San Antonio, Texas Part 3

Our last full day in San Antonio was COLD!!

We had rented a car for this day and decided to walk a couple of blocks to pick it up but that was before we realized it was only 30 degrees!  To say we were freezing was an understatement.  We made it eventually and then made the drive out to our destination but stopped to grab breakfast at Starbucks.  30 degrees and our girls still ordered cold drinks and then complained about how cold they were!!!

Today we would be walking 180 ft below the earths surface to explore the Natural Bridge Caverns.

Our entrance

One last family selfie of us freezing before we headed in.  Thankfully it is always 70 degrees inside the caverns and we couldn't wait to feel that warmth.

Everything was beautiful and honestly it looked fake.  These caverns were discovered by four college students just out exploring and seeing the very small cave they went down was surreal.

The water was so clear!

The climb up was steep but this was overall an amazing and beautiful experience!

We had originally planned to stay where we were for the day because they had lots of other outdoor activities but due to the weather, it was supposed to start snowing soon, the other activities were not open.  Yesterday we were in shorts enjoying 87 degrees, this day we were bundled up in 30 degrees.

We drove back closer to the river walk and since we had the rental for the day we decided to drive over to the Smoke Shack for a late lunch early dinner.  A local recommended this spot when I asked him where we could get the best BBQ and let me tell you it was definitely the best!  Everything we got was amazing!

After we drove to a nearby Brewery and tried some local beers.

Then back to the hotel to warm up and Chris and I enjoyed a night cap at the bar to end our last night in Texas.

We were up and packed up by nine so we could grab breakfast at the hotel before we headed to the airport.  Brooklyn always with the fruity drinks.

It was another very cold day so we waited inside for our car.

We were sad to leave but happy to go home!

We had a layover where we grabbed dinner before heading on home.  We had such a great time in San Antonio.

I love traveling with these people! 

Can't wait to explore some place else soon.

San Antonio, Texas Part 2

 Day 2 was spent walking around the river walk, we were going to walk over to the Alamo and just explore the area a bit. We headed out a little before noon just in time to grab lunch.

Chris found our lunch spot, The Buckhorn Saloon and Museum.

We thought we would just grab lunch and continue on our way but the guy talked us into purchasing tickets to their museum and at the time I was like what are we doing but we actually really enjoyed the museum.  It was way bigger than we thought it would be and we all enjoyed it.

There was so much to see. 

Brooklyn went crazy in the old west town, it was pretty neat and nobody was in there so she was having a blast running around and popping out pretending to be a robber.

Always goofing around and making us laugh.

After we were all done at that museum we walked a few blocks to the Alamo.

Loved the architecture but it was a lot smaller than I thought as far as the building goes.

Did you notice we were all in shorts!

It was 87 degrees, we were hot so some frozen yogurt was needed.

The girls mentioned they wanted to go the Ripley's Believe it or Not so that was up next.

It was fun for them but very strange. Definitely a kid spot.

We left Ripley's and walked all the way back to the hotel.  Our feet were tired and we planned to drop the girls off at the room and Chris and I were gonna go down to the bar for happy hour before we headed back out to dinner but when we got back Brooklyn realized her phone was missing. She was in tears immediately and had no idea where she had lost it.  Kayla reminded me they have the trackers on their phones so I tracked it and saw it looked like it was near Ripley's.  I called thinking it was a long shot but thankfully they had it.  Somebody had turned it in and I was beyond grateful.  So our happy hour obviously didn't happen because we instead walked all the way back to Ripley's, got the phone and then decided to just grab dinner.

After dinner we walked by a few really pretty buildings.

Chris told me the Dan Fernando Cathedral was within walking distance so I said we had to go.  It did not disappoint!

The building below was near our hotel, can you find the carved faces on it??

Our day ended with the cute ducklings on the river walk along with pretty flowers planted and ready for Spring.

It was a fun day exploring and not really having a set schedule other than seeing the Alamo we just left the day up to whatever we came upon.  It was a pretty relaxing day up until the lost phone situation!