San Antonio for "Spring Break"

I'm a few days late in posting this, but I am ... what's the word . . . ah yes, lazy. Anyway, I once again had an overnight in San Antonio for the first time in a while. Unlike my previous visit in December, it was not cold and rainy. In fact, it was quite pleasant with temperatures in the 80s.

As a crew, we went out for food and beverage. It was nice to be able to sit outside and relax a bit. This was in stark contrast to my previous visit where I was attempting to blow warm air onto my hands to keep them from freezing.

Now the unfortunate downside to this improvement of weather, further exacerbated by the time of year which coincides with many a spring break, there were a lot of people. This made for a lot of slow walking behind people who were lost/drunk/annoying/choosing to walk 6 abreast/oblivious.

I was devilishly thinking to myself about how easy it would be to start pushing people into the river. How many people fall in during a day? I think 17.

One of my greatest pet peeves in life is slow walkers. It's right up there with people who stand real close to me in a line, and people who take longer than 15 seconds to drive away from a parking spot after getting into their car. Maybe I'm not good with people.

When the crew all returned to their rooms, I ventured out for what I hoped would be a relaxing stroll around the river walk. It was still wall-to-wall (or river to restaurant) people. I eventually had to go up some steps and walk on surface streets because the slow walkers and abrupt stoppers were driving me bats (which were also getting in my way, particularly below bridges.)

It's kind of a catch-22 for someone like myself. When the weather's good, the people come out and ruin the atmosphere. As a result, Nicole and I have been forced to travel in off seasons. London in February. Peru in the rainy season. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but maybe San Antonio on a rainy December's day was more photogenic and enjoyable.