A Quick Get Away

We finally had the chance to escape for a couple of days. David had two days leftover from last year's non-duty days that were to expire by the end of the month. Nothing like waiting until the last minute to use them, right? We headed out Saturday morning and traveled down to San Antonio for a couple of days.

As soon as we pulled in, we headed down to the River Walk. 

We walked around and saw the sights.

Then headed to the kid-friendliest restaurant we could think of down there...Rainforest Cafe.

It had been a while since we had been to a Rainforest Cafe. The boys enjoyed the animals and thunderstorms and their flashing light cups.

After the River Walk, we headed back to the hotel for the biggest attraction ever....the hotel pool. We probably could have saved a bundle by hiding out at the hotel and just swimming the entire time (but who drives all the way to SA for that?). That's about all they wanted to do once they realized the hotel had an indoor pool. But we had other plans....

We had thought about Sea World, but Benjamin was a little more excited about the zoo. So we headed to the SA Zoo (this was the zoo I grew up going to as a kid...it's changed a bit!) The weather was awesome and it wasn't too terribly crowded.

Benjamin loved the lilypad walk in the children's area.

Jonathan loved the elephants.

A nice stroll down the main walkway. My guys...

Sunday night, we headed down to The Market area to one of my family's favorite restaurants ever. We have converted David into a big fan also. Mi Tierra is a place my parents used to go to when they were very young (my family is actually from San Antonio, I am the only native Austinite from my immediate family). They now prefer Mi Tierra's sister restaurant, Pico di Gallo, since it isn't as tourist-y. But, hey, we were tourists for this trip. So....Mi Tierra it was! And it did not disappoint.

David got us a mariachi song from these guys who were kind enough to let Benjamin join in. Despite the look of this photo....he did enjoy their rendition of La Bamba.

Hanging out in the market square.

Give him a tortilla and he's good to go.

After a fun evening downtown, we went back to the hotel for more swimming. And we had the pool all to ourselves that night! We even convinced the boys that the hot tub was just a miniature pool so we could hang out in there, too!

We headed home Monday afternoon. Our bell boys were a little sloppy, but we tipped them well anyway. . .

Adios, San Antonio!