Riverwalk at Christmas II

Welcome back to our boat tour of the San Antonio Riverwalk. Christmas is always one of my favorite times of year because I like all things sparkly and shiny, so I loved the way the Riverwalk looked and as a San Antonio native it is always awesome to hear the “OOO”‘s and “Ah”‘s of the tourists visiting our beautiful city. The Riverwalk while always alluring is simply magical during it’s Christmas transformation.

Coming underneath yet another bridge we can see the restaurant Casa Rio, while I have not had dinner there it has long been a resident of the Riverwalk and what a gorgeous view to have while you are eating; needless to say I have added dinner there during the next holiday season to my to-do list.

Here we are approaching the bend before the Arneson River Theater which can also be entered from historic La Villita.

This picture gives you a sense of how many trees they have put lights on, there are some turns on the River where it looks like a lite forest.

In some ways it reminds of a the Sugarplum Fairies as I think they would probably live in a place that looked magical like this.

The Tower Life building which opened in 1929 is both a landmark and historic building in Downtown San Antonio, it can be seen from many places in the city and is the only San Antonio building to boast gargoyles on the corners of its sides which makes it a favorite of mine.

Here we are almost upon one of the street level bridges, I am always in awe of how tall the trees are above street level.

As we pass under the Navarro Street bridge one can see the height of these trees, while they are rooted on the walkways of the Riverwalk these giants climb high enough into the air that their beauty can be appreciated even while driving or walking through downtown San Antonio.

On Friday I will post the final shots from this journey, I hope that you will join me one last time on this holiday cruise.