I love to see new places. I just don’t care so much for the getting there part. This 4th of July, I went with my mom to San Antonio. It took a day each way just for travel, but once we got there, we had a great time. We were greeted with the effects of Hurricane Alex for the first two days in the form of flash flooding. Really, we didn’t get flooded, but the rain came down suddenly, fast, and big wet drops unlike what I’m used to here in Seattle, and we had to walk through mini rivers in the street. But it was warm, so even though we got really wet, we didn’t get cold and we dried out quickly, so that was nice.
After a couple days the rain cleared up and we had some lovely heat and sun. Great for me, not so fun for my mom. At 90, she doesn’t fare so well in the sun, so we got her a wheelchair for the trip and I pushed her around all of San Antonio. I sure got in my activity points, I’m sure. Hopefully it was enough to counteract the food I ate, even though I tried to make good choices as well there.
Once we got to San Antonio, we connected with our friend, Colleen, who had gotten stuck out at a hotel on the edge of town – a Priceline bait and switch deal – not good – so we had her come stay with us as we had two double beds. This turned out fabulously as Colleen and I hit it off and are new BFFs. People swore we could be sisters, and I think we are kindred spirits, for certain.
We stayed at the Westin, which is a story by itself. You would think for the price and the name that we would have five-star service, but their staff was seriously lacking in smarts. One time we had booked a taxi an hour ahead of when we needed and the doorman let our taxi go to someone else, thus making us a half hour late for where we were going. Another time, we ordered room service and I chose a Chicken Caesar Salad. They forgot the dressing. When I called 20 minutes later asking for the dressing, they apologized and asked, “Would you like me to bring that right up?” Are you serious? These are just a couple examples of so many little things that were frustrating. But overall, we had a really great time. There’s more to report, but I’m going to break it up into several posts.
I love taking pictures of hotel rooms when I arrive, before they get all messed up. We had two double beds.
Big flat screen TV that we didn’t even turn on once. The desk became the our makeup station. LOL.
Gorgeous bathroom. I’m going to get me one of those little makeup mirrors, and I’d love to swap out my 1990s giant bathroom mirror for a couple of these. I bet I could DIY on the cheap too. *ideas clicking* Notice the marble though – mom commented that it was weird they chose that particular marble with the white in it because it looks like someone dropped toothpaste on it and didn’t wipe it up. Not only does she have an eye for fashion, she could do interior design too!
We had our own private balcony overlooking the San Antonio Riverwalk. The larger balconies below us were sweet too. We had french doors that opened onto the balcony and we tied one open and left it open all night long. Gawd, that was wonderful.
We got back from our first day out in the rain, were completely soaked and exhausted and there were these gorgeous flowers to brighten our room from Tom. It’s hard to see in this picture, but they were red and peach. So very thoughtful of Tom and they lasted the whole trip – I even brought the vase and some of the flowers home.
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tom sounds like a keeper…. flowers while you are on vacation… good sign.
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