The plan had been to visit the “hill country” on our way back to Houston but since nothing is ever set in stone we headed in the opposite direction. Doc and I had decided that we wanted to see the Gulf coast and so we packed up the car and drove the 2 hours to Corpus Christi…
On our last full day in San Antonio, we still had two second day passes to ride the trolley. The trolley office is conveniently located just off the hotel lobby where we caught the first trolley of the day just as it was about to pull away from the curb. Our trolley driver, Leroy, was quite…
With the conference over, Doc was free to see the sights with me. But first we had housekeeping chores to do. We got up early, packed up our luggage, and checked out of the Wyndham. For the next couple of nights we would move across town to the Menger. It wasn’t that I didn’t like the Wyndham, (although…
For breakfast Doc and I wanted something light. We’d been eating so much this week that we were starting to feel overwhelmed by all the food. My feet were still sore and not wanting to walk a single extra step, I opened up the room service menu and ordered us each a fruit plate.They arrived…
Day #4 – Friday. With Doc’s conference now in full swing, I would be on my own for the next two days. In the past I have attended conference sessions with him. I’ve learned a lot of interesting history over the years and I also enjoy hanging out with “the guys” whom I’ve come to know…
The nice thing about San Antonio is that just about everything you want to see is within walking distance. The conference Doc was attending was in the Wyndham which is about “the end of the line” on the Riverwalk, and yet the distance to anyplace I wanted to go wasn’t more than a half mile…
