After another chaotic breakfast...Tom believes that all the locals show up their with all their friends & neighbors to hang out and eat all the food......
But I digress.....
We battled the breakfast crowd, saddled up, and headed for the Fox & Hound bar located about 20 minutes from our hotel. This is where the Alamo Area Browns Backers meet! Luckily we got there as soon as they opened because the Browns crowd was already pouring in! We introduced ourselves to someone who looked like an integral part of their chapter, grabbed our seats, and saved one for Chrissy. This is an awesome chapter! I'd say it's just about as big as the Middle Tennessee Browns Backers! (Though not as "friendly". I didn't make any fast, lifelong friends as I did with Middle Tennessee! I don't want to say they weren't cool...just not the same connection I felt with my pals Juli, Sissy, and Don from Tennessee!)
But I digress!
Here's some game time pix.."
OK.....that's all I'll say about the game. Dammit it was a close one!
We said goodbye to Chrissy...we'll see her back home at Christmas!
So back at the ranch.....we debated whether to stay in and do laundry or to head back out to visit the Riverwalk. Laundry can wait until Monday in Uvalde. TO THE RIVERWALK!!!! We stopped along the way at the Cadillac Bar, just a block or two from our hotel. I ordered a Bud Light and Tom ordered a Dos Equis. The bartender asked Tom something about how he wanted it. I thought I heard him say "Do you want it dressed?" Anyway, it was served with salt all over the neck and a lime sticking out....
Man! That looked refreshing. My Bud Light wasn't nearly as interesting!
After whetting our whistles at the Cadillac we continued on to the Riverwalk!
We wandered for a short time, but "The Worm"...a tequila bar...was drawing me in again! That's where we sat Friday night, enjoying the Blues band!
We sat there for a long time, chatting with the locals and the bartenders.
One of the bartenders, Corey, was from Putnam County, Ohio. But he was a Bengals fan. Bah.
The other bartender, Sam, originally hailed from California. We talked a lot with Sam! When we found out he was from California, Tom asked if he was "Chicano". Lol! Sam said, "No...I'm just Mexican-American"! Immediately the Cheech & Chong song entered my mind.....but I didn't say anything. But I guess it entered Tom & Sam's mind, too...because they both started singing it! Like, every word!!! OMG toooooooo funnnnny!!!
And it goes like this......!!!
He mentioned that this parents are in Mexico. Tom asked when he came over....Turns out that his parents immigrated here to California, had their family, and after all the kids flew the coop they retired back to Jalisco...where they now run a trinket gift shop! He goes over to visit them regularly, and is ALWAYS sick for the first couple days. In his words "not as bad as Montezuma's revenge....more like Montezuma's just REALLY pissed off"!
OMG hahahahhahaaaaa! Sam's toooooooo damn funny!
We spent a little more time chatting with Sam the bartender, Earnest the local, and James the sax player. Soon we started to get hungry. (Shocking, I know!). We asked Earnest for some dining advice. One of the places he suggested was Casa Rio! Remember Mexican restaurant established in 1946 by German immigrants? Yep! Sold!!! Off to Casa Rio we went! We enjoyed one of the best meals this trip! And we were joined by the local ducks that the signs advised not to feed!
But this duck couple was so cute, I couldn't resist! So I gave them a couple tortilla chips and said "OK. That's all you get! Now go away!" And at that point I just realized that was my Dad's voice coming out, just as my Mom's voice came out at The Alamo!
Back home, all our dogs know to beg off of "Grandpa". Nobody else gets bothered. Here's my Dad, giving them morsels, saying "OK. That's it! Go away now!"
What a great time we had in San Antonio!!!!l
With full bellies we hoofed it back to the hotel....where I promptly fell asleep! Again!
Next stop...Hill Country!
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