Do You Know the Way to San Antonio de Valero? As we approach San Antonio’s 300th birthday, it’s nice to remember a simpler time. A time before every face was glued to a tiny screen. A time before you didn’t leave the house without first programming your GPS. A time when life moved a little more slowly—and a little more aimlessly sometimes. For some, it was a time when getting lost resulted in unwanted recognition. Remember the Alamo? The what? Where was that again? When some Texas Historical Commission staff headed out from Austin, traveling to the Shrine of Texas Liberty, they should have packed a map. After driving through downtown San Antonio for far too long, unable to locate the most iconic building in Texas, they stopped to ask for directions—cleverly leaving their marked state vehicle out of view. Directions in hand, they set off again and thanks to San Antonio’s maze of one-way streets, drove right past the pedestrian who had just shown them the way to the site that represents one of the most significant defining moments in Texas history. That lucky San Antonian caught a full glimpse of the Texas Historical Commission seal on the side of the car, leaving him to wonder—if the THC can’t remember where the Alamo is, what hope is there? For his heroism and fearless (if sometimes directionally challenged) leadership, this delayed Bum Steer Award goes to Mark Denton. Luckily the Defenders had a better sense of direction.