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canyonwalker) wrote2023-05-30 04:36 pm
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Back Along The Riverwalk. Watching a Lock Transit.
San Antonio Travelog #6
The Pearl - Sun, 28 May 2023, 7pm
What goes up must come down. As we went up the San Antonio River along the Riverwalk earlier today, so must we go back downriver to get home. Along the way I spotted something interesting.... One of the passenger ferries that plies this part of the river had just entered a lock. I've seen plenty of locks before... but I've never seen a ship transit one. It was time to stop and watch!
Link: watch video on YouTube
Stopping to watch the lock operate was also a good excuse for taking a rest. We've walked quite a bit today, over 8 miles by Hawk's step counter. But soon enough we're back near our hotel.
We've been staying at the Holiday Inn. It's the tall building in the background with the stepped roof. I like its location because while it's not in the middle of the action on the Riverwalk loop where all the busy restaurants and raucous bars are, it's not in the middle of the loop where all the raucous bars are. It's quiet after dark (at least once the clod blasting his stereo from his balcony wises up to the fact he's not actually the only person alive) yet still close to all the action.
Oh, but the walk isn't even done yet. There's one last little find before we reach our hotel:
There's a small waterfall (man-made) in a grotto just around the bend from our hotel. Little touches like this make the Riverwalk so much more enjoyable than just another river in another city.
The Pearl - Sun, 28 May 2023, 7pm
What goes up must come down. As we went up the San Antonio River along the Riverwalk earlier today, so must we go back downriver to get home. Along the way I spotted something interesting.... One of the passenger ferries that plies this part of the river had just entered a lock. I've seen plenty of locks before... but I've never seen a ship transit one. It was time to stop and watch!
Link: watch video on YouTube
Stopping to watch the lock operate was also a good excuse for taking a rest. We've walked quite a bit today, over 8 miles by Hawk's step counter. But soon enough we're back near our hotel.
We've been staying at the Holiday Inn. It's the tall building in the background with the stepped roof. I like its location because while it's not in the middle of the action on the Riverwalk loop where all the busy restaurants and raucous bars are, it's not in the middle of the loop where all the raucous bars are. It's quiet after dark (at least once the clod blasting his stereo from his balcony wises up to the fact he's not actually the only person alive) yet still close to all the action.
Oh, but the walk isn't even done yet. There's one last little find before we reach our hotel:
There's a small waterfall (man-made) in a grotto just around the bend from our hotel. Little touches like this make the Riverwalk so much more enjoyable than just another river in another city.
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