Thursday in San Antonio... I decided to let Grand Trolley Tours do the driving today so I could enjoy the sights and hear the narration by a local guide.  Turned out to be a good decision!  We started at The Alamo.... which I was surprised to learn is right smack in the middle of downtown S.A.  It is a beautiful old mission building and the historic artifacts and displays were very well done. 

We journeyed on to two additional missions, learned quite a bit about life in South Texas in the 1700's.  They were so beautiful!

On to Mexican Market area (reprise of yesterday) where we dined at a great Mexican restaurant rather than shopping.  We were so full,

we opted to buy pastries at their in-house bakery to enjoy later.

Then it was on to the San Antonio River Cruise where we enjoyed wonderful views of the city from a whole new perspective.  Our guide (below) was lots of fun and extremely knowledgeable.  Doesn't the building look like just one wall of bricks?

Our last stop was at the Buckhorn Saloon where a crazy (like a fox) barkeep had bartered beers for animal antlers/horns for many, many years and also decorated in mega-taxidermy.  A little creepy to be sure.  It also housed some strange artworks... a "picture" of a deer made of rattlesnake rattles, a 78 point buck??? and a whole museum of artillery and badges and lore of the Texas Rangers.  We were tired by the time we got to the Buckhorn so the Virgin Margarita and Brown Beer were more to our taste than the decor was to our style!

Our day ended with a rather long wait for our bus & driver....  a flat???  So a van brought us back to the RV Park.  Our neighbors had been hired as dog walkers but Mr. Hobbs sure was relieved when we got home!  Found a local meeting place and that was fine.

Today we had a full driving day.... made a little longer by having to back track for fuel... seems the space between Gas/diesel stations is a WHOLE LOT LONGER here in the West.  So when my truck warned me about remaining fuel - we were way too far away from pumps.  Gratefully, we made it 28 miles back to the nearest town - on fumes to be sure - but we made it.  I'll pay more attention to the remaining fuel "screen" than the odometer as we go forward.

Onward to Carlsbad tomorrow....