One last post for 2021 with a recap of our winter getaway between Christmas and New Years to San Antonio, Texas.
We had some airline credit from a trip we cancelled during Covid lockdowns, and we decided to use it to get out of the cold and snow during the week between Christmas and New Years. We were able to book a timeshare condo at the Wyndham La Cascada resort in San Antonio and we left at 6 a.m. the day after Christmas, just missing a big snowstorm that cancelled and delayed many flights leaving Salt Lake City. We changed planes in Dallas (where we had a layover of about three hours) and we were in San Antonio by mid-afternoon.
We stayed at the Wyndham Las Cascada resort. We love staying at our Wyndham timeshares whenever we can. It's great having a full kitchen and washer and dryer in our individual unit. It makes our stay comfortable and convenient.
Our condo in San Antonio was large and comfortable and located in downtown San Antonio about a mile from the Alamo and right along the Riverwalk. We even had a balcony with a great view of the downtown skyline. This vacation was very different from our other getaways in 2021 which were more out in nature. This one was right in the middle of a big city.
One of the first things we did in San Antonio was got to Historic Market Square, which is an authentic, traditional Mexican marketplace.
There are lots of shops both inside and outside.
It is a truly fun and festive place.
Here are some of the fun things we brought home from Historic Market Square - a Peruvian Creche, a Mexican cross-body tote bag/purse and some special Christmas ornaments to help us remember our visit to San Antonio.
We didn't buy a lot, but it was sure fun to look around.
We went to the historic San Fernando Cathedral.
It is the final resting place of some of the heroes of the Alamo.
The Cathedral is lovely and peaceful inside. We went in and stayed a while, just enjoying the nice spirit of peace that we felt. God can be felt in many different places.
There is a cool laser light show at the San Fernando Cathedral. It is the history of Texas in laser lights and music, projected onto the Cathedral itself. It was one of the most unique things I had ever seen. These are some of the pictures of the show. It was free and very much worth seeing.
Of course, when in San Antonio, one simply must see The Alamo and we did.
It's an interesting piece of history that we saw on our first vacation to San Antonio when our kids were little about 26 years ago.
Josh had never seen The Alamo since he wasn't born the first time we visited. He liked it and Charly and I enjoyed seeing it again.
We all enjoy learning about history and there is plenty of history in San Antonio.
The Riverwalk is another iconic San Antonio attraction. We enjoyed walking there, even though it was quite crowded.
The Riverwalk is especially beautiful at night.
We also enjoyed walking along the Riverwalk away from the downtown area.
It is a lovely place to walk.
This part of the Riverwalk was right right behind the condo where we were staying.
The weather forecast for more another big snow storm in Utah put the spectre of cancelled and delayed flights going home from our little winter vacation, so we ultimately changed our plans and returned home a day early, hoping to beat another storm. Most of our flights were just fine, with no delays or other problems. Most of our flights - until our very last flight Wednesday night from Phoenix to Salt Lake City. When we reached the gate at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport, our flight was ontime, however, that soon changed. There was a computer issue in the plane that kept us at the gate for about an hour, then, when that was resolved and we taxied out to the runway, only to have to return to the gate, when the pilot went over the number of hours he was allowed to be in the air. Fortunately, after another wait on the plane, another pilot arrived to take over and fly us safely to Utah, but we were over three hours late getting home. We arrived home after 3 a.m. Thursday morning. We are grateful to be home safely with some nice memories from our trip to San Antonio.
😊Deb💙
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