Spring break 2011

As usual we didn't plan well ahead. We sort of decided a few days before that we needed to get away from Magnolia. That's all. Two or three days before hitting the road, I reserved the hotel and checked the route to take. Jasmine has a standing invitation to spend a night at a friend's house and we could only hit the road on Saturday.

San Antonio Texas was our destination and early Saturday morning off we went. We arrived early enough for us to have day light  to stroll to the riverwalk for sightseeing immediately soon after we had checked-in at our hotel. Walking from the hotel to the riverwalk, we encountered a guy who put his beer bottle in his back pocket of his jean and approached me asking if I could spare him a dollar. I declined but I gathered the encounter dented Tracey's and Jasmine's experience but they didn't say a word of protest nor a concern. In my thinking then I thought it was a good idea to expose Jasmine to unfortunate souls among us in order to appreciate the genereous blessings bestowed upon us. Such an encounter served as a teachable moment. Which city large or small  that does not have issues of homelessness. We continued walking until we reached the riverwalk. It was Jasmine and Tracey's first time there.