<p dir="ltr">+1</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Alamo was far smaller than I imagined.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The river walk is quite nice. For all the Texas bragging about "bigger", that's a big creek they call a river :-)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 15, 2014 9:03 AM, "Lightner, Jeff" <<a href="mailto:JLightner@dsservices.com">JLightner@dsservices.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The River Walk is kind of charming although "River" would lead you to think it was going to be wider than your average creek. I was underwhelmed by the Alamo though I'll never forget it...<br>
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So you're saying not to visit San Antonio...<br>
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On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:15 AM, JD <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> The universe averages out - in San Antonio they drive 45mph on their loop.<br>
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> On 08/15/2014 08:00 AM, Boris Borisov wrote:<br>
> > It's crazy. There you have speed limit sign saying 55 Mph and above<br>
> > it light board informing you that the speed in both directions are 55+ ...<br>
> > There is no limits only the speed of the light :)<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Pete Hardie <<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
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> >> I recall driving up to my folks home the first time, and getting a<br>
> little<br>
> >> nervous driving 55 in bumper-to-bumper traffic on 285<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
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> >>> Remember- those red white and blue signs are suggested speeds!<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> The spur off I85 is terrifying!<br>
> >>> On Aug 14, 2014 8:17 PM, "Sean Kilpatrick" <<a href="mailto:kilpatms@gmail.com">kilpatms@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >>><br>
> >>>> This graf is from an article on trying to be a "hypermiler" in a<br>
> >>>> Honda Insight -- in Atlanta:<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> "The speed thing was especially a problem for us, because we<br>
> >>>> conducted this test in Atlanta, where the speed limit is 55 miles<br>
> >>>> per hour – a number we decided to stay close to for efficiency purposes.<br>
> >>> Unfortunately,<br>
> >>>> no one in Atlanta goes 55 miles per hour. Little old ladies don't<br>
> >>>> go<br>
> >> 55.<br>
> >>>> Church vans don't go 55. Even an illegal immigrant driving a<br>
> >>>> stolen<br>
> car<br>
> >>>> with a trunk full of cocaine and human body parts would be pushing 70.<br>
> >>>> And no one would give him a second look."<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>><br>
> <a href="http://jalopnik.com/here-s-what-happened-when-i-went-hypermiling-in-a-" target="_blank">http://jalopnik.com/here-s-what-happened-when-i-went-hypermiling-in-a-</a><br>
> >>>> honda-1621059406<br>
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