by RoadRunner | Oct 20, 2019 | art, events, news, San Antonio insider, tips
Isn’t it beautiful? Texas Trail Roundup President Susan Medlin revealed the our medal at the U.S. Freedom Walk Festival in Arlington, Virginia this weekend. Here’s how it works. If you sign up for any Saturday or Sunday walk you will be awarded one medal,...
by RoadRunner | Sep 1, 2019 | art, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
Throughout the city of San Antonio you will find the work of Dionicio Rodriguez, carried on by his great nephew, Carlos Cortés: Faux Bois, or, false wood. In Mexico it is often referred to as trabajero rustico (rustic work) but it all means the same thing: concrete...
by RoadRunner | Feb 26, 2019 | art, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
We walkers have all been spooked by a creepy underpass. What (or who?) lurks in the shadows? On the San Antonio Riverwalk, that ominous feeling of dread has been banished by art. The undercrofts of our bridges are beautiful and safe Let’s start with the FISH,...
by RoadRunner | Feb 16, 2019 | art, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
The 10km Friday Friendship walk will take you through HemisFair Park. Just before you get to the Tower of the Americas you’ll be instructed to walk to the left of the Mayan Statue and head towards the big blue sculpture titled “Unamita.” What are...
by RoadRunner | Feb 14, 2019 | art, history, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
Sunday’sTexas Trail Roundup 21k walk will take you through the campus of Trinity University, located between Brackenridge Park and the historic Monte Vista neighborhood. Presbyterians founded Trinity in 1869 in Tehuacana, Texas (about 40 miles NE of Waco) from...
by RoadRunner | Feb 12, 2019 | art, history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing
On every walk you get a view of San Antonio’s Enchilada Red Central Library, opened in May, 1995. It’s a prominent part of the San Antonio skyline. Here’s a short video explaining how it got built: You’ll walk past our two previous libraries on...
