We began driving from New Orleans to San Antonio at about 11 am. We downloaded a book to listen to on my iPod, which proved a very smart decision as we drove through Texas. Our first day of driving through Texas was mostly small towns, that coupled with the audiobook made the drive pretty decent. We got into San Antonio around 7 pm, and again, were very pleased with the hotel that we got using the Priceline Name Your Own Bid.
After checking in and taking our things inside, we decided to see if we could find the Alamo. We both immediately fell in love with downtown San Antonio, it had tons of little shops and old world charm. The Alamo is surrounded by a huge fence and tons of trees, so we really didn't get to see it. It closes at 5pm, and by the time we got there it was 8. We decided that we had an adequate experience with the surprisingly small fort, and headed off to dinner.
For dinner, we decided to check out a restaurant my dad told me he had been to about 20 years before. It is called the Magic Time Machine Restaurant, and it was so much fun! All the waiters and waitresses dress up like characters from movies. Our waiter was Ace Ventura, and he had a good time making fun of my being from Florida and Lebron James. After dinner, we went to the other side of the restaurant, where they have a bar. We sat and relaxed their for a little while, enjoying the company of some interesting people who had obviously been at the bar for awhile, by the sound of their conversations!
We left the next morning around 10. We still had to go through the other half of Texas, and knew that this drive would be harder. We drove through miles and miles of pretty much nothing. When we needed to stop to get gas, we ended up having to go 13 miles off the Interstate to find it, in Iraan Texas. If you will be driving across Texas, make sure you know how far you can go before stoping, and that their will be something there when you need to! We weren't on empty, otherwise things would have been very bad.
We made it to El Paso around 6. This time we didn't use my new favorite hotel tool, instead we used a gift card that Megan's parents had given to her. This worked out really well, because the hotel we stayed at had a free hot breakfast!
After some research, we found something called the Wyler Aerial Tramway, and decided to check it out. It is the equivalent of a ski lift (but enclosed) up a mountain. On top of the mountain you get a 360 degree view, and get to take in two countries, and three states- not bad for $7! Although I was a little worried about my Jeep's ability to make it up and down the mountain (or rather my ability to drive it, as I had never really driven up a mountain before), it was an amazing view and well worth the trip.
For dinner we decided to Check out Andale's Mexican Restaurant. Once you stepped inside, it was like you were teleported across the border! Our waitress did not speak English, and had to go find someone else that did. My phone, which is on the AT&T network, somehow switched itself to TelCel, it's Mexican equivalent, while we were still in the US! All this was worth it, though, when the waitress brought out our 64oz margarita (no worries, we walked to the restaurant)! We wanted one for each of us, but the waitress said they were to share. We fully planned on ordering another one, but after eating dinner too, there was no way we could drink another! It was really interesting being in a Mexican restaurant in America like that, because we felt really felt out of place, and confused as to where we are. I definitely suggest checking out the 64oz margaritas and the tramway if you are ever in El Paso!
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