Remember the Alamo

One can hear the cries of the men and woman who so bravely defended their "Alamo"- the small group of brave soldiers mostly farmers and woodsmen stood against the many soldiers of the Mexican Army to defend their home and families. Of course as we all know they had no chance since a small band of 200 or so had no chance against an army of almost 2000. We braved the cold today (22 low-34 high) to explore the ruins of this famous Texas Mission. What is left of the large sprawling fort can be seen in the center of a very modern San Antonio. Some of the structure lies beneath the new buildings, parks and streets of the city as it is today. What can be seen is in remarkable shape.
We were able to take photos of the outside, the gardens and the long narrow courtyards with arches and gates for gaining entrance into the fort. Inside where so many lost their lives photos are not permitted, this being considered hallow ground and is granted such respect.
There were exhibits of clothing, jewelry, guns and other means of warfare of 1836. In the Barracks
were letters written by many of the men and woman of "The Alamo"..these were very interesting reading. Jon found a lot of these online and did some reading before we went there.
The weather as you know was not on our side so we were glad to step inside and read a lot of the history.
After the Alamo we walked down to the Riverwalk, no water in the canal because they are cleaning it so we will have to wait a week or so to see this or take a boat ride if they even do that in their Winter. The area looks very inviting but not today, we ducked into a restaurant where it was warm, watched the people from the inside (not many) and enjoyed our lunch.
We are excited for warm weather so we can explore this facinating, Southwestern style area. We are back in our MH with the heat on, suppossed to be colder tonight, right now 32. Just heard there is something of a strange happening for the end of next week...gearing up for colder weather. We thought we would stay an extra week but now, not so sure-we will give it a few days and decide what to do....I don't think it's warm any where and Jon says we're not going to South America. Have fun Judy and Ernie, you may be in the warmest place on earth.