Sunday morning, our last hotel awakening, wallets are dry, clothes are running low, and of course its 108 degrees outside. Despite it all, we still have a reserve tank of enthusiasm ready for our touristy day in San Antonio. We charge up at Wendy's for some coffee and bacon and egg wraps. The only downfall about having a car in a city is parking, sure they have the parking facilities, but it gets complicated with location and destination, and of then in our circumstances, a nasty fee. The key is to have a GPS that assists you with parking, and then to obviously find the cheapest, but then again is this hassle worth the extra $5 or $10 you might save. 
Walking over, we arrive at Ripley's, we wanted to see just the auditorium, which is $19, but for an extra $8 we could see a 4D movie as well as the wax museum. The auditorium was spectacular, my dad and I would watch Ripley's together every Thursday night while I ate my ham and bacon pizza, it was a tradition, walking through Ripley's collection was not only fascinating by extremely sentimental. I recalled the episodes I had scene, and over time could probably appreciate and understand more, considering I was around 11 or 12 watching the TV show. We spent hours, reading interesting facts, learning about American history, marvelling in the crazy unbelievable talents of some, the weirdness of others, the extremity of certain events and happenings. We were all very much thoroughly intrigued by each and every artifact. Money well spent. We did the 4D movie, it was fun, we were riding bumper cars through strange courses, wouldn't recommend it though. Moving on to the wax museum, it doesn't compare to Madam Tussuad's, but it was very well done and if you in the area, worth taking a peek, especially with the 3 attraction package. We posed with Johnny Depp and we sat on the Throne of Love, a quarter got Chey " Lovable ", myself a "Wild Thing" and for Megs, it couldn't decide so she was the whole package. We went through the tunnel of terror, which was moderately scary, Chey found the entrance and started, but was too afraid to continue and came back for us.
Having spent a decent amount of time exploring Ripley's, we went across the street to see the Alamo. The Alamo, originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, is a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound and was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. Due to the heat and pure exhaustion, we took a quick walk through the garden and the museum, read a few interesting facts and made our way back to Belton, where Meg's host dad was kind enough to let Chey and I stay for the night. The best feeling was walking into the house with a delicious home cooked meal on the table, our tummies could not have been more thankful. 
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