Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Travelin' Tuesday: San Antonio

To go along with my photo albums, I thought it would be a great idea to have an electronic account of the travels we have made and potential future trips.  Since we don't travel all of the time, this series won't be every week but I like the structure of having a day for travel related posts when I write them.

I figured the best place to start would be our first trip together which was to San Antonio in August 2007.


We drove down to celebrate Chris' birthday and started our tradition of birthday trips in our relationship. We stayed at the Hampton Inn and enjoyed the fact that it was walking distance from everything that the Riverwalk had to offer.


We didn't do too much pre-planning for the activites, but had a blast on the Riverwalk cruise, at Ripley's and the wax museum. 



I surprised Chris with a little cookie cake, chocolate covered strawberries and wine to celebrate his birthday.


We stuck to the Riverwalk for our dining options which included the Hard Rock Cafe, Laundry's and Casa Rio. 


We couldn't go to San Antonio and not check out Sea World!  The lines for the attractions and rides were pretty short in the beginning of the day, but as expected grew longer around lunch time.  We took relief from the summer heat with a second spin on the water rides.


Do you have any fun destinations within driving distance of where you live?

10 comments:

  1. what a fun trip! and you two are so good about taking pictures. we took a few hikes in our area during the fall which was nice, but we have to get back to exploring our area a little more!

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  2. It looks like fun (and you look great)! We went to the wax museum in Vegas and had a blast...so much fun.

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  3. This is a good idea to document your memories! Makes me want to go on vacation...:)

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  4. Oh I love this series! What a great idea! And your trip looks like so much fun. You and Chris are so cute, and it looks like you had a blast in San Antonio. I'm also a huge fan of wax museums - I think they're so much fun! And I love taking tons of pictures with all of the statues.

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  5. Looks like a fun trip, and I like your idea of documenting your trips on your blog, so you'll always have the photos readily accessible in digital form to come back and look at!

    My hubs has been to San Antonio for work before, and he loved it. The riverwalk sounds like a great place to hang out.

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  6. Looks like lots of fun! I have never been to great state of Texas, but I definitely need to go! I would love to see the Alamo and Riverwalk. I have a friend who is a local elected official in San Antonio, so I hope he can show me around and give me some pointers.

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  7. I really like this series! I think it's a great way for you to show other people the fun places you've been (to inspire them too!) and for you to document where you've been and what you did. It's nice to have in a Facebook album but I like it even more on a blog because it's more like telling a story. Looking forward to reading about more trips!

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  8. I'm glad that it looks like this series will be enjoyed! I know I'm having fun going back over the pictures and memories or our trips!

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  9. What a fun trip! I love this traveling birthday tradition. Great idea!

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  10. I just scrolled back through your Travelin' Tuesdays posts. What a great idea. I'm really enjoying your pictures and commentary of where you've been. So far they are all places I've been but haven't been back to in awhile so it's nice to reminisce :-)

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