Tex Runs in the Rock and Roll and Visits the Alamo

Tex Runs in the Rock and Roll and Visits the Alamo

Tex, the Longhorn, spent the weekend of December 1, 2017 soaking in Texas History and running in the Rock and Roll 5K.  in San Antonio, Texas.  Tex answered the following questions:

1.  Where is Tex?  On Friday, December 1, 2017 Tex left Houston, Texas USA by truck and traveled to San Antonio, Texas.  He ran in the Rock and Roll and also visited the Alamo on Saturday, December 1, 2017.

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 and 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 Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen at the Start Line at the Rock and Roll 5K.

Here is Tex, Florencia, and Mrs. Normann-Petersen at the finish.

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 Texasto gain its Independence from Mexico and helped Texas became the 28^thstate 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 Alamoand a few of his defenders were Jim Bowie, renowned knife fighter, and David Crockett, famed frontiersman and former congressman fromTennessee.

Five countries and their army’s occupied the Alamo:  Spain (Alamo de Parras troops), Mexico (after Independence until 1836), the Republic of Texas, theConfederate 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