Spanish Governor’s Palace

by RoadRunner | Jan 15, 2020 | art, history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

Built in the 1740s, the Spanish Governor’s Palace (105 Plaza de Armas, across the parking lot form City Hall)  was a military fortification and a home for the Spanish Captain of the Presidio San Antonio de Béjar. In 1804 the last captain, José Menchaca, sold the...

Texas Trail Roundup Medal Revealed

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,...

The Faux Bois of San Antonio

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...

More Than Water Under the Bridge

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,...

Un Poquito de Mexico en HemisFair Park

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...

A Walk through Academia: Trinity University

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...