10 Feb 07 Pecos, TX to San Antonio, TX

 We made a beeline for the Sonora Caverns – well, as “bee” as possible, across more of the rural Texas wasteland. [ the most prominent feature was fog which was an improvement on what it usually hid ] . The cave is privately owned and run, so rather different from Carlsbad NP.

 The cave is much more intimate with formations well within reach – it was hard to avoid them sometimes. We walked about 1.8 miles [ underground 155 feet ] and saw amazing formations in several colours ranging from white through rust to purple. Most of the same formations as yesterday and many funny effects. Our guide was an enthusiastic young local woman who’s been there only a few months. At one point she couldn’t make the lighting work so we had to navigate with only her flashlight for the 5 of us. That was fun. This cave was a great complement to the Carlsbad visit. From there we continued on to San Antonio where we drove into the middle of the city and visited the Alamo

[ where the Texans made a last stand against the Mexican General Santa Anna - ie “ remember the Alamo”, a battle phrase for every Texan ] and River Walk [ where an outstanding job was done in implement a restaurant/café outdoor boardwalk setting on each side of a river running through downtown ]. Looking for the hotel we got caught in heavy traffic – it’s Rodeo Week here! What fun – cowboys everywhere.

All Photos 10 Feb 07