Family road trip, 2005

This year, we took a good old fashioned family road trip vacation from Birmingham to Austin to San Antonio to Piedras Negras, Mexico and back again. All told, we traveled some 2300 miles, and no one got bit! But, here are a few pictures from that trip.

The first night, we stayed in Shreveport, LA at Sam’s Casino. The room was large and cheap. Here’s Christopher looking cool in the pool. While in Austin, we stayed with our friends Russ and Teresa. We got to see their new boat, though the motor was on the blink, so we couldn’t sail. Here we are out in front of the Oasis. Christopher took this picture! While in Austin, we did go see the great view from Mount Bonnell, and we paid a visit to the great University of Texas at Austin. Here we are in front of the tower.

We departed Austin and wandered towards San Antonio. Here is me and Christopher just across the street from the Alamo. Here is a picture of Christopher and Suzie right after dinner at La Fogata, which is one of the best Tex-Mex restaurants on the planet. Of course we had to ride the riverboat, as well.

After a couple of hot days in San Antonio, we wandered down to Eagle Pass, Texas, which is right on the border of Mexico, across from Piedras Negras. Christopher and I enjoyed the pool quite a lot! We walked across the border into Mexico to eat and shop. Here’s a picture of Christopher at the Mercado; and here is another. We ate dinner at the Café Moderno, a truly fine Mexican restaurant. Here we cooling in the lounge. The waiter took this picture.

More to come!

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