But Jef and I have talked for several years of taking a trip to San Antonio for a long weekend to visit the places where Mother and Daddy spend the first couple years of their marriage. We have never been to San Antonio and it's an easy, cheap flight to there for us. We understand it is a neat city all by itself and it is close to Austin and to Hondo, where Daddy was stationed. I don't know exactly where they were married, but there is supposed to be a museum at Hondo and we recently learned that it was the largest air base in the U.S. during the war, so it has a lot of history. Anyone want to join us?
We are probably going sometime in the next year, maybe as soon as the fall, as Texas can be hot. It would be neat to do it around their anniversary in April, but we will definitely go by the time of what would be their 70th anniversary in 2013. What do you think?
Wow - I thought it was Austin too. Would've been cool to visit some of their haunts when I lived there. 70th anniversary must be a mis-print - perhaps you meant 70th anniversary in 2013? I'd love an excuse to go back to San Antonio.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Blythe, you're right, it was supposed to be 2013. I don't know if I'll be around in 2043 at 93 years old. How do I edit these postings?
ReplyDeleteActually, these places are in the same general area. We would fly to San Antonio, but Austin is 75 miles to the northeast and Hondo is 40 miles due west. Anyone who has information on where they actually lived from April 1943 until they moved back to Atlanta needs to step forward and let us all know.