Images of San Antonio, Texas
January 26-31, 2002
By Dan Hyde

All the pictures were taken with Dan's digital camera, a Canon S300 Digital Elph.
Since the images were reduced by 50% to fit people's web browsers, some resolution was lost. Enjoy!

Image of Alamo Today

The Famous Alamo in San Antonio, Texas
The Alamo Complex is Hallow Ground and Maintained by the Daughters of Texas Republic.
This image shows the front of the Church of the Complex. Inside is a musuem and tribute to the 189 Texans who died on March 6, 1836 fighting Santa Anna's Army. Inside you can see Davy Crockett's rifle "Betsy", one of his vests and other neat items. Since no photography was allowed, I can't show you a picture of them.

Image of Sketch of Alamo as it
appeared at the Battle of The Alamo on March 6, 1836

Sketch of Church at the Alamo as it appeared on March 6, 1836 during the Battle of The Alamo.
Notice that the familiar round top was added later about 1845.

Image of View of Alamo Complex at
time of Battle

View of Alamo Complex at time of Battle. Church is structure without roof on right.
Notice gap in wall near star. To defend this gap, Colonel Travis placed Davy Crockett and his 12 Tennessee Volunteers

Image of Alamo Gap

Sketch of view of gap in wall where Davy Crockett and his Tennessee countrymen fought.

Image of Site where Colonel
William Travis drew the line in the soil with his sword.

Site where Colonel William Travis drew the line in the soil with his sword. See metal bar at top of image.
Plaque is a few yards in front of the main doors of Alamo's Church.

Image of Gardens in back of Alamo

Gardens in back of Alamo

Image of Alamo's Church as Sun goes down

Alamo's Church as Sun Goes Down in Evening

Image of Detail of Front of
Alamo's Church

Detail of Front of Alamo's Church
Many Americans are surprised by how small the building is.

Image of River Walk Along San
Antonio River

The River Walk Along the San Antonio River
This section near my conference hotel was closed and drained for cleaning and repair.
The River Walk goes for miles and has many hotels, bars and shops right at the edge of the walk way.
Many Jazz Combos and Mariachi Bands along the way. THE place for night life!

Image of Dinner Cruise

One of the Boats on the San Antonio River where I had a Dinner Cruise.

Image of Our Salads on the Dinner Cuise

Our Salads on the Dinner Cruise
A delightful lettuce salad in which we heaped freshly fried onion rings. You can see large bowls of them!

Image of Our Pilot for Dinner Cruise

Our Pilot for the Dinner Cruise.
A requirement of the job is to be only five feet tall. His hat misses the walkway bridges by less than an inch!

Image of Tree growing out of the wall of
a bar.

Tree growing out of the wall of a bar.
The seed for the tree was deposited in the wall during a flood.

Image of Flag on Building

After September 11, 2001, this hotel along the River Walk
replaced the patio lights with red, white and blue lights to create a US Flag.

Image of Lady Trumpeter of
Mariachi Band

Lady Trumpeter of Mariachi Band at Restaurant along River Walk

Image of Dan leaning on huge
cottonwood tree

Dan leaning on huge cottonwood tree along River Walk.
Several nights we walked for over an hour along the River Walk.
Weather was fantastic! 80s during the day. I am too warm with this sweater even at 10 PM.

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Daniel C. Hyde