Woke up in Austin and got back on the road to San Antonio. Stopped at Starbucks for our usual breakfast of venti skinny, no cream iced frappucino with an extra shot or for me a tall hot chocolate, no whip with cinnamonsprinkles! Still doesn't beat a fresh basil hot choc tho mum :)
We arrived in San Antonio planning to stop for a quick bite to eat on theriver walk before heading to our next stop of Corpus Christi! However we just so happened to turn up on the busiest day of the year the day of the biggest parade in America.. Or so the locals say! After all everything is bigger and better in texas!?! Confirmation from my Texan friend, Adam confirmed that it is probably not the biggest parade but they will be sure to tell you it is.
We stayed for a while and watched the high school ROTC's go by, includingkids in huge walking bands and kids with rifles! - Only in America!
After the high school students it was time for the big guns, hundreds ofpolice, military, navy and firemen go by as the crowds cheer at those thatare serving their free nation! - only in America.
The parade continued with various different flower filled floats, thesheriff, the city judge, the rodeo queen, the king of something and many flower princesses with jewel encrusted dresses flowing over crazy boots andshoes which you were occasionally able to see. Exactly when did America get a monarchy!?!
Before jumping back into the car we had a brief tour of The Alamo - ashrine to those who died defending it in the Texas war for Independence.
We found our way back through the flower filled crowds of people stopping for some haagen dasz ice cream on the way and drove for another 3 hoursback to the Coast.. This time the Southern one at Corpus Christi.
Now the next experience on our trip deserves its own entry in my blog socontinue on to find out what a real deep south American rodeo is like..
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