We awoke in our suite in Austin, hit the Starbucks, filled the cooler with ice and headed South on I-35 toward San Antonio. I’d been to San Marcos and Banfels, but never further south. Essentially that 90 mile stretch is an endless series of quick serve restaurants, national restaurant chains and gas stations. We parked in San Antonio and visited the Alamo. Rick has read Texas by James Michener and had a much better grounding in Texas history than I. Suffice it to say It’s Complicated. I’m sure that in the same way that I grew up internalizing the […] Read more »