Today is Friday, the 21st of December.  We arrived in San Antonio last Thursday, the Thursday, December 13.  We took Saturday and acted like a couple tourist.  This photo was taken at "The Japanese Garden" which is a garden created by Japanese families in an old quarry in San Antonio.  These people were "relocated" during WWII, even though they had sons serving in the US Army.

This shot is also inside the Japanese Gardens.  We were quite fascinated by the florals and the stone work.

This is a shot of a large canopy that overlooks the Japanese Gardens.  It was probably a hundred feet across.  There was a bit of serious engineering involved here.

This shot is of a Mesquite Tree outside the San Jose Mission on the North side of San Antonio.  It grows along the ground.  Nature is really a very fascinating adventure.

We played a round of golf (I played and Kay kept the score and drove the cart) at a course in San Antonio called The Quarry. The back nine was built in an abandoned quarry and presented some beautiful sceenery,along with some fantastic golf holes.  This hole is called "Reload".  it takes a drivde to clear 175 yard raveene, with what seems like a postage stamp sized landing zone.  If you miss, you don't even look for the ball.  You just reload.

There were a dozen turtles on the rocks in a Quarry hole, as Kay was sneaking up to shoot this photo.  As you will note, if you look closely, most of them decided to be camera shy.

We took a boat tour on The River Walk in the heart of San Antonio.  The place is full of history.  We realized we failed to get a picture of The Alamo.  For some reason, it seems out of place in the middle of San Antonio,completely surrounded by Commerce.  We are going to go back down town this afternoon and see an IMax Theater movie on the Alamo.

Friday, December 21, 2012

We are enjoying the warm weather.  We continue to do well and believe that I am getting stronger all the time. As Christmas approaches, we find ourselves missing the traditional weather and the association with friends and family.  This will not be a White Christmas for us this year, but we are finding friends and extended family to share it with.