Chuck and I really blew through Galveston. Well we only spent one overnight there. We arrived via car ferry which is always fun! (a free car ferry by the way). Checked into a hotel that Chuck had stayed in 5 years ago… The name changed, but he remembered the place right across from Galveston seawall and beach. Then we visited the Seawolf Park where there is a complete and very well restored submarine called the Cavalla SS 242. We were escorted by a guy who had been a sub sailor Master Chief who now manages the park and who had served during the Vietnam conflict like Chuck did. They pointed out things like, "there’s where I slept, and they had more bunks in here." etc. The Master Chief explained that finding the old beds and authentic hardware is getting hard but he did a brilliant job of restoring. He has also acquired the sail of a nuclear sub and along side the Cavalla is a destroyer. It is worth a visit! We had lunch at a cute cafe, but then I needed to cool off. I have been sitting in my Mom’s air conditioned room for a month, and this Texas heat got to me. After a nap and cooling off, I was ready for a walk and sweated up again walking the beach for an hour. After breakfast this morning we headed for San Antonio and secured a hotel near the Riverwalk and then proceeded to spend all day on the Riverwalk and at the Alamo. I recommend highly, but what are we going to do about this heat? My cheeks are bright red. We drank a lot of water and not a lot of alcohol. Heavens, are we getting old? We now ask for the senior discount. Dinner at Pat O’Briens ( a nod to an old friend of a restaurant in New Orleans that we bypassed this trip). Tomorrow after Mass we’ll go to 2 gardens and possibly Fort Sam Houston and then…. some sleep and off the next day (Monday) to the Mission Trail to see some Spanish Missions and then west to Del Rio in search of artifacts and a winery on the Rio Grande. Hope to find some horse back riding for Chuck.  Will be meandering west from Del Rio through Sonora, Ozona, Fort Davis, Alpine, Van Horn and ElPaso and then turning north through Carlsbad Caverns. Have a wonderful weekend and stay cool!!!
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