San Antonio, Texas

After a rather short stay in Houston, we ended up heading over to San Antonio a bit earlier than expected and were able to hit both cities within the same day.  When we got to San Antonio we decided to set up our tent in a KOA camp about 10 minutes outside the city which was very convenient.  We had heard all of the warnings about flooding and kept a close eye on the weather.  When we got our camping spot it was right down near a river that ran through the rear of the KOA and boy was it high.  The wreckage was clearly visible all around the campground and the ground was still pretty dampened.  The electrical boxes that were supplied at each camping spot were completely fried.

When setting up the tent, we also encountered some unwanted visitors.  Fire ants littered the area where we were laying down our tent, EVERYWHERE.  With this, the decision was made to see how much it would be to upgrade to a small cabin on the site.  With it only being $10 more per person out of pocket, we moved into our new, much more comfortable, air conditioned cabin!  That night, Cory took the initiative to teach Sean and I the tactics and strategy behind blackjack so we can run every casino dry and make this a much more leisurely road trip.  The trip had  been moving along so fast, this was the first night we have gotten more than 3 hours of sleep which is inexpiable how good it felt to finally get some real sleep (not in a car or sketchy motel).

In the morning we rolled out pretty early to get into San Antonio to see the main attraction of the city: the Alamo.  Getting into the city at about 11:15 a.m., that was a bad choice.  The city was packed and the line to see the Alamo stretched blocks.  Only being able to grab a 30-minute parking spot, the line was way too overwhelming so we decided that seeing the outside was cool enough and we checked out the rest of the city.  After gallivanting for a while, we left San Antonio in the rear view and made the journey out to next stop on the trip: the Carlsbad Caverns!  Check out the rest of the pictures from San Antonio on the Ultimate Road Trip Facebook page!