Shallowford Presbyterian Youth

Wow. We were at Sea World before it opened this morning with thousands of our closest friends. The shows were great. The all new, One World, Shamu show. The Azul dolphin and high wire diving, swinging, etc. act. The sea lion show. Penguin feedings. Gator talks. It was a lot to squeeze in the 5 hours that seemed to fly by. Most of us managed to duck from shade tree to shade tree to air conditioned gift shop enough to keep from getting completely fried, but let's be honest. 100 degrees is just hot. Humidity or not, it was roasting.



After Sea World it was off to the Alamo to see a bit of history. It was a lot for a group of half dehydrated, half sunburned, tourists to take in but man did they have a great gift shop. It's pretty wild to read about the history of the Alamo and see how the city has completely grown up around this iconic building. I must say it ruined the image I had in my mind from old western movies of this lone building out in the middle of the desert. Instead it's across from Ripley's Believe it Or Not and the Guinness Book of World Records Museum. None the less, we were all glad that we took the time to see this part of San Antonio history.







Finally, it was off to the river walk. Perhaps the highlight of our day, the river walk was a great little part of town full of shops, restaurants, cafes, and people watching. Most of us took the 30 minute boat ride through the canals as we learned a little bit of history about the city. Think a much more touristy, much more crowded, and much less romantic version of a Venetian gondola ride, but informative and relaxing nonetheless. It was a great way to end another busy day.







Tomorrow it's off to Schlitterbahn for the entire day!


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Location:San Antonio, TX