Three Days in San Antonio – Day 2 – Walking the Mission Trail

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Three Days in San Antonio – Day 2 – Walking the Mission Trail

We had a plan as we left our hotel room bright and early on a brisk San Antonio morning. We’d park the car at the main visitor center and walk south to our furthest destination at Mission Espada. We’d rent bikes there and return to the visitor center via a stop at Mission San Juan. Then walk to Mission Concepcion and ride back to the visitor center. If we had the time and energy, we’d drive downtown and park, bike out to Mission Concepcion and walk back to our car. If not, we’d complete the walk another day. Sounded like a complex, but reasonable plan. And off we went.

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Three Days in San Antonio - Day 1 – Sussing out the Missions

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Three Days in San Antonio - Day 1 – Sussing out the Missions

For three days, we planned to stay put in San Antonio, exploring this colorful city, and enjoying its Spanish culture. Remnants of the city’s colonial Spanish roots are everywhere, nowhere more prominent than at its historic missions.

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Harpers Ferry and A Walk on the Appalachian Trail

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Harpers Ferry and A Walk on the Appalachian Trail

We’d visited the Harper’s Ferry National Historic Park a few years ago, but we thought we’d return and since the midpoint of the Appalachian Trail runs through this town, it might be an opportunity to suss it out. We had a plan.

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