San Antonio

Chloe has been studying about the Alamo and has asked many times to go see it. Mainly because she read that it was haunted and she wanted to see ghosts. But either way, we decided to take a trip to San Antonio and check things out.

I thought this sign was kind of funny. Maybe it was just me, but seeing hours posted of when the Alamo was open for visitors was a bit ironic to me . . . you know, being that's it's famous for the attempt to keep people out and all.

I was actually a little surprised at how interested Chloe was in everything. She stopped to read most of the displays and was excited to be there.

Logan just liked the big cannons.

We all learned a few things and after about 20 mins or so, were ready to head to the zoo.

So off we went.

The San Antonio Zoo was a pretty good zoo and the kids had lots of fun seeing all the animals.

And just hanging out like monkeys.

After the zoo, we went to the hotel to rest and clean up, then walked over the to River walk.

After a looonng walk and some pictures, we settled in to Dick's Last Resort for some good BBQ.

As you can see, Logan's mood was a little sour due to all the walking,

but soon the fun atmosphere

finally brought on a few smiles.

well, sort of!

After a blizzard from DQ and a good night's sleep we headed over the the Witte Museum to see their animatronic dinosaur exhibit. .

This guy was outside in the front. He moved and roared and everything!

We actually got there a little early, so we walked over to this huge park that was behind the museum. It was an awesome park.

We walked by this beautiful gate on our way to the park. You can't really see, but it had all these bugs and reptiles woven into the design. It was very cool!

At the playground there was this huge pavilion, fashioned after the Alamo that the kids ran around in for a bit, then it was time to go dino hunting.

Our future Paleontologists.

The dinos were very cool They were animatronic and the kids could move different body parts themselves. The show was very interesting because it is one of the first to have dinos covered in feathers on display. The T-Rex fully feathered was pretty different.

But no, I didn't get any shots of it . . .

(honestly, we all know these pic's are only to show off how cute my children are . . .)

After another couple of pics in front of a HUGE cactus

(opps, I deleted the one of Craig and the kids! Sorry Hun!)

We piled into the car and headed home.

Good times, right Logan?

Ah, Logan?

Yeah, he's got the right idea!