San Antonio Texas Temple

December 9, 2017

Two words start off this post:  stained glass!  There is a lot of it in this temple and it runs from floor to ceiling in some cases.  It’s beautiful!

Two other words sum up this experience: awesome brother.

I flew from Washington, DC to San Antonio this morning to see my brother Kent and go to the temple.  It was starting to snow when I left.

In honor of my daughter Kelly I wore my British socks.  She gets me socks from around the world for various presents during the year.

It’s only about a 15-minute drive to the temple from the San Antonio airport.  Before we went in we had this shot taken of us:

There is beautiful woodwork inside the various rooms that is spectacular.  I love the large water wall just inside the entrance too.  A large group of youth were there doing baptisms for the dead.

The temple is situated on a hill so there’s a great view of the surrounding area.

Afterwards we went down to the River Walk in San Antonio, a place I’ve never been before.  It was awesome!

I got a kick out of some pigeons that were cleaning up from some people just ahead of us…

We hit an Irish pub and grabbed a Reuben sandwich and a steak sandwich with the trimmings.

After lunch we drove to Kent’s brother-in-law’s house and said hi to three of his kids.  I loaded them up with a bag of M&M’s each.

I’m now on the plane headed back to Washington.  I will arrive around 9 PM tonight.

You’re probably curious about the airfare if you read my post for the Newport Beach Temple!  The round-trip airfare for this trip was $46.

The San Antonio Temple is the 22nd temple I’ve visited so far this year.