San Antonio

Over Spring Break we took a QUICK vacation to San Antonio. It is our favorite local vacation destination. It is close enough to home, yet far enough away! Usually only a 5 hour drive. This time, there was a TON of traffic up and down 35 therefore it was a 7 1/2 hour drive each way! YUCK!
As soon as we got into San Antonio, we checked into our hotel and got ready for dinner. We had a dinner reservation at our favorite restrauant, the Little Rhine Steakhouse. It is on the riverwalk, but just off of the main drag, so there is not a ton of foot traffic. We sat outside on the terrace because it is the best view and the weather was perfect.
After dinner we headed back to the hotel and let the kids swim in the pool. That was a HUGE hit. I don't understand why the highlight of a vacation is swimming in the hotel pool. (could have saved alot of money on Sea World)

The next morning, we got up early and headed to Sea World. Matthew had made reservations for "breakfast with Shamu". We got to get into the park an hour early and eat breakfast "backstage" at the Shamu show. We had seats right next to the tank that allowed us to watch the whales goof around. It was quite amusing.

Right after breakfast, we headed straight into the Shamu show and got great seats!! The park was REALLY crowded that day, so it was nice to get a good seat for the show. We saw all of the shows and made our way every so slowly around the park. No rides this time around, the lines were about 1 to 1 1/2 hours for every ride, so we passed this time. (the kids were disappointed about that) At about 4 o'clock we went ahead and left Sea World. The kids were getting hot and tired, and we headed back to the hotel.

On Sunday, we had a slow morning enjoying the last few hours of vacation. We had a late breakfast outside along the Riverwalk. Outside dining is such a treat sometimes. We took the Rivertaxi really quickly before heading back home. An interesting bit of information, the rivertaxi driver mentioned that they are extending the riverwalk/ taxi all the way to the zoo. That will be cool to do in the future!!

At about 12 or so, we hit the road back home, and back to reality. We look forward to another trip with the kids again soon!! Hopefully next time the traffic won't be near as bad!!