I’m going specifically to see the eclipse but, while I’m there, what else should I see/do? Which section of the river walk should I do? Should I go see the Alamo? I love museums/nature/geology.
Have lunch with JohnT!
Or we can see it together… Im headed to Comfort, just right up I-10.
That is a very generous offer and I may just take you up on it! I’m going to try to see if I can rent a car and head to Ingram. But that’s looking to be a bit cost prohibitive. Renting a car for the duration of my stay 6-10 is just as much as my return flight.
I know this is some sort of treasonous statement for a Texan (and one born in San Antonio, no less) to say, but the Alamo is pretty underwhelming. It’s just the chapel of the mission where the battle took place, but the actual mission itself was much larger and extended across the street in a couple of directions.
However, the Spanish missions (there are four others in town) as a whole are pretty cool, and there’s a trail between them, etc…
The Mercado (“Historic Market Square”) is really neat to wander around in, and you can’t go wrong with a meal at Mi Tierra.
I’ve always really enjoyed the Witte Museum in Breckenridge Park. It’s a natural history museum with a local focus- local dinosaurs, Native Americans, geology, etc…
I did look up the Witte and thought that’s somewhere I would really enjoy seeing. So I’ll put that on my list.
If you’ve got kids, there’s a really cool kids museum (the Do-seum) a few blocks away.
No kids, just me!
I have an idea…
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There’s an idea!
There is a historic mission located there but I cannot remember its name.
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Remember San Juan Capistrano 
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I get a rock from everywhere I go so I definitely need one from Texas. I’m hoping I can find somewhere to either purchase a small one or find a somewhat interesting one in a ditch somewhere.
San Francisco de la Espada, clearly.
There are actually five old Spanish missions in San Antonio - they start at San Francisco de la Espada in the south, and are arrayed northward along the river until you get to San Antonio de Valera (the Alamo), with path that follows the old Spanish road between them and an aqueduct that provided water to some of them. We hiked the whole thing in Boy Scouts back in about 1985, and it was much more interesting than I’d ever expected.
Whatever you do, don’t pee on it.
You laugh, but there is a mission by that name in San Antonio!
Or ask to see the basement.
Or ask to rent a car.
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But please save all questions until the end of the tour.
Any American chain restaurants that I should try?
Rudy’s BBQ. I don’t know where you’re staying, but if you can get some brisket from there, it will be worth the trip.