Road Warrior Momma: Day 25

Day 25

June 24, 2011

On a roll with sleeping late! We didn't get up till 8a.m. We were packed and out by 9:30 and we went in search of a Starbucks...I need to break this addiction, because it was a calamity of sorts...the Starbucks Finder, my map, one-way streets, SOS call to Rich...all for a Latte! Sad. It was a rough morning with the kids too, but looking back, I was probably the catalyst. Caffeine junkie.

While we were walking through downtown, there were a bunch of corporate teams (each team in a different color t-shit) on a scavenger hunt. Apparently one of the things that people had to find was a mom with four kids! Needless to say, we got our picture taken a lot. It was kind of funny, they were like paparazzi. The kids loved it. Audrey was hunting them down, "Did you take our picture yet?!".

We toured the State Capitol, which is a replica of the National Capitol, on a smaller scale. We were able to go to both the State Senate and the State House of Representative...the real deal...and hear them negotiating. Then we toured the grounds - beautiful gardens! Audrey was climbing on a statue, slipped, and fell into mud. What a mess...four water bottles and a change of clothes.

We also visited the LBJ library, which was awesome. It was empty, so that's always a plus for us. It was much better than the Clinton Library, imo. It chronicled the crazy history of the 1960's. Very fun.

Our drive to San Antonio was only an hour and a half. We scored a big, two bedroom suite (thought Rich was joining us). There was a dance competition going on, so the hotel was flooded with over-made-up tween girls. Pool was not an option. So we went to the Alamo...which was disappointing. Literally took five minutes! Crazy, I'd expected something so much bigger. The fact that the city has grown up around it, probably doesn't help. Across the street was the Riverwalk. It was so cool, like a mini-Venice. We walked around (little nervous that someone would fall in). There were sooo many restaurants, we couldn't pick. Somehow we ended up at a FANCY restaurant! No kids menu or plastic ware...not sure why I picked it, but it was good. Then we got ice-cream and took a horse drawn carriage ride.