Friday 18 February 2011
We visited Mission Concepción. This was the Franciscan mission just south of the Alamo in San Antonio. There were four missions in the San Antonio area and this is the best preserved. This tiny National Park is surrounded by modern houses. The new Indian converts at the mission were called novices until they became acculturated to the Spanish way of life and live their religion like a Spaniard. The mission was brightly painted to attract Indian interest. The church is still standing and used as a modern place of worship.
We drove to Galveston Island. Instead of sunshiny beaches we found fog on that side of the island. We watched a movie about the "Great Storm" of 1900 in which about 6,000 people died in the tidal surge that wiped out the ocean side of the city. Pictures of the damage showed nothing but rubble in some parts of the city. The seaport museum seems to be the home of the Elissa, a tall (sailing) ship.
I wanted to try Texas BBQ and we found a restaurant. We had BBQ beef enchiladas. The meat was very sweet and had a mild vinegar taste. Hmmm mmm good!
Glad to hear from you! My reader might have fritzed out. I was wondering if I was going to get some posts from youz-guyz.
ReplyDeleteLet us know if BJ's finger gets better. Poor gal. And keep having fun.
We're enjoying our own little spring here. It's kinda warming up--though we did have that one day of snow, and today was a little drizzly.
Not 86 though. Not even close.