030314 Frozen Water Hoses and On With Touring

Made a big mistake last night.  Failed to unhook the water hose & bring it in.  Woke up this morning and the water hose & water filter were frozen solid.  I'm just hoping there are no problems with the pipes in the enclosed underbelly.  Tonight the forecast is freezing drizzle.  Tomorrow, we were planning to move northwest to Fredericksburg, and it's even colder up there, even though it's only about an hour away.  After fixing the frozen water hose, we finally got out and visited some major sites in San Antonio.


We first went to the Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo.
 

 

It was the "queen" of the 5 missions Spain put on it's frontier and was founded February 23, 1720.  After Mexico won her independence, she secularized the missions.  The mission land was divided among the Indians who had come to the mission and converted to Christianity.   From that point forward, the buildings began to fall into disrepair.  Beginning in the 1930's efforts began to protect what was left, and to reconstruct what had been destroyed.

I would recommend anyone visiting SA to visit Mission San Jose for sure.  It is administered by the National Park Service.  By the way, the church is now a consecrated church again under joint control with the Roman Catholic Church, a unique arrangement.

Later we drove up to the River Walk.
 

SA did a fine job with their River Walk.  It's a great combination of flora, architecture, stores and restaurants, I believe. 

Of course, if the weather was nice it would have been wonderful.  Due to the cold, very few people were out and about.  Even the boats weren't running.  The sign at the sales office read, "Closed Due To Inclement Weather".

Brief weather report.  After getting back from sight seeing, a thunder storm happened along with hail.  Pulled in the slide to protect the slide cover.  Been raining off and on since.  They are calling for freezing drizzle tonight and into the morning.  We're supposed to leave for Fredericksburg tomorrow, 60 miles northwest of SA.  We'll probably wait until 11 am to shove off.

I'm having trouble uploading pics tonight.  I'll try to do that later.

Revised 4/12/14.  Added pictures. Combined Part 1 and Part 2