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tourism
This boat is called a “tour barge”, in case you were wondering what the proper name is. There are a lot of them in San Antonio, barging ( ? ) tourists up and down the San Antonio River.
Don’t you worry about the no-life jackets situation: the river’s only about three feet deep. If the barge sank, it wouldn’t even be all the way under water.
Also, I don’t think anyone’s who’s prone to motion sickness needs to worry as the ride is pretty smooth. Want to know how I know that? Well, look at the driver or captain or barger (the terminology is unclear) and how he’s placed his water bottle right there on the narrow wooden ledge…
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 10.6.2026
remember
Remember? (It’s the Alamo.)
This was another self-assigned challenge: to get a photo of the Alamo that didn’t look like the other one billion photos that we’ve all seen. (Part Two of the challenge was to get it without a bunch of people in the shot – going at night when it’s closed made that part pretty easy.)
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 10.7.2026
hemisfair
My self-assignment for this image was to see how small a slice of the Tower of the Americas I could get while still conveying what it was.
But you may be wondering what this even is. Good thing I have some facts to share:
- It’s an observation tower that was built for the 1968 San Antonio HemisFair.
- Construction started in 1966.
- O’Neil Ford, who lived and worked in San Antonio was the architect.
- The top house, containing observation decks and a restaurant, was built at ground level and then hoisted to the top of the concrete shaft, inch by inch, using twenty-four steel lifting rods. This process took twenty days.
- The fastest recorded time up the tower’s 952 steps is 5 minutes 18 seconds on January 29, 1981, by Tommy Johnson.
- Or you could take the elevator.
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 10.5.2026
four phone booths
Sometimes I think having a “favorite” photo is sort of weird, like having a “favorite” son or daughter. (Note: I only have one kid so I really don’t even know why I think about it in terms that are not part of my own lived experience.)
But, right now, this is my favorite photo.
I made a single image of these phone booths and it…just worked. Sometimes the Gods of Photography are kind.
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 10.7.2026
pink water
I hate lugging a tripod around. There. I said it.
However, if I had had one that night I could have gotten a more interesting photo of this fountain.
Is there a lesson here? Yes.
Have I learned this lesson? Absolutely not.
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 10.5.2026
