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The most attractive thing in Loving, NM (besides that name, of course)
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Not much else in Pecos, TX
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Many underpasses are decorated in Texas
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Stopped for lunch at a reconstructed stage stop
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Looks like a perfect cone, but it's end-on to a long mesa
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A memorial to Davy Crockett in some little town
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Storm clouds building ahead of us
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Street names at the RV park in San Antonio
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The SAS Shoe Factory Store
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A leather rhino in the store. Usin' up the scraps
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At the SAS Factory Store
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Inside the San Fernando Cathedral
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Inside the San Fernando Cathedral
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Saint Fernando himself
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Inside the San Fernando Cathedral
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Inside the San Fernando Cathedral
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Inside the San Fernando Cathedral
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Might be the remains of Alamo heros, might not
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Tourist-friendly street signs in San Antonio
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A well-fed pigeon in the mall food court
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The famed San Antonio River cruise
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Neat ride, but hardly a cruise
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You see San Antonio from 20 ft below street level
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Mama and her ducklings
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It's a surprisingly tranquil oasis in mid-city
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The backdrop to a performance stage along the river
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Whimsy in architecture
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The views are impressive
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You can actually walk along the river walk
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The newly restored Astec movie palace
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The Tower of the Americas from a World's Fair - currently being renovated
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Specifically built to be taller than Seattle's Space Needle
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Neat old building with Texas Flag
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The real "Six Flags" at the Crockett Hotel - Lady Bird and LBJ spent their wedding nite here
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Entering the Alamo
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Used to be barracks
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The gardens are well landscaped
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The mandatory gift shop
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A memorial to fallen soldiers
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The money shot of the Alamo
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The Alamo is a Texas State Shrine
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The "Big Orange Thing" in downtown San Antonio - "The Torch of Friendship"
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The old part of the Menger Hotel
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A BIG motorhome from Oregon
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A park across from the Alamo
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Getting ready for a party
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Statue of Travis in the Menger Hotel
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Judy spotted the musical decorations on the bus
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Daniel Carter was our tour guide
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The oldest of San Antonio's five missions
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Also the best restored or preserved of the missions
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The mission was partially restored in the 30's
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One of the ovens
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Most of our tour group
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Neat tree
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Missions were home to the whole community
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Priests and native converts lived there
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The missions were fortified against transient indian raids
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All that's left of the original decorated exterior
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Water wheel in the Grist Mill
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The grist mill itself
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An un-reconstructed wall. So much was lost
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Inside the San Jose sanctuary
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The Concepcion Mission - never been restored
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But still in use as a church
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A 250-year-old door
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Surviving frescos
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Another neat door
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Inside the church itself
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The painting has been restored - took two years
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Another very old painting, recently rediscovered
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More frescos
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More frescos
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A mural painted by teenagers on the wall of a mini-mart
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It's always Fiesta at the Mexican Market - El Mercado
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And always the right time for ice cream
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The food is spectacular, as is this fountain
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An ornate park bench
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Where we had lunch one day
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An outstanding museum
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Statuary outside the Museum
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Statuary outside the Museum
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Statuary outside the Museum
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Statuary outside the Museum
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They had a major display of circus art
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Costumes and posters and other things
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Also a Mummy (Happy Mother's Day)
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Judy spotted another harp!
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A reproduction of area pictographs
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And more circus stuff
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Cool costumes
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Judy found this wonderful tapestry
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Fiesta is to San Antonio as Mardi Gras is to New Orleans
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Folks get all costumed up and party
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One of San Antonio's oldest residents
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Some reconstrcuted log cabins on the museum grounds
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Judy likes the imagery - so let's end here