South-(ish) Texas Trip

This past Thursday we took a much anticipated trip down South to Austin and San Antonio. Even though Brad lived in Dallas for about seven years, he had never been to either historic Texas city.

Here's the story in pictures:

First stop was a drive-by of the Texas State Capitol Building in Austin:


The second stop was the "Taco Taco Cafe" in north San Antonio, which was named the Best Tacos in America by Bon Appetit magazine. After spending entirely too much for below average enchiladas and fajitas, Brad realized that we just went 3 hours to the best tacos in America, and we didn't even get tacos. Oops. Here's Brylie cheezing it up with the menu to prove we were there.


And from there it was off to the Alamo. Brad was kind of disappointed in how small it was after years of looking forward to seeing it.




After it the Alamo it was down the street to the beautiful San Antonio Riverwalk.


While we were waiting for someone to come by and take a picture, Brad took this picture of a statue of San Antonio (Spanish for Saint Antonio).


And the wait paid off with a family picture. Brody was nice enough to take a nap in the heat, and we learned that the Riverwalk is not terribly stroller-friendly, especially two-stroller-friendly.



It was a FUN trip, the kids were extremely well behaved for the 6+ hours in the car, and they were handsomely rewarded with a Taco Taco Cafe quesadilla (but not a taco). Now we know it's a trip worth taking!