Riverwalk Downtown

We spent yesterday afternoon biking to downtown and walking around Riverwalk. It was 5 miles to downtown, which wasn’t bad. However, once we got there we were stopped by the police. At a certain point Riverwalk changes from a bike and hike trail to only walking. Luckily the officer just gave us directions. We had to climb the stairs with our bike. We ended up leaving our bikes locked up near the cathedral with the hope that no one would steal a bike near a cathedral!

We walked from there along Riverwalk to the Alamo. The problem with all of this is that the whole area is full of tourists for the holidays and for an upcoming game. Most of Riverwalk was walking in a straight line passing a straight line of people going the other direction. The lines for the boats were long too. However, we found a restaurant and enjoyed lunch.

The Alamo was also too busy. The line to the ‘shrine’ was too long. We’ve seen it before and it certainly isn’t worth the wait for a second time. But we wandered around the courtyard.

Too many people, but the bike ride was good.