Day 19 - Traveling to San Antonio, Remembering the Alamo, & An Early River Walk Mardi Gras

Today we traveled from El Paso, Texas to San Antonio (about an 8 hour drive and it is only halfway thru the state). While here we visited the Alamo. Our hotel is the Drury Plaza Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk, which, as the name implies, is adjacent to the famous San Antonio River Walk. The hotel gave out free drinks to guests between 5:30 and 7, of which we took full advantage. Below are the pics from today

We could see Mexico from I-10 as we drove east this morning near El Paso. No sign of a Mexican-purchased border wall.

The speed limit throughout west Texas was 80 mph, which we liked.

The sky looks pretty cool as we drove through west Texas.

As we arrived in San Antonio, we saw they were having a floating Mardi Gras parade on the River Walk. 

We rushed over to the Alamo, as it was closing soon. We got to run through it quickly. No photos allowed inside.

A stature of David Bowie... I mean James Bowie. I'm pointing to his big knife.

Shane posed with the statue of Davey Crockett.

We got back to the floating Mardi Gras parade as a boat of drag queens went by. See the video below.

Tonight, we will walk around the River Walk some more and get some dinner. Tomorrow, we are headed to New Orleans and more Mardi Gras fun I imagine.