April 7th: Tom met Andy, Marilyn, Bill and Barbara in San Antonio at the Holiday Inn Express lobby at 5:30 pm for a get acquainted dinner (Harriet and Ann would join the group several days later). We started off enjoying free drinks in the lobby of the hotel part of a promotion the hotel was offering. Then it was off to downtown San Antonio for dinner. We took the van down 281 and 37 exiting at Commerce and parking in a parking garage then walking over to the Alamo. Although this famous historic site was closed we were able to enjoy the architecture and grounds and take a few photos. From here we continued over to the Riverwalk which was quite busy already. After walking a short distance we decided to find a restaurant. As luck would have it we soon found a great outdoor table where we could sit near all the action in the warm evening. Our meals were acceptable - not superb, not bad. We returned to the hotel about 9:20pm with Tom giving marching orders for the following morning.