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