August 15, 2005

• San Antonio, TX

  I really have to thank two people for showing me around San Antonio. One is dead. The other person is someone I will never meet in person. Because of them, I found some of the cool "hidden stuff" that really made my mom's visit and concurrent vacation fun.

  One of the treasures of the San Antonio area is actually not in San Antonio, but within San Marcos. The San Marcos River gushes straight out of a spring and makes a clear, flowing watercourse for tubing. (This is the same river that some guy jumped into after eating at a restaurant and was saved by a stranger who eventually was arrested by police.)

  Most of the rivers in this area are great for diving and snorkeling because of the clarity of the water, although preferably one would choose the ones far from waterparks.

  Website of San Marcos area divers

  In some parts of Philippines, there is a legend that people who drown were called to the water by mermaids to be asked if they eat fish. If they answer "Yes," the mermaid will drag them into the water and drown them.

  I didn't get any pictures of the San Marcos, but I snapped a few of the Comal which runs through and feeds the Schlitterbahn.

  
  

  

  

  
  

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