The strange, miserable weather continues. At midday today it was 44 degrees and raining. At 7:00 PM the air was up to 64 but it was still raining. We decided we had grumbled through enough crummy outside conditions and hopped into the truck and drove into San Antonio. Our target destination was the city’s King William neighborhood.
Due to the nature of Texas roads and ample highway construction in town, our route to the neighborhood was a bit circuitous but we persevered and eventually drove right down King William Avenue. The ‘hood has an absolutely stunning assortment of Queen Anne, Victorian and Art Nouveau residential structures lining the roads of the 12 block square district. Lots of gingerbread and snazzy masonry. A very few of the structures are falling into disrepair but the remainder are either plainly being reconstructed or are in magnificent shape. There are some that would qualify as “mansions.” Being architecture fans, we were delighted cruising this little enclave. The houses in the King William neighborhood are gorgeous.
We eventually found our way back to a highway and even got going the correct direction although the signs gave me some apprehension – we needed to go west and our first stint on the highway was on I-10 East but after much convoluted and disoriented shambling, we got back to the west side of town and on to Lakehills.
Check out some of the buildings. Click here