San Antonio, Day 2

We woke up, got dressed and headed down for some breakfast. At our hotel they served a really nice breakfast. I explained to Jeremy that my job was to get him to San Antonio, get us to the temple to do a session and then the rest of the trip was up to Jeremy.

So after breakfast we got our rental car and headed south toward Pleasanton, TX where Jeremy served.

Since we weren't really sure where we were going and it has been 20 years since Jeremy has been back we entered in the coordinates into my phone for directions. It took us straight to the High school. 

Once we made it to the High School things started looking a little familiar for Jeremy. We found a neighborhood that Jeremy visited on the mission and then we found his apartments. 

Across the street from the apartments was the LDS Building that Jeremy attended when serving in this area.

After driving around for a while and seeing all that has changed we discussed on where we should go next. Jeremy mentioned that Corpus Christi wasn't in their mission, but he always wanted to visit, however it was pretty far. After looking it up is was only about one hour and a half. So we kept on heading South towards Corpus Christi.

We arrived at the North Shore and it was quite windy.

We then decided to head to Padre Island (which on the internet said that is where all the spring break timers go) so we decided to check it out. However we stopped in at this restaurant called DOC's Seafood Restaurant. I pulled this pic from the internet (but doesn't this look like a party place?)

It was really quiet and the food was delicious. It was kind of weird to get to it because you are on the bridge and get off on a ramp exit to then drive on a dirt kind of road only to be surrounded by water on each side with a little driving path to lead the way. Totally WAY worth it.

We then continued our way into Padre Island.

After driving around and seeing the deserted sights we decided to head back to San Antonio. In 1968 San Antonio hosted the World's Fair in which they built the Towers of America. A few years back they renovated the top part and turned the lower two decks into a restaurant and the top deck into an observation. We decided that since TODAY was Jeremy's birthday to have dinner at the Tower of America's Restaurant the Chart House

Across the street from the Tower of the America's is the Alamodome.

 

The food was delicious (we shared the prime rib and potatoes) and the view was gorgeous and we were able to see a panoramic view due to the revolving restaurant.

In the end I told our waiter that it was Jeremy's birthday and so he told us he would do something special. Here it is. Our waiter even wrote the Happy Birthday on the plate with a chocolate pen. It was awesome!