| Jana Wang | 16 Dec 2008 2:30 p.m. PST |
What's worth seeing down there these days? Husband and I are visiting family for the week after Christmas and will need to escape at least once. We've been to the riverwalk and Alamo a half dozen times and are looking for something else. Where else would you take visitors to kill a couple hours in the winter? (The water park is also not an option) |
| Waco Joe | 16 Dec 2008 2:49 p.m. PST |
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| jizbrand | 16 Dec 2008 6:33 p.m. PST |
Apparently, Dibble's Hobbies is still there. link |
| quidveritas | 16 Dec 2008 6:36 p.m. PST |
Alamo Cafe -- Green Chicken -- moved it out to UTSA SanFrancisco Steak House Tower of Americas Area -- Museum hasn't changed much but if you haven't been for a while, might be worth a look. Have not been to Sea World. January is arguably worst month to visit SA. mjc |
combatpainter  | 16 Dec 2008 6:42 p.m. PST |
If you have been to the River Walk then you have done. I say
Go West on Hwy 90 and get to Brackettville. John Wayne's old Alamo with an old west town attached to it. They have shows and gun fights two three times a day. Then go another 30 miles to place called Del Rio. In Del Rio, eat at Julio's, Marcelinos, Panchos, Cripple Creek, the latter being the most expensive. See the springs, visit the country club, visit Lake Amistad. If you like go across the border, turn left park. Walk down main street to Ma Crosby's9there 50 or so years at least), across the street you can visit the Corona club where Quentin and Banderas did filmed Desperado. See some shops and eat at Manuels. Order the mixed fajita meal. You get delicious fresh food for 6 for $30 USD including drinks. Walk back to your car pay the $5 USD and go through the customs toll where you show your passport and back in Del Rio you are. If you decide to come to Del Rio I will guide you through it all. Regards, T |
| combatpainter | 16 Dec 2008 6:48 p.m. PST |
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| Cpt Arexu | 16 Dec 2008 7:10 p.m. PST |
Take an afternoon and shoot on up to Austin! you can go to Great Hall Games, and there are plenty of touristy spots too. |
Shagnasty  | 16 Dec 2008 7:51 p.m. PST |
Second Cpt Arexu. GHG is open 11-8 except January 1. Minis on Sundays, boardgames on Fri night and Saturday. The Texas State Historical Museum is cool and easily accessible from I-35. |
| Jana Wang | 16 Dec 2008 10:06 p.m. PST |
Interesting suggestions, thanks all. :) |
| quidveritas | 16 Dec 2008 10:39 p.m. PST |
If you haven't been, the Lone Star round house has a display of TX history. Lots of older guns n similar stuff.
mjc
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| SpuriousMilius | 17 Dec 2008 10:49 a.m. PST |
If the weather permits & you want to drive around SA a lot, you can do the Mission tour & see the other Spanish missions in the area (5 or 6, I think), some of which are still active churches. |
| DesertScrb | 17 Dec 2008 8:16 p.m. PST |
The McNay art museum has some great 19th- and 20th-Century artwork, including Van Gogh, Picasso, Pollack and O'Keefe, along with some older works from pre-Renaissance European cathedrals. Admission is free on Thursday nights and the first Sunday of every month. mcnayart.org About an hour-and-a-half to the northwest is the town of Fredericksburg, which has a rich German heritage. fredericksburg-texas.com It's also the home town of Admiral Nimitz and the Museum of the National Museum of the Pacific War (formerly known as the Admiral Nimitz museum). nimitz-museum.org |
