San Antonio...and Candi leaves

I am officially a bachelor now. AND IT STINKS! I couldn't have made it this far without her. I am not a big one for change, so it was nice to have a constant piece of my life by my side during the whole "getting settled" thing. Thanks Candi for being there for me.

We went to San Antonio to take Candi to the airport. If we would have known that Del Rio has an airport that can take larger planes, we would have gone that route. However, it was nice to take a little trip and see the sites.

The river walk and the Alamo where the big attractions. The history at the Alamo was pretty interesting and now I know all about David Crockett. The river walk was a pretty amazing piece of engineering, as well as being pretty.

The Rivercenter Mall was also very cool...literally. It was air conditioned, which was greatly needed. There is over 125 stores and tons of places to eat. I think 20 of them were University of Texas Longhorn stores. Texas takes its football a tad serious. I think the quickest way to get kicked out of pilot training would be to wear a Texas A & M shirt and hat around the San Antonio and Austin...I would be medically disqualified for life.

We took a river tour and it was well worth the money. At the bottom right is one of the tour boats that fill the river ways. At night they put tables on the boats and make them small floating restaurants.

Well, now I am back home. I navigated my way through the deer and critters to make it back to Del Rio. I have never seen so many types of wildlife...and everywhere. I have seen bores, road runners, armadillos, vultures, opossums, lizards, prairie dogs, and a million mocking birds and deer, just to mention a few. If I had a penny for every mocking bird or deer I see here, I would be able to buy the planes I am going to fly. I need to take pictures of the deer here because it would make my forked horn I shot last year look like an elephant. The deer here are like large dogs.

Anyway, like I was saying, I am back in Del Rio and getting ready for Day 1. We start out learning about aerospace physiology and then systems. The first day of flying is set for the 28th of September.

I will let you know how tomorrow goes (Day 1). Please leave a comment or drop me an e-mail if you read these, so I know that someone is reading these. You don't have to do it every time, but just once so I know all this typing is being read. Thanks Brandon for the comments so far.