The BIG Day!
It was a little stressful getting around to leave our motel, but the drive to San Antonio was very peaceful and we didn't have any problem getting to our skyscraper, fancy, downtown hotel. The staff at the hotel were very nice and they even let us check in before 10 a.m.! We were able to take everything up to our room in one trip, which is amazing for us. We usually pack so much it takes several trips, but Mommy had worked on condensing our stuff to just what we needed for our time in San Antonio. Our room was lovely and fairly large, especially the bathroom. The view from our room of San Antonio was beautiful.
Before we left on foot to visit the Alamo, we packed sandwiches for supper. The Alamo is very much in the middle of a thriving, downtown area. Normally, people think of the famous front part as being the only part of the Alamo, but in reality it is much larger. My family had done some studying of the Alamo, before we visited it which was nice. At the Alamo we saw many other families who also attended the film festival. We ate lunch at a McDonald's downtown.
After lunch we went to the convention center, checked in (which was amazingly easy), tried to find each room where movies were being shown and just toured the place. At 2:00 Mommy and I watched Exposing a Trojon Horse and The Rock from which We Were Hewn. Daddy and Je watched The Sword at 2:00. Then at 4, we all went and saw American Adventure, which was a neat documentary about an everyday older gentleman and his impact on the people around him. The movie was done by Franklin Springs Family Media. At 5:15 the people on Homeschool Alumni were suppose to get together for a portrait, but it didn't work too well. I do know that many HSA'ers were there, they just didn't show up or didn't know about the picture session. After all that we quickly went back to our hotel and ate our sandwhiches. Then we rushed back for the opening ceremonies. Many speakers talked about there different sessions, Charlie Zahm gave a concert, and George Sarris did a narrative of Joshua. It was a long day, and we were all ready for bed by the evening.
Our beautiful hotel room
Over 2, 400 people came out for the film festival.
This is one of the rooms where we watched movies.
The view of San Antonio from our hotel room.
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