San Antonio – Museum Reach & Mission Reach<\/p>\n
The number one tourist attraction in San Antonio is the famous Riverwalk.\u00a0 Hotels, restaurants & shops line the river for miles and miles.\u00a0 The river was a life source for getting supplies to the missions and the Mission Reach portion of the river is gorgeous.\u00a0 Improvements along the Mission Reach have focused on ecosystem restoration using a technique known as fluvial geomorphology. This technique will transform the straightened river to replicate the original flow of the river while maintaining flood control, reducing erosion, re-introducing native vegetation and creating an environment more suitable for recreation and wildlife.\u00a0 Mission Concepcion is close to the spot where we took a walk to understand the magnitude of this project.\u00a0 Public art graces the park in the form of walls, which represent the original flow of the river towards the mission.\u00a0 Trees have been planted in a manner that will direct the focus of your view to the mission.\u00a0 For more information on this project www.sanantonioriver.org<\/a><\/p>\n The Museum Reach portion of the Riverwalk offers river cruise opportunities that might take you to the end where you\u2019ll arrive at a rather new development- The Pearl.\u00a0 Formerly a brewery, now a hot spot for trendy restaurants & shops (Melissa Guerra Tienda de Cocina is located there, as well as the CIA & Nao-New World Flavors), you\u2019ll find something for everyone.\u00a0 The actual brewery is under construction and slated to be a hotel.\u00a0 On Saturday mornings, The Pearl Farmer\u2019s Market brings out the best of San Antonio.\u00a0 As a produce only market, everything is farmed or raised within 150 miles.\u00a0 I found a peach orchard & brought back some peach habenero jelly and some roasted almonds from a nut vendor.\u00a0 Baked goods and organics are also offered.\u00a0 You can even have a free guided tour of the property where you\u2019ll see sculptures and art made from reclaimed materials from the brewery.\u00a0 Very cool.<\/p>\n Read more about the Pearl Brewery- www.atpearl.com<\/p>\n I mentioned the River Cruise and would like to elaborate a little seeing how in Pittsburgh we are known for our rivers.\u00a0 The San Antonio River is often mistaken for a creek by visitors and I was surprised how the narrow Riverwalk accommodates the cruise boats.\u00a0 Our guide actually told us that the boats were created specifically for the size of the canal.\u00a0 Towards the end of the Museum Reach portion, you will go through a lock and dam, which we\u2019re no strangers to up North.\u00a0 I was surprised that in our group of journalists how many had never seen such a thing!\u00a0 It was very small compared to the lock & dam system on the Ohio River.\u00a0 The cruise gave us a nice chance to see the entire Museum Reach portion without having to walk miles and miles.\u00a0 Our guide was excellent at giving historical information and points of reference.\u00a0 I highly recommend taking a River Cruise to see everything that you might miss on a short stroll.\u00a0 There is an abundance of public art under all of the footbridges that cross the river canal.\u00a0 So much to see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" San Antonio – Museum Reach & Mission Reach The number one tourist attraction in San Antonio is the famous Riverwalk.\u00a0 Hotels, restaurants & shops line the river for miles and miles.\u00a0 The river was a life source for getting supplies to the missions and the Mission Reach portion of the river is gorgeous.\u00a0 Improvements along […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1099","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8aPSh-hJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1100,"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1099\/revisions\/1100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nightwire.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}