"Flossin' my whip" (aka our ride for the next week to Texas and back)
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Packed, loaded, and ready to roll!
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Educational detour—girls' (and my) first glimpse of Florida's Capitol
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Blue Angel replica at Pensacola rest area
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OMG we found the LAST Fazoli's in Florida!!!
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Well, that explains the sewage smell when we arrived at our midway hotel
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We made it to Louisiana
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A very brief detour to New Orleans to see the French Quarter and Bourbon Street
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Louisiana plains
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The Lone Star State
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We made it to Texas!
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Our home till Sunday morning
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Downtown San Antonio from atop our accommodations
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Lunch at Iron Cactus alongside River Walk
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Entrance to Casa Rio restaurant
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Dinner at Casa Rio on River Walk
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Mariachi Band serenade at Casa Rio restaurant
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Torch of Friendship sculpture at Alamo Plaza
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Hilton Palacio del Rio
This hotel was built in less than a year with prefabricated room modules built elsewhere and each lifted into place by a crane.
Preparing to board the river tour across from Hilton Palacio del Rio
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Arneson River Theatre (where part of Miss Congeniality was filmed)
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Arneson River Theatre seating (where part of Miss Congeniality was filmed)
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Ben Milam bald cypress, aka Heritage Tree
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Didn't snap a photo quite in time, but from certain angles this building looks like just a flat wall
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San Antonio architecture
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Lila Cockrell Theatre
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Rivercenter Mall
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Rivercenter Mall
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Illuminated carriage
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Alamo church entrance
Sadly, no photos inside.
Alamo church entrance
Sadly, no photos inside.
Exterior of Alamo long barrack
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Alamo Cenotaph
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Alamo Cenotaph detail
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Plaque outside Alamo entrance
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Plaque outside Alamo entrance
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Plaque outside Alamo entrance
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Line in the sand
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Model of the Alamo battle
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Model of the Alamo battle
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Model of the Alamo battle
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Cavalry Courtyard
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Alamo passageway
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Alamo long barrack
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Rear of Alamo church
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Rear of Alamo church
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Rear of Alamo church
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Rear of Alamo church
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Alamo infirmary
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Alamo millstone
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Transplanted tree
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Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This is a pretty walkway leading up to the main courtyard.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows more of where tourists exit the church than any of my photos.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot inside the church looks back to the entrance.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot looks left from inside the entrance.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot looks right from inside the entrance.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot is the view when tourists first walk inside.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot is at the front of the church.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot is the same as the previous front-of-church scene, but zoomed to the model of the 1800s Alamo complex.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot is looking left from the front, toward the exit.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot looks right from the front.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot looks back to the entrance from the front.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
Same shot as previous, but tilting down a bit showing plaque that memorializes unknown human remains found on that spot.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows inside one of the side rooms that was inaccessible during my visit.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows inside one of the side rooms that was inaccessible during my visit.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows inside one of the side rooms that was inaccessible during my visit.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows inside one of the side rooms that was inaccessible during my visit.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows inside one of the side rooms that was inaccessible during my visit.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows inside one of the side rooms that was inaccessible during my visit.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows inside one of the side rooms that was inaccessible during my visit.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows one direction inside the long barrack.
Screen grab from Alamo official virtual tour
This is a screen grab from thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/ which I definitely recommend checking out. I just wanted to have some shots in my album that I wasn't able to take myself.
This shot shows the opposite direction inside the long barrack.
Hotel architecture and Tower of the Americas
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Monument entrance to the Gonzalez Convention Center
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Overlooking exhibit hall A (hall B is not visible from the overhead walkways)
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Adventist Book Center between the A/B and C halls
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Overlooking exhibit hall C
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Exhibit hall C panorama from atop Global Mission loft
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Hope TV broadcast venue during the Session
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Hope TV control room at Session
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Andrews University exhibit booth
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Bring ye a large offering
This was hilarious. Rus Aldridge was using a hand truck to carry a large native stone coin from Yap with a joke message of the spiritual ideal of bringing large offerings to the Lord.
Selfie moment of me and Natalia with ADRA—she interned with us in Florida back in 2009
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Part of Adventist World Radio's exhibit
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I met Abe
Actually this is Chet Damron whom I've known for years. He's the current voice of Uncle Dan from Your Story Hour and he often dresses in Abraham Lincoln character.
Dinosaur model at Southwestern Adventist University's exhibit booth
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Antiquated 3ABN broadcast equipment
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Antiquated 3ABN broadcast equipment
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The one single tchotchke I desired from GC Session
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Tour boat at the River Walk turnaround near the convention center
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Lila Cockrell Theatre
The art above is an intricate mosaic collage piece.
Tour boat entrance
This is where we boarded the tour boat the night before.
Arneson River Theatre
A scene from Miss Congeniality was filmed here.
Rosita's Bridge at Arneson River Theatre
A scene from Miss Congeniality was filmed here.
Arneson River Theatre
A scene from Miss Congeniality was filmed here.
Sculpture along River Walk
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San Antonio architecture
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Colorful tunnel
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Ben Milam bald cypress, aka Heritage Tree
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Ben Milam bald cypress, aka Heritage Tree
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Sesquicentennial sidewalk marker
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County courthouse
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Arrival at the Alamodome
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Making our way around the Alamodome, a quick shot from high above the front platform
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Our seat location for Saturday worship—more than 60,000 people were in the dome today
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The GC Session stage
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A closer shot of the GC session stage—that's President Ted Wilson at the podium
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Skype conversation with former GC President Robert Folkenberg
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Skype conversation with former GC President Robert Folkenberg
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Looking over at the communication box—I miss working with colleagues during the 2000 Session in Toronto and 2005 Session in St. Louis
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There's no sound quite like that of a 60,000+ voice choir
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Adri got creative with advertising my age at lunchtime
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Good night, San Antonio Alamodome and Convention Center—it's been a wonderful few days
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In spite of how stuff seems to grow when you return from a trip, I managed to get it all in and can still see out the back window
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Visiting the USS Alabama
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USS Alabama (BB-60)
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Sailors going aboard USS Alabama
There was some sort of public event going on at the park ground when we arrived. At one point, a large group of young sailors (recruits?) were led on board the ship, and I swung around just in time for this shot of them walking up the ramp.
USS Alabama propellor
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USS Alabama bell
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USS Drum (SS-228)
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C-47D Skytrain
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Various military equipment
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B-52D Stratofortress "Calamity Jane"
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B-52D Stratofortress "Calamity Jane"
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Iraqi T-51 from Gulf War
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LVTP-5A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle
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M-60A1 Patton Tank
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M1 155mm Long Tom Anti Aircraft Gun
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M1A1 120mm Skysweeper Anti Aircraft Gun
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2,177 miles on this rental vehicle, 230 miles to go—and I only JUST figured out I can link Pandora on my iPhone to the radio #techfail
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