We have been enjoying our trip back to Canada but it is tiring to be driving most days. Of course the roads are good and the GPS is a godsend but it is still stressful.
Our drive from Monterrey was smooth and crossing the border went very well. We didn't run into any traffic or glitches along the way.
We arrived in San Antonio nice and early and checked in to our hotel near the Riverwalk. We went back along the Villeta area hoping to go back to Rio Gelato for pizza only to find that it was closed. A sign out front said they had an offsite catering job and would be back but they weren't. On our way back we stopped in at the Briscoe Museum of Western Art. It turned out to be excellent. We both really enjoyed this museum as it gave us a sense of the Western Settlement through painting and artifacts.
We found a very nice restaurant along the Riverwalk and enjoyed the beautiful evening before heading back to our hotel.
We had a short drive the next day to Austin. Such a nice city to get around with lots of bikes and public transit. It is ahead of many cities it seems. We had a great lunch at the Easy Tiger and explored a bit before going to our hotel. At about 7 pm we headed to the Congress Street Bridge to wait for the bats to come out at dusk. It's an amazing sight. Check out the details here. It was one of the highlights of my trip so far. I love bats and have wanted to see this for years.
We drove along Congress after and viewed the state capitol building all lit up. It was very impressive.
It took about 3 hours to drive to Dallas the next day. We headed to Dealey Plaza and the museum dedicated to the assassination of JFK. What an experience. It is a haunting experience to be in the place where it happened so many years ago. The grassy knoll, an x on the road where JFK was shot, the book depository 6th floor window.
The Sixth Floor Museum is so well done. Certainly worth a visit. The memorial to JFk is a few blocks away and was completed in the early 70's by Philip Johnson. Unfortunately to me it seems very dated. I expected more.
All in all it was a very moving experience to be here in Dallas.
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