Day Two in San Antonio

So, day two in San Antonio starts with us waking up and heading down to a little dive on the River Walk, named Rita’s.  It was fabulous, and cheap!  Robert and Emma both got two scrambled eggs, two pieces of Texas toast, and two stripes of bacon for $2.99!  I on the other hand, got the breakfast taco, and that was $2.99!  We ate breakfast and drinks for under $10!  You can’t beat that!

As you can see we had a great time getting all fueled up for Sea World! And let me tell you, we needed it!

 

So we head out to Sea World, and Robert realizes half way that he left the tickets at the hotel!  Yes, he did!  So, we had to drive all the way back downtown to get the tickets.  By this time it was 10:30 and Emma is really ticked off!  She was so ready to get to Sea World. 

Let me give you parents some advice, rent the darn strollers by the front gate, it is worth every stinking penny or dollar.  But the first ride that she saw was the Shamu ride.  As you can see, its geared towards little kids.  It was like a mini roller coaster. Let me tell you, she rode the heck out of that thing.  I think she rode that stupid ride at least five times.  But she had fun and that’s all that matters.

Emma made Robert ride with her (over and over and over).

Then we headed over to see the Shamu show.  It was pretty darn cool!  Those magnificent creatures are so amazing.  Of course, we had no idea that there was a “splash zone”.  Yeah, you guessed it, we were sitting right in the middle of it.  And of course, Emma and I got soaked.  Robert on the other hand didn’t.  Emma was completely soaked and at first, she was a little upset about being wet but when she realized that she wasn’t the only one wet, everything was fine.

I have to say that the show was pretty amazing.  The trainers were really good with the whales, and the whales were spectacular.  If you go to Sea World, make sure that this show!

After the show, we passed a little stand that did face painting.  Emma about fell out of that stroller.  She HAD to have her face painted.  The little guy painted her face and as soon as Robert paid the little dude, she wiped her forehead and smeared the paint.  The poor little guy had to paint her face over again.  Then Robert threatened her not to touch her face. 

We then headed to the kiddie section where they have rides for small children.  And again, this was a big hit for Miss Thing. 

This one was a mini-ferris wheel and of course Robert was the sacrificial lamb!  I got to take pictures!  Yeah me!

This one, just went up and then came back down…not too impressed with this one, but again Emma loved it!

The rest of the day was a blur.  As the day worn on, the hotter it became.  We did do some water rides and that seemed to help with the heat, but by 5 pm, Emma said that she was ready to go, and so we did.  By the time we got back to the hotel, Robert and I had the worst headaches….lol.  We both took some medicine, and laid down on the bed and snoozed for about an hour. 

That day was pretty special because that was mine and Robert’s 9th anniversary!  We decided to head out and get some Mexican food on the River Walk.  We went to one of the oldest Mexican restaurants in San Antonio, named Casa Rio.  I had a big ole margarita and Robert had a big ole beer, and we just sat back and waited for a table.  We finally got in and we ordered and Robert said that he still wasn’t feeling good, and by the time our food arrived, Robert had a full fledged migraine, and we paid our bill and left.  We went back to the hotel and went to bed!  The end!  In all seriousness, it was a pretty darn good anniversary!

Stay tuned for day three in San Antonio!