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Good Week: San Antonio, Texas
Coming off a good week in San Antonio, Texas. Worked mostly but I did get some time to get out and check out some really cool things: The Alamo, Riverwalk & Downtown San Antonio, some old Spanish Missions and the infamous "Ghost Tracks" just outside the city.
A word about the "Ghost Tracks". Legend has it that a school bus full of children was hit by a train as the bus either crossed or got stuck in the middle of the tracks. It is said if you go there today, drive up on to the tracks, put the car in neutral, the "ghosts" of the children will "push" your car off the tracks in order to help others not suffer the same fate as themselves. Well, my friend and co-worker Craig and I decided to check this out. After eating some really good food at the only Mongol restaurant I had ever seen--anywhere---we drove out to the infamous "Ghost Tracks". Well, we did what the legend says to do. Sure enough, our car began to slowly roll across the tracks, as the legend says. Was it the ghosts of the children, helping us out? Hardly. Just on the other side of the tracks, the pavement declines sharply, causing a natural gravitational force, forcing the car to roll downward over the tracks. We turned it around, tried going the other way. Nope. The car just rolled backwards, as it would on a steady decline. So much for the legend, I thought.
We decided to park the car and get out, walk along the tracks. I started taking photos. Not one moment being out of the car, a swarm of mosquitos attacked us and after taking three or four photos, the camera batteries immediately went dead. Hmmm.... Strange, indeed. We decided to split, not out of fear of ghosts, mind you, but of the steady squadron of mosquitos which were biting me on the average of a half a second apiece.
Heading back to New York this afternoon. Had a great time here and everyone was nice. Texas is an interesting place and I will definitely come back to San Antonio at some point, especially to hang around the Riverwalk. In fact, there is a wonderful hotel right along the walk called "La Mansion". I wonder what the rates are? Seems like a good place to hang for a couple of days.
Anyway, as much as I love to bitch about New York City, I'm glad to be coming home.
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