Saturday Janurary 19, 2008

The sun is shining! We left this morning and got on the road toward San Antonio. We stopped at a little town called Castorville that my cousin had told us about. It was a charming little town - saw many of the houses on the walking tour. Although it was founded by a Frenchman, many of the first settlers were German Lutherans who came here to found a church. Many of the houses reflected the German heritage. It was also an antique center. We chatted with a woman who owned one of the shops and bought a few pieces of petrified wood for the boys. We started talking about stones and fossils and she gave us a small bag of Texas fossils! We told her we had found a few fossils near Seminole Canyon and she told us of a nearby place where she has found some. We drove out there and found the road was running water from the rain. We decided not to drive across, but stopped the car and hunted the overflowing river bed and found two for sure and one possible - great fun! We then got to San Antonio and had a devil of a time finding our hotel - after stopping twice for directions, we finally made it! We called my cousin Cookie and she and Ron will pick us up for dinner tonight and we will make a plan for the week. We then went for a walk to orient ourselves for tomorrow when Justine joins us. We are about 2 blocks from the Riverwalk and 3 from the Alamo - great location. We also finally found a few postcards to send to the grand kids - we have been looking since we left Bay St. Louis. Someone could make a fortune here by offering decent postcards of the area. Last night's dinner was a blast! The place that was recommended to us was inside of a sporting goods store! The dinner was fine and then we went to the movies and saw "The Bucket List" - we both enjoyed it. We are looking forward to seeing Cookie and Ron - it has been a couple of years since we saw them at a family reunion.