Day 2 in San Antonio

It was a colder, cloudy, and drizzly day on Saturday. No longer the beautiful blue Texas skies ... Too bad.

We headed down the the zoo area/Brackenridge Park/Japanese Tea Garden area. My only question is when did people start camping in Brackenridge Park? And it almost appeared that their campsites were permanent homes. Weird.

Me, being Asian, in the Japanese Tea Gardens -- HA!

A really lovely place in the middle of the city

Kc taking a picture of me .... and me taking a picture of Kc .... we are loads of fun and amuse ourselves ... you should totally come hang out with us! :)

Me, seeing a Birds of Paradise plant growing for real, and not in a florist's cooler -- SA-WEET!


We went to some museum where we learned all about Texas and what an amazing state it is. My favorite part of the museum ... not a single word of when they joined the Union. Nope. None whatsoever. Just about how incredible and unified, despite differences, Texans are. No wonder they feel like it's o-k to secede. :)


In figuring out where to go while we were there, I read about these Missions (like the Alamo) that were along the "Mission Trail" on the southside of SA. My mom said she'd never been there, but we decided to hit them up. They were really cool! Very picturesque. And way less crowded than the Alamo.
Mission Complecion

Isn't he just the cutest???
Mission San Jose
Gee, aren't I just the cutest?

Cacti growing on the roof



Mission San Juan

It was a great visit and next time we go south, I swear that the bluebonnets will be pretty and picture-worthy. They are prettier up here than they were down there. Once again, my attempt to see fields of them has been thwarted -- this time by the lack of rain that South Texas has gotten. Oh well. There's always next spring ...