Heat, The Alamo, The Riverwalk, Mexican Food and Family

Joyce's condition has pretty much stabilized. We are continuing injections on a three week cycle. Hopefully she doesn't regress. I realized that I had converted this blog from "trying enbrel to improve" to "life with Joyce and Pal after enbrel did its thing". You are all welcome to still read it. One reason I continue this is it is easier to convey what is going on to my three daughters without leaving out facts when telling the story three times.

Saturday was a hot, busy day. We all went to the center of San Antonio, parked and began walking to see the sites. Our first site was the Alamo and I am always one that says historical or natural sites are far better appreciated in person than in pictures. The Alamo is the heart and soul of Texas and they treat it with the reverence it truly deserves. The grounds inside were as beautiful as any I saw anywhere in San Antonio. It is the one place in America that truly gives meaning to dying for freedom.

From there we walked over and down to the Riverwalk. Again being there is necessary. The best way I can describe it is that there are two parts to downtown San Antonio. The upper part has the streets, the office buildings and all the hustle and bustle. Then about two levels below are the waterways (river) with sidewalks on each side and cafes, eateries, shops and lots of benches. You can't hear or see the cars or even the streets from the sidewalks. It was hot but mostly shady so we bought a tourist boat ride that gave us a two mile tour of everything. I was glad we didn't try to walk it. After exiting the boat we walked back looking for an eaterie for lunch. They all were so crowded until we finally found an English Pub Theme that could seat us right away. I didn't realise how thirsty I was until she brought our drinks. The service was slow and when we finally finished we headed back to the car which entailed climbing quite a few steps. Joyce usually out walks me easily but she was even dragging by the time we got up to street level. We had to walk a couple of blocks over to get to the parking garage. Did I say how hot it was? When we arrived back at Missy's house we all crashed for a couple of hours.

After refreshing, we headed back out to meet my cousin Gat and his wife Pam at La Fogata. He took us there because it is supposed to be one of the best Mexican restaurants in the area. They have been there for thirty years. Pam's daughter and daughter's husband came also and it really turned out to be a wonderful fun experience. The food was delicious and interaction around the table was really what family is all about. Joyce seemed to enjoy everything. We said our thanks and goodbyes and headed back to Missy's. Needless to say we were all exhausted and went to bed shortly thereafter. It had been a long, tiring but very enjoyable day.

Today we rested and packed. Tomorrow Joyce and I drive back to Baton Rouge and a more sedate way of life. It was a good trip for Joyce and I. I plan to take more as long as she can keep up. I don't think we would be doing this without enbrel injections.
PAL