It was time for a little vacay. Mom and I haven’t been on our annual trip in awhile so we booked a trip to stay on the San Antonio Riverwalk.
We flew out of Manhattan Sunday afternoon. 
Here we are freakishly early for our flight as that is how we roll. When it was time to board, there were 10 people or so there and she called out, “Priority Ticket holders” then one right after the other, “Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Group 6”. It was pretty funny. Then the pilot said, “We are first in line for take off” when there are probably only 1 or 2 flights out of Manhattan in a 24 hour period! Our flights were short and uneventful and we lyfted to the Hotel Contessa arriving around 10 pm.
So after a good night sleep, we ventured out to find a recommended restaurant nearby. And got hopelessly lost on the riverwalk (which was beautiful and amazing albeit extremely confusing). 
We got back up on the street and found our restaurant. Boy did that coffee and food taste great! The panederia was a similar style to the restaurant Chip and Joanna opened in Waco. I ordered a bacon, egg and black bean croissant. 
Mom got a ham and cheese torte. We finished and made our way back to the hotel, and got lost yet again. WAAAAAY too much walking for the Mama.
Next stop: the top floor outdoor pool, near heaven.
After the pool, a nice rest in the room and then drinks in the lobby of our beautiful hotel. 
Had to cut her off because Mom was loopy after half. And because we are problem solvers, we rented a wheelchair so Mom didn’t have to walk all around. 
But of course, we got lost yet again trying to find our restaurant. And once again hit gold with the Iron Cactus. 
We had the most amazing queso dip and salsa and the El Agave drink with strawberry was AMAZING! It was kinda hilarious when they brought our actual dinners. 
How in the world would we possibly eat all that? We boxed it up and set out for the hotel and of course, got lost again. Writing this is making getting lost so often seem funny which is helping because it isn’t funny when it is happening! I’m trying to cut down on the cursing and getting lost is not helping!
We took some nice pics of the riverwalk on the little island near our hotel (turns out it is a famous island which made us part of the tour for all the boats passing by).
This morning we got up and ate the pastries we bought at yesterday’s paneria. Mine was chocalate shake something which was chocolate cream filled and really really good. We took a short jaunt on the streets (and didn’t get lost!) to the shops on the riverwalk. I bought a super cute pink top and wild capri leggings at Macy’s 
and a super cute sort of flowery jacket and a white top at American Eagle Outfitters (actually mom sprung for that part). Then another trip to the pool, found it closed, but made our way to the hotel pool next door for some more sunshine. We made friends with some folks from Alaska and a couple from Nebraska.
We rested and took a lyft to a salon about 10 minutes away. Mom got a pedi and I got a mani. The lady had 45 years experience and she was meticulous! Best mani I ever had. The Lyft driver asked us the last song we heard that we liked and we told him we listen to contemporary Christian. He put on So Will I and then Good Good Father and we proceeded to sing together on the ride!
We rested back at the hotel then went along the street to another recommended restaurant, Boudro’s. 
Yes, we did get briefly lost on the way there. Did I mention that when we can’t find an elevator, we have to have mom get up and walk up stairs and find a kind soul to help carry the heavy wheelchair up and down and across? Haven’t had any trouble finding kind souls yet. Tonight it was a homeless guy so we gave him a little cash.
Dinner was very good. We got smart this time and shared. We ordered the prickly pear margueritas which were fabulous! and the filet and lobster tails. 
Wow! So yummy! We did NOT order the table side made guac but I had to show you. 
And our friends from the pool popped by just in time to help us eat our flan for dessert! They were so nice, she a high school counselor and he a middle school social studies teacher in Lincoln. So we had no shortage of things to talk about. Then they pushed mom in her chair back to the hotel, Praise Jesus!
Am also enjoying my time at the hotel just hanging out. Did yoga tonight, practicing our songs for church, did a mindful master class, and of course, massive amounts of novel reading. I am sure that eating and drinking and getting lost are all on the agenda for tomorrow. Not in that particular order. The drinking generally occurs AFTER the getting lost.
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