Adventures

I guess it is about time to report about my trip to San Antonio. Karen and I went down there to visit and do the "tourist thing" two weekends ago. We had so much fun seeing the Alamo, doing the river walk, and shopping in riverside mall. We also met some of her friends for lunch and went to see where she will be staying during the week, when she starts Physician's Assistant school down there in December. This is Karen with a "pirate" when we were walking around the grounds of the Alamo. They were having a reenactment day there where people could observe how they lived back in the early 1800's. I really don't think he was a pirate but that is what we thought he looked like. So..Karen snuck behind him so that we could take his picture.
This is Karen and me with a Davy Crockett character. He is famous to the Alamo because he came to fight here and ended up loosing his life at the battle of the Alamo. This man let Karen hold his gun for the picture. Don't worry, she knows what she is doing. She is really good at target practice. When we were at Cabela's she did really well at the rifle shooting contest. All I shot was the bear but she shot everything else.
You can pray for Karen as her husband Kitt who is deployed right now. Also pray for her as she starts school in San Antonio. We got to know each other at Hill Country Church. She actually went to Applatian State University. She was involved in RUF (Reformed University Fellowship) there as I was in RUF at Anderson College. Her group went to the retreats and we probably met before or even roomed in the same cabin but did not know it. It has been crazy to see how small the world really is!
This is a picture taken of the River Walk. It was so beautiful! There were restaurants all along the river and lots of different stores to shop in. If you recognize this, some of the movie Selena was filmed here on one of these bridges. I saw it the other day so I know. Karen and I made up a love story about a river boat tour guide and a waitress. It was a lot of fun and I am so glad that I got to experience that.
Lastly, here we are at the Rainforest Cafe. Every 10-15 minutes there was a thunderstorm and then every 5 minutes the elephants and gorillas would do a rainforest dance. The whole experience was a great one and I hope to get to visit there again someday soon. I hope everyone is having a great week! I miss you all and would love to hear from you if you get a chance. Until then...