Happy New Year

Hello and Happy New Year to all of our friends and family wherever you are. We are spending New Year's Day here in San Antonio watching football games. We did a short ride into downtown San Antonio so that we could see some of the sights of the city. The hotel is about 4 blocks from The Alamo. I was dreading the ride into the middle of the city because generally riding into large cities is not a good idea and not much fun. But it turned out to be an easy ride. The weather turned warmer, 70's and sunny. We rode up to The Alamo for a picture before heading to the hotel so we could get the tandem in the picture. As we rode up I think that we were as much a tourist attraction as The Alamo. Sometimes we forget that our "bus" can be quite a sight if you haven't seen it before. After so many months and miles on the road it seems perfectly normal to be riding our 180 pound "bus". And yes we did ride it all the way from Ohio by the way of Seattle, and San Diego. Oh wait, I forgot we did have to walk across the Mississippi River on a very rainy, cold day when there was no berm on the bridge and the sidewalk of the bridge was too narrow to ride on. So, no, I guess we haven't "ridden" all the way from Ohio! After our picture we needed some stamps so Hap went into the post office while I waited outside with the "bus". A lady with a big camera came walking up, asking the typical, where ya from, where ya goin, etc..... As it turns out she was a reporter for the San Antonio Express News. She took our information, several pictures, so we'll see what actually gets in the paper about Alpha One. We went to the hotel and left the bus and walked back over to The Alamo, and the Riverwalk. San Antonio is really a pretty city. They were setting up for a big New Year's eve party downtown. We stopped at one of the vendor's and Hap got some kind of a chicken taco. We are not exactly sure what it was. But even Hap thought it was awful! We also got some chinese rice that was pretty good. But we decided we didn't want anymore of the vendor's food. The Alamo was really interesting. We also went to the IMAX theater to watch The Alamo story on the BIG screen. It was getting dark so we headed back to the hotel to watch football. For dinner we ordered a pizza.

Today we were just plain lazy. It has been many days since we have not ridden or done anything. It seemed weird not to get on the "bus". But it was fun just relaxing and watching all of the games on tv. We did walk down the street to a store for some lunch. For dinner tonight we ordered chinese take out or is that deliver in?? Anyway they are bringing it to us. We are planning to ride to a college friend of Hap's in Universal City which is a suberb of San Antonio for a couple of nights and then fly home for a quick week. We are anxious to see our newest arrival Korbin Scott Landrum. Thank goodness for frequent flier miles!