After spending a week in a remote region of Texas Hill Country, it was nice to stay in Spring Branch near San Antonio, Texas and enjoy the perks of a city….Costco, restaurants, shopping, and HEB.
The Alamo
It was an early Spanish mission in Texas built for the education of American Indians and their conversion to Christianity. Mexico became independent of Spain in 1821. An ever growing number of American colonists moved into Texas in the early 1800s. Texas was part of Mexico at the time. The Mexican government became centralized, restricting the rights of its citizens in 1835. The American colonists and Texas Mexicans (Tejanos) put up resistance to the centralized government and had a goal of independence from Mexico.
The Texas Revolution was from 1835-1836. Mexico tried to retake Texas. One of the campaigns was the Battle of the Alamo. There were approximately 100 Texians at the Alamo. They feared retaliation by the Mexicans, but could not get enough reinforcement. Colonel James Bowie took about 50 men to the Alamo. In February 1836 the Mexican army, under the command of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, laid siege against the Texians. They fought for 13 days. Almost everyone at the Alamo was killed. They were incredibly outnumbered. Sam Houston led the Texas army who pushed the Mexican army out of Texas. The annexation of Texas as the 28th state of the United States in 1845 led to the Mexican-American War.
There was a museum on James Bowie. He was an American pioneer and soldier who was involved in the Texas Revolution, dying at the Battle of the Alamo. The museum was mostly a display on different versions of the Bowie knife. Davy Crockett, a frontiersman, politician, and soldier was also killed at the Battle of the Alamo. The Alamo is in the heart of San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio Riverwalk
Its in downtown San Antonio, Texas and easy to get to. There are numerous restaurants and hotels. We went on Black Friday and it was insanely busy. Later that day there was a parade on the water. We found a restaurant Jake could join us at their outdoor patio. We enjoyed a beer watching the boats and people go by. The river is below the city and shaded, therefore a cooler refreshing place to hang out on a hot day.
Thanksgiving
This was our first Thanksgiving in the RV. Even though there isn’t a lot of room, we were able to make a delicious home cooked meal of turkey, dressing, roasted brussels spouts, and Champagne.
Spring Branch RV Park
We were close to the highway so there was some road noise. Otherwise, the dog park was huge, 50 amp service, 55 psi water pressure, sewer, and internet fast enough to stream Netflix’s. It is about a 40 minute drive north of San Antonio, Texas.
Boerne, Texas
The main street is a couple blocks of unique women’s clothes and home decorating shops. There were a couple of restaurants. It was fun to walk the street. It reminded us of Fredericksburg, but smaller. Boerne was settled by German Forty Eighters, a group who spoke latin amongst themselves, liberal, intellectuals, who had utopian ideals. Sandy calls Jake cutie patootie so we found the store name funny.
