San Antonio Trip

The first week in July we drove to San Antonio to visit Jordan & Shawn & to see where they had recently moved.  We were also delivering the Camry Ryan had been driving to Jordan so she could get to work more easily.

We stopped in New Orleans for a little bit so Ryan and Amy could see what it was like.  We talked   about hurricane Katrina as we were driving.  We could still see places that had been abandoned because of the damage, but it was good to see that a lot of businesses seemed to have recovered.

Amy did not like the feel of New Orleans, & only got out of the car long enough

to go in a shop and pick out a Mardigras mask.  Ryan was excited to try

 some genuine Louisiana shrimp gumbo.

 

Welcome to Texas

 

 Ryan and Amy had never been on a ferry, so we took

a little detour and headed toward the Gulf of Mexico.

We took a ferry from the Bolivar Peninsula  to Galveston, TX. 

They thought it was pretty fun!

 



Stopped to play at a beach for a couple of hours.



 

Lookin' good guys!  All that working out at the gym

has paid off.  ;)



 

If you're in San Antonio you've got to go see The Alamo...once,

 just so you can say you've been there  ;)

I loved this amazing huge tree behind the Alamo

Anyone who knows San Antonio always comments

about the River Walk.  Jordan worked half a day, and

then met us so we could enjoy walking around

together.  We were not disappointed-- it was so beautiful!

They had some of the normal little tourist traps near

the Alamo.  We didn't fall for them, but stopped for
Amy to pose with the World's tallest man at the
Guiness Book of Records exhibit.









July 4th: We had a really fun, relaxing time tubing

 down the Comel River in New Brunfels which wasn't

 far from where Jordan & Shawn live.

 

We went back to their house to have a BBQ and then enjoyed

playing in the pool.  We were so tired by the evening

we were happy that we could see fireworks right

from the bedroom window.

July 5th: 

We took a tour of the San Antonio Toyota Tundra Plant

that was opened in 2008.  You'll notice their lovely

showroom assistant pointing out one of 200,000 full-size

pick-up trucks that are manufactured there each year.

We rode through the plant on a tram right next

to the assembly lines.  I couldn't help but think of the Henry Ford

Assembly Line History Day project Natalie did when she was in

middle school.   It was amazing to see how

precisely timed the manufacturing process was.

  Ryan loved seeing the robotics areas; and I was impressed

with  how clean everything was.  No dust floating

around like in a carpet manufacturing plant.  It

really was fascinating!

July 6th: We spent the day at Sea World. We REALLY

wished that Jordan & Shawn could have joined us!



Amy is not too sure she's going to like riding the
rollercoaster

 



A soggy bunch after our ride 

Ryan being sweet as ever, gives Amy's tired feet a break

We had a nice trip...so grateful that both Shawn & Jordan

have been able to get good jobs in San Antonio.  Of

course it would have been funner to get to spend all day

playing with them, but we enjoyed the time we had together.