Okay, we just got back from our final part of our vacation and I've got lots of pictures to share!
This time we were gone for a whole week! On day one we went to G. G.'s to spend the night with her, to help break up the long hours of driving instead of driving all day. Plus we really wanted to see her since we didn't get the spend much time with her on the first part of our vacation. We had lots of fun!
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| The top of the ceiling at the Capitol! |
Day two we went to Austin and to the Capitol building. It was super neat!
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| Senate roster |
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| I was actually surprised to see this in the Capitol building, but was glad and hope it stays that way! |
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| A life sized picture of the Alamo battle {more pictures on that in a minute!} |
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| This picture is of a lady named Joanna who sewed one of the American flags. |
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| This is actually the door hinge! |
Day three we went on over to a San Antonio were we stayed for the rest of the trip. That particular day we went to the River Walk {were our parents went for their honeymoon 22 years ago!} and were able to eat at the same restaurant they ate at 22 years ago! It was really sweet.
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| The Mexican restaurant: Casa Rio {I have NO clue what that means, but the food was good! :D} |
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| We were able to sit right under a bride on the River Walk and these ducks came up out of the water and we were able to feed them! :D |
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| Yum! |
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| We went to the River Walk at night and the Christmas lights were still up so we got to see all the pretty lights! |
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| The hotel we stayed in at San Antonio. This one had 6 stories-the largest we have ever stayed in. But by the River Walk there were hotels EVERYWHERE! Most of them had 500 rooms or more! So it looked tiny to us! |
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| While we were there we went on a boat ride through the River and this is a neat photo I got before going over a bridge! {Riding was easier and funner than walking, especially with the crowd! We felt like we were in NY! :D But literally we waited 30 minutes in order to then be seated. THEN we ordered. THEN we waited and then we were able to eat! LOTS OF PEOPLE!!!} |
The next day we went to the Alamo, which is within walking distance of the River Walk, but we didn't go the night before because they closed at 5:30. Although they didn't allow photos inside we got a lot of neat ones outside in the "back yard" and the garden!
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| This is the backyard of the Alamo, although its not attached to the actual Alamo building |
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| There were HUGE cactus! |
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| A bell on the gift shop building. |
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| Flower in the garden |
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| Only after taking this photo did I realize that Robby took his shoes off. :D There is Robby for you! |
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| Mom taking a rest |
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| There was a small body of water and there were HUGE goldfish swimming around! {It's no surprise though, since they say everything is bigger in Texas. ;D} |
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| The Alamo |
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| This is what the boat we rode in looked like. |
Then after seeing the Alamo we walked over to the Children's Museum and played there. BTW, the River Walk is almost like a mini New York city, you basically walk everywhere since everything is so close.
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| Robby enjoyed the play air plane that he got to "fly" at the museum |
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| Corky & Abby loved the "Victorian Tea Room" |
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| Mom and Dad in the trolley. :D |
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| They had a neat thing were you were able to be inside a bubble! Abby loved it! |
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| A monument at the Alamo |
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| While in Austin there was a super old church, and we got a group picture in front of it. |
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| A really sweet statue at the Capitol |
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| In the Alamo garden |
After this we loaded up the car and took the 6 hour trip home. On the way back we had some "excitement" when a certain individual forgot to get the keys out of the car BEFORE locking the door......this happened about 2 hours away from the house when we planned to stop at Dairy Queen for a blizzard. However, thankfully the insurance sent someone to kelp us out and we were back on the road before finishing our ice cream. :D
We had a lot of fun on this trip, and we had more fun than we have ever had on a vacation! Hope you liked our photos!
