San Antonio: The Alamo is still there
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
April 12, 2018 7:16pm CST
But we are not. We arrived back in Eugene Tuesday night about 9:30 on a packed 737 from Denver. Anne had the aisle seat and I was in the middle next to a guy in the window seat who was built like a fireplug. Legs and arms were far too close. Flying is not a great thing outside of first class any more.
The Alamo is dwarfed these days by huge buildings nearby.
San Antonio (no surprise) has triple the population (or more) since I left at age 15. There are at least four major freeways those people treat the speed limit as a suggestion. We avoided the rush hours, but traffic was still heavy.
We got there a day before Anne's art quilting conference (about 400 women and men art quilters from around the world) started, and stayed two days after it closed to drive around the city and visit areas I recalled and houses I lived in as a kid. I will write a bit more about that in coming days.
As the old song goes, "It's nice to go traveling, but it's so much nicer to come home."
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
13 Apr 18
I went to the Alamo when I visited San Antonio, I enjoyed it. Its been several years ago now.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
13 Apr 18
I did not visit this time, since I saw it as a kid.
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@sallypup (69183)
• Centralia, Washington
13 Apr 18
I've missed you. That's a grand shot of the Alamo. My hubby has always wanted to visit that site. He used to watch the Jim Bowie TV shows when he was a kid. I hear you about planes and feeling like a sardine. Its weird how you never heard of a person and there you are, within breathing distance of somebody and yet politely ignoring them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
13 Apr 18
Then there is a guy in the row behind you whose knife-edged voice can be heard too clearly and never shuts up.
It is nice to be missed!
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
13 Apr 18
Glad you had a good time. I never really want to return to my hometown anymore. Almost everyone I knew there has moved away and the traffic to get there is horrible.
I simply won't fly anymore. If I want to be uncomfortable there are plenty of ways to do it here. I hate being crowded next to strangers in close quarters. I hate going through security. Automobile is still my preferred way to travel, and I get to most of the United States by car. I'll also perfectly happy to stay home now. I live in a gorgeous country with beaches, vineyards, parks, hiking, and mountains. I think I'll leave travel to the young.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
16 Apr 18
@JamesHxstatic My favorite previous tenant in our mobile home was an environmental biologist at Camp Roberts. She was really fun to walk with, since she could explain so much of the nature we were seeing. I hated when she moved. I started getting fat because I didn't have anyone to walk those few miles a week with anymore.We used to walk several nights a week when she got off work.
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
13 Apr 18
I am not anxious to fly again. I know that your area is quite beautiful. Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo were refuges when I had to spend two weeks at Camp Roberts in 1966.That was before the vineyards.
I knew no one in San Antonio anymore at all, but still enjoyed seeing it again.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
13 Apr 18
That is for certain. It was a very good time.
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@Marilynda1225 (91129)
• United States
13 Apr 18
Visiting the Alamo has been on my bucket list for years. Hope you're enjoying your trip
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
13 Apr 18
I did enjoy it, but was glad to fly home instead of driving.
@WorDazza (15826)
• Manchester, England
13 Apr 18
I used to love the whole flying experience when I first started doing it back in the 1980s. Now airlines and airports seem to just take your money and treat you like cattle. You wouldn't think you were paying them for the experience!!!
I view it is a necessary evil these days!!
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Apr 18
I had the same reaction to the Alamo. It seemed isolated and larger when I was a kid and now as you say, dwarfed by its surroundings.
