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San Antonio, Texas ~ My Summer 2025 Adventures

This past summer I took a trip to San Antonio, Texas to cheer on my son Zac Shomler. This was quite an eventful & emotional adventure for me.

During the 4 days I was in San Antonio I spent quite a bit of time at Lackland Air Force - “Gateway to the Air Force”, had some incredible meals, and did lots of reflecting on my hopes and fears for America.

My next five posts will be about this trip and the adventures I had while I was in in San Antonio.

At The Movies with My Daughter-in-Law Molly ~ My Summer 2025 Adventures

I really wanted to see Superman with my son Zac…

Superman opened July 11 and on July 9 Zac left Portland, Oregon to go to San Antonia, Texas for Air Force Basic Training (Boot Camp).

Thankfully my awesome my Daughter-in-Law Molly was available, and she went with me to the theater to see this fantastic movie! For my money this was the best superman movie I have ever seen.

I am so glad that this movie was true to the Superman of the comics.

I read lots and lots of comic books as a kid and there is way too much comic book lore and knowledge in my noggin. Just ask me how many types of Kryptonite there are*

As depicted in the 2025 movie and in the comic books Superman is about an immigrant who escaping dying in his birth country, came to earth, settled in America, became a journalist & a hero and like immigrants do - made America that much better!**

Kryptonite

*There are currently more than 15 types of Kryptonite including but not limited to forms such as Green, Gold, Jewel, Silver, Platinum, White, and my favorite Red! Red Kryptonite first appeared in Adventure Comics #255 (1958)

Please Note: I only count Kryptonite forms that have appeared in comic books that considered to part of continuity at the time those comic books were published. I don’t count Kryptonite forms that have only appeared in TV shows or non-continuity comic books.

Immigrants
**In case you can’t tell I am a HUGE fan of the immigrants who come to America. Throughout the entirety of America’s existence Immigrants have made America a better country.

I have yet to meet an America citizen whose ancestors did not immigrate to the land currently known as America. So yeah - if you are an American citizen, it is because someone in your family lineage immigrated here.

At The Movies with My Son Zac ~ My Summer 2025 Adventures

My son Zac left Portland, Oregon to go to San Antonia, Texas for Air Force Basic Training (Boot Camp) on July 9th, 2025

Just before Zac left, he and I made two trips to the theater and we saw Jurassic World Rebirth and F1!

Both movies were fun summer blockbuster type movies - nothing earthshattering just some good quality escapist fun.

While the movies were fun getting to spend time with Zac before he headed off to begin a new life was very meaningful to me.

I really did enjoy both movies. I especially liked the Chris Stapleton song featured in F1 - "Bad as I Used to Be”. I plan to use that song in a summer 2026 social media post.

And Yes! – I really do plan that far ahead – I just put up a social media account that I won’t be using until January 2027.