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*Guitar_Raph* · 03-31-2011, 05:47 AM

Growing up, San Antonio was my favorite vacation spot. Going along Austin Highway & Broadway [then Business U.S. 81, now Loop 368] to reach downtown.

Brackenridge Park is known for the Zoo, Japanese Tea Garden, Paddleboats, Train & Sky Ride. Then you had the summer tradition of Fiesta Noche Del Rio that had traditional Mexican music & dancing, plus I kissed their star Rosita Fernandez, on her final year in 1982.

Things change & Austin Highway was replaced by going along Fredericksburg Road (then Business U.S. 87/now Loop 345) & taking the VIA (their bus system) to downtown. There was even a cute name for a mall in NW San Antonio named Wonderland (now Crossroads; the same mall I met Mario Lopez). There was even a Rodeway Inn nearby.

In a 1998 trip, Fiesta Noche Del Rio changed for the worst with taped music & salsa dancing, inclusing forbidden dances. And in 2006, Brackenridge Park lost 1/2 its attractions of losing the paddleboats, Tea Garden & skyride. My favorite motel was gone & Crossroads Mall is 1/2 gone.

03-31-2011, 05:47 AM	#2
Guitar_Raph Superhero musician Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 2,191	Growing up, San Antonio was my favorite vacation spot. Going along Austin Highway & Broadway [then Business U.S. 81, now Loop 368] to reach downtown. Brackenridge Park is known for the Zoo, Japanese Tea Garden, Paddleboats, Train & Sky Ride. Then you had the summer tradition of Fiesta Noche Del Rio that had traditional Mexican music & dancing, plus I kissed their star Rosita Fernandez, on her final year in 1982. Things change & Austin Highway was replaced by going along Fredericksburg Road (then Business U.S. 87/now Loop 345) & taking the VIA (their bus system) to downtown. There was even a cute name for a mall in NW San Antonio named Wonderland (now Crossroads; the same mall I met Mario Lopez). There was even a Rodeway Inn nearby. In a 1998 trip, Fiesta Noche Del Rio changed for the worst with taped music & salsa dancing, inclusing forbidden dances. And in 2006, Brackenridge Park lost 1/2 its attractions of losing the paddleboats, Tea Garden & skyride. My favorite motel was gone & Crossroads Mall is 1/2 gone. __________________ Mikey drums with nunchucks! Last edited by Guitar_Raph; 06-09-2013 at 11:57 AM.