SAN ANTONIO VACATION JANUARY 2000

During the last week in January, Glenn was attending the "Oceans 2000" Conference in San Antonio.  On Friday of that week, Peggy flew down from Nova Scotia and Tom & Marilyn came in from Virginia.  The foursome spent an entire week seeing the sites and enjoying south Texas.

One of the first "site" on the busy agenda was a trip to Fort Sam Houston.  During a visit to the Army Medical Department Museum, Glenn inspects the authenticity of the mule-drawn ambulance and Marilyn locates Tom's "donated" brick in the museum courtyard.

Next on the agenda was a visit to the San Antonio Zoo and Botanical Gardens.  Even thought it was late January, the weather was nice and only light jackets were required.

No trip to San Antonio would be complete without a visit to Gruene.  Here the foursome enjoy a few brewski's at the Gruene Country-Western Dance Hall.

In one of the many Gruene antique shops, Glenn & Tom demonstrate their extreme maturity and social savvy by putting on an impromptu hat modeling exhibition.

In the old Market Square of downtown San Antonio, there's always some sort of live entertainment.  Here a South American flute band plays their music and hawks their CDs.

Another "must see" site is the San Antonio Riverwalk.  Sitting by the canal, with Corona in hand, the foursome are again entertained by a South American flute band.

The hotel room (downtown Fairfield Inn) was frequently used for happy hour just prior to an evening of superb TexMex cuisine.

On January 29th, Glenn & Tom's birthday, the foursome linked-up with Larry & Lucy Stephens for a special meal of catfish at Specht's Store Restaurant.  This is one of the best "off-the-beaten-path" watering holes and has the best catfish dinner west of the Mississippi.

... and of course no visit to San Antonio would be complete without a dinner at Josephine's ... home of the best Pepper Steak in the world.

One of the last major agenda items for this trip was a visit to the new Alamodome.  The foursome were able to see a game between the San Antonio Spurs and the L.A. Lakers.

The mini-vacation ended much too soon, but the foursome vowed to come back again and make it a long vacation next time.