San Antonio is  a city of missions.  The largest and still operating is Mission San Jose.  It is a beautiful example of Fransiscan architecture.  A whole city was contained within its walls.  Exterior of the sanctuary. The most famous mission is, of course, the Alamo.  Alamo means cottonwood in Spanish but I didn’t spot any near it.  There was much on the grounds about the famous battle and we learned that Daniel Boone wasn’t part of the fracas. This is the mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisma Concepcion.. It is also an active church and is undergoing some restoration. The Texas State Capitol in Austin is another beautiful and grand building.  We enjoyed strolling through it and admiring the epic scale of it.

We also enjoyed a couple days exploring the Texas Hill Country seeing Greune, Fredrichsburg, and Johnson City, as well as the ranch of LBJ, now a National Historic Site.

The most hair-raising part of this stop was bad weather.  Pelting rains and a real lightening storm had the cats and me cowering under the covers. It lasted all night but even more was to come!