Tex Visits the Alamo

Tex, the Longhorn, spent the weekend of November 5, 2016 soaking in Texas History in San Antonio, Texas.  Tex answered the following questions:

1.  Where is Tex?  On Friday, November 4 Tex left Houston, Texas USA by truck and traveled to San Antonio, Texas.  He visited the Alamo on Saturday, November 15, 2014.

2. What is the geography like there? San Antonio, the seventh most populous city in the United States of America and the second most populous city in the state of Texas, is located in the Hill Country.  It is situated in south central Texas between the Edwards Plateau to the northwest anted the Gulf Coastal Plains to the southeast.  The terrain has oak trees, mesquite trees and cacti.

3. What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?  Residents and visitors of San Antonio enjoy eating many different types of food.  When Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen visit San Antonio they like to eat The Alamo Café, Mi Tierra Restaurant and Bakery, Bohanans Steakhouse, and Landry’s Seafood on the river walk.

4. What types of jobs are there? The most common job in San Antonio is nurses, teachers, ranches, farms, and tourism.

5. What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends? Many people enjoy watching the San Antonio Spurs, the basketball team, as well as University of Texas at San Antonio’s Football team, the Roadrunners!

6. Where are you going next Tex? Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before you get there! Tex’s clue is at the end of this post.

7. Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Please see the pictures below of Tex’s trip to San Antonio, Texas to visit the Alamo.

Here are a Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen looking for the Alamo.

Here is Tex, Mrs. Normann-Petersen, and Mr. Normann-Petersen admiring the Alamo.  Did you know that the Alamo was built in 1718 and it began as a Spanish Mission, the San Antonio de Valero Mission? 

The Battle of the Alamo took place very early in the morning on March 6, 1836 between Texas and Mexico.  General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led the Mexican Army in the Battle of the Alamo.  This battle helped Texans defeat the Mexican Army at San Jacinto.  It laid the frame work for Texas to gain its Independence from Mexico and helped Texas became the 28^th state in the United States of America.  

Here is Tex helping Mrs. Normann-Petersen read the information board about the Alamo.

Here is Tex in one of the windows of the barracks of the Alamo.  The barrack was used originally used as the quarters and offices of the Spanish missionaries.  During the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, many defenders of the Alamo retreated into this building where they made a last stand against the Mexican Army and General Santa Anna. 

Here are Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen with two of the cannons that the Texas Soldiers used.  William B. Travis was the commander of the Alamo and a few of his defenders were Jim Bowie, renowned knife fighter, and David Crockett, famed frontiersman and former congressman from Tennessee.

Five countries and their army’s occupied the Alamo:  Spain (Alamo de Parras troops), Mexico (after Independence until 1836), the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America.  Here is Mrs. Normann-Petersen and Tex at the Cenotaph, the monument in the Alamo Plaza Historic District of San Antonio.  It pays tribute to the heroic defenders that fell during the Battle of the Alamo. 

After exploring the Alamo and the Centopah Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen and Tex explored the Alamo’s gardens and found huge gold fish and a huge cactus plant.

Across the street from the Alamo is the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum with a Lion outside of the Museum.  Mrs. Normann-Petersen could not resist taking a picture with the Lion.

After eating a delicious dinner at Landry’s Seafood on the River Walk, Mrs. Normann-Petersen and Tex stopped to admire how beautiful the Alamo is at night.

For more information on San Antonio, Texas, the Alamo, University of Texas at San Antonio, Mi Tierra Café, Alamo Café, Landry’s, and Bohanans please visit the websites below.

http://www.sanantonio.gov/

http://visitsanantonio.com/

http://www.thealamo.org/

Interactive Map of the Alamo http://www.thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/index.html

http://www.goutsa.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=34919

http://www.mitierracafe.com/

http://www.bohanans.com/

http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/directory/landrys-seafood

http://www.alamocafe.com/

Tex's clue for his next stop:  Tex goes to a historic Catholic Mission in San Antonio, Texas that was named in part for the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, Jose de Azlor y Virto de Vera.  If you think you know the answer to Tex’s clue please email Mrs. Normann-Petersen at:    cnormannpetersen@stmorenews.com

Tex Goes to Wisconsin

Tex, the Longhorn, spent the weekend of October 2, 2015 attending a wedding in Ixonia, Wisconsin.  Tex answered the following questions:

1.  Where is Tex?  On Friday, October 2 Tex left on Houston, Texas USA  by airplane and arrived in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.  He attended a wedding in Ixonia, Wisconsin, USA.

2. What is the geography like there? Wisconsin is in the plains and is also part of  the Great Lakes of USA. The Great Lakes form the largest freshwater system on earth and consist of the following 5 lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario. 

3. What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?  The guests of the wedding ate chicken, pork, scalloped potatoes, and apple pie! The day after the wedding they ate pasties (pronounced past-eez), which are ground beef and chopped potatoes wrapped in a pie crust and baked.

4. What types of jobs are there? The most common job in Wisconsin is manufacturing but there are a few agricultural jobs as well.

5. What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends? Football, Green Bay Packers; baseball, Milwaukee Brewers; Tex and the members of the wedding party watched college football the night of the wedding!

6. Where are you going next Tex? Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before

you get there! Tex’s clue is at the end of this post.

7. Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Please see the pictures below of Tex’s trip to Madison and Ixonia, Wisconsin to attend a wedding.

Here are a few pictures of Tex riding in the airplane to Madison, Wisconsin.

          

Tex enjoyed the hotel and resort where the wedding took place! 

Here is Tex with the beautiful bride.

                                                                      

For more information on Madison, WI and Ixonia, WI, please visit their city websites.

https://www.cityofmadison.com/

http://www.townofixonia.com/

For more information on the Great Lakes, please visit the website below.

http://epa.gov/greatlakes/

Tex's clue for his next stop:  Tex goes to a town that is rich in Texas History and a famous battle took place here that once was a mission. This town is 200 miles west of Houston cnormannpetersen@stmorenews.com