the way we stopped for lunch on this great big field with a few houses around it, we had no idea what it was or why we had stopped here which was a shame because it had a lot of history that we knew nothing about, we knew this as there was a visiter center which handed a couple of the girls some info in it but we didnt gett he chance to read it. We had linch snd then s lovely lady came put of her house and asked us if we wanted to see a huge cannon! We wanted to see it! We followed her into her house which looked normal from the outside but when we got in it was so grand! Really high ceilings lots of lovely and very valuable pieces of art work and memoribilia, it was like a museum! When we saw the cannon it was huge and she also had a lovely car in her garage which i fell in love with....it was a Old white cadilac pick up truck which they had restored and it was beautiful, i wanted one! It was great to wonder around this lovely house and we gathered from what she was saying that her house was used as a fort. We wished we had been given more info on this place it looked like it held a lot of interesting history.
Anyway.....it was a long drive and by the time we got there it was about 18.30! We were all really tired and the plan on our tour description was to go into san antonio in the morning to explore the town, but somewhere along the line dylon had decided that we would go into town that evening after dinner! That night ....dinner was going to be steaks, i was calculating in my head and i was finding it hard to see how we would set up camp, cook and eat dinner and wash up and get to town that was 30minutes away! Also san antonio was suppose to be a nice town to wonder around and there was a nice river walk. The thinking around it was that we would then get to houston earlier and go to the nassa museum and the baseball in the evening, which is ok but people would also want to see san antonio in the day light and we were not at each place very long. Its a hard balance but to make everyone happy the plan should be stuck to unless everyone agrees as it causes problems! Also we want to see a snipet of everywhere not completely miss somewhere to get somewhere else quicker. So in the end there was some sort of group meeting that we were not involved in and it was decided we would go in the morning, and it was just aswell as the dinner wasnt ready until gone 9pm it took a while for the steaks to cook! So realistically we would not have been able to go to town!! Had dylon been experienced he would have known this, and i also dont think it was fair he told the whole group we werent going to town because jasmin didn't want to! How unprofessional.
We went to bed after dinner we were so tired travelling in the bus all day was more tiring then you think! We slept all night i had forgotten what that was like! I felt good in the morning, we packed up, made lunch and left for the town.
When we arrived in san antonio town i was so glad we hadnt done this at night it just wouldnt have been the same! It was a really old town full of character and history & it was a lovely sunny day :) we first went to the "alamo" which was a old fort used during a war, it wasnt open until 9am so we continued to walk and came across a shopping center, and after a little search we came across a disney store ! My frozen search is still in full swing! But the shopping center didnt open until 10am! So we went to do the river walk! It only took around an hour.....it was a reallly beautiful walk...and the winding path was empty there was barly anybody around it was great, we took some great pics....
After that lovely walk we headed back to the shopping mall, we had ten minutes before the shops opened, there was already a short que for the disney store forming i had no doubt it was for the frozen stuff! I saw some through the window and it was different to any of the other stuff i saw! But i saw no dolls :( i hoped they were hiding somewhere!
When the doors opened it was like a rush to the tiny frozen stand! Honestly disney ....you need to produce more goods ! Frozen is apparently very popular and there is barely any merchandise and what there is sells out very quickly! I had handed luke my stuff i was ready to grab any kind of frozen doll i could !! .....sounds silly but it was for my millie poppins! And she had asked me personally for these dolls and if you saw her little face and cheeky grin you would be behaving the same! My niece and nephew get anything they ask for from there auntie sarah :) thats what aunties are for :))
....to my horror there was no frozen dolls :( i was so dissapointed :( and the staff said they were getting some first thing in the morning ! I was so gutted.... missed them by one day :( i did not want to go home empty handed my little millie would be so dissapointed :( the search continues!!
After this we still had a hour left so we went back to the alamo to have a Look around, the streets of san antonio were filled with horse and carriages, authentic texan stores and all things you would expect to see in texas!! The alamo was now open but filled with school kids! We had a look around but didnt have the time to read properly about what had actually happened here! We read bits and pieces and it was really interesting. It would be lovely to spend a couple of days here the river walk was so lovely and the paths were filled with lovely restaurants and there was some old fashioned boats that you could take tours on, lots of shopping and lots of historic sites to see. But we had to leave shortly so we just did a quick trip to the post office to get stamps and while we were there luke was reading a FBI board which had faces of criminals that were on the run! It was pretty interesting if a little scary! Last night at our camp site there was a police car and security from the site with there bright search lights searching for someone right next to our camp site! We saw them once and thought not a lot of it and then they returned probly twice more and it was a little scary! We were only sleeping in tents!
....a few snaps in the cityWe boarded the bus and headed towards our next stop.....Houston! We couldnt wait as we may be seeing a baseball game !
We had about 4 hours to houston the journey was ok, we were excited as we were going to see a baseball game tonight ! We set up camp and got ready to go to the game! Me and luke really wanted to see some sports whilst in america so we couldnt wait.
We were going to watch Houston - astros vs Chicago - white socks! When we arrived we got our tickets...$20 each....not to bad, and went to find our seats, we were quite high up but had a Great view. It started at around 19.15, and lasted around 3 hours. We watched around 45 minutes of it and then we all had hot dogs! Me and luke went for a wonder around half way through, we went to the gift shop and saw some seriously over priced clothes ! As you do at these events! And then i entered a comp to win a car....dodge challenger! And got a free towel for it! I love a freebie! We went back up to our level and went to the tiny gift shop there and there was a clearence section! I had been wanting a baseball shirt for a while but they were so expensive even for a fake one they were dear! And as i didnt really follow the sport i didnt want to pay a lot for the shirt! However it was a proper baseball shirt in the sale....it was last seasons away shirt for the astros! And it was $40 down from $125! It was a mens medium so a little big but i loved it so luke treated me! We had barely been buying anything so it was nice to have a treat! And nice to get a shirt that was relevant to our travels.
We then went to watch the game some more! It was really fun watching the players and the atmosphere was great, and i understood the game ! Which was nice, we got right into it! One of the group showed me a certificate she got for being at her first baseball game! I defo wanted one of those ....so i went and got one for me and luke! More freebies!
The games was good but unfortunately chicago white socks won! As it was friday evening they had some soft ball players come and compete for who could hit the most balls out of the park! And after that there was some fire works which were pretty good!
What a great night at the baseball! We really enjoyed ourselves and got some great souvenirs! We would defo go watch baseball again!
We would now journey to new orleans, where we would have two lovely nights in a double bed and be able to spend our days exploring together alone we simply couldnt wait :))
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