We Remember the Alamo

note: This is another of those pesky, late posts. When I say 'today' I actually mean Wednesday! Sorry for the confusing order of things!

Today we went to the Alamo. It actually wasn't all that interesting. The story of the Alamo is incredible but, considering that it is now surrounded by tall city buildings instead of a frontier, it was hard to imagine the actual battle. Walking through the walls of the Alamo, I couldn't really picture Davey Crocket and Jim Bowey making their last stands inside it's walls. However, it was chilling once you realized how many men fought and died on the ground we were walking. While touring the old church, there is a tile on the floor that said four bodies were uncovered in the late nineties on that very spot, and were reburied under the tile over which we were carelessly walking. Needless to say I avoided walking upon that spot again! Overall, it was an interesting place but, not one that takes more than a half hour to tour.

After the Alamo, we walked down the famous River Walk. It was gorgeous but the humidity was killing me!! I've decided that I like the clean, historic look of downtown San Antonio but, the humid air is atrocious! Unfortuantely, it won't be getting anything but worse the farther east we go! *sigh* Anyways, we ate dinner at the Hard Rock Café. I had a phenomenal Honey Citrus Chicken Salad or something of the sort. After dinner we went and saw 'Hancock' the movie. Although there was a large amount of foul language (specifically at the beginning), the real issue I had with the movie was it's plot. There was an odd twist about half way through that completely changed the point of the story. It seemed like they were trying to combine two movies into one. But this is not a movie review so.... tomorrow we are going to the Huston Space Center.