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| The historic Monte Vista district, San Antonio, locale of my homestay. Here's one of the houses nearby. |
London? Paris? No, San Antonio! And you thought Texas was a paved and packaged hell .. well I did, and some of it is, but prepare to be pleasantly surprised ... |
The Alamo, famous US vs Mex battle site. An old mission where a small band of Texans held out for thirteen days against the centralist army of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. RIP James Bowie, David Crockett, and William B. Travis |
The Alamo in a softer light. |
Grant Bechler showed me around San Antonio on his chrome Air Glide. |
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| A floating feast as seen from an overhead bridge on the Riverwalk. |
Tour barge on the Riverwalk. |
Amazing Ted Campbell needs dialysis three times a week due to diabetes while he waits for second kidney transplant, yet still he rides - thousands of miles! Look for his story under www.bikefriday.com/gallery |
Early Saturday San Antonio Wheelman ride inthe the Texas Hill Country to with Grant Bechler and Ted Campbell. |
Wheelman ride heads off to the Texas Hill country. That's my host Eileen Lafer on the left. |
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| The Texas Longhorn seen from a safe, zoomable distance ... |
It says 'COMFORT - town of fighting bobcats and deer'. Doesn't sound too comfortable! |
Really appealing scenery ... biking is big in Texas Hill Country, once you get away from the traffic. |
Ted Campbell clocking up one of those 0000's of miles ... |
I used to live in Hawkins Lane in Eugene. It was a haven at times. |
