From May 10-18 we traveled to or were in San Antonio, Texas, visiting Matt and Sally Hamm who generously opened up their home to us. We had a great time. I feel like I did everything "Texas" that I wanted to do. Among the things we did:
- Two step country dancing (my pregnant body still tells me that doing this at 34 weeks may not have been a good idea)
- Ate BBQ
- Ate Mexican Food (including breakfast tacos - yum!)
- Attended a rodeo in the middle of nowhere (and got stuck in the mud!)
- Visited the Alamo
- Went to church and talked with people who said "ya'll"
- Survived an intense thunder/lightening storm.
- Fed lots of animals, including:
- Birds
- Ducks
- Geese
- Peacocks
- Ostrich
- Deer*
- Large rams/antelope/goats*
- Buffalo*
*We fed by hand. The others had their food tossed to them!
- Drove by the LDS San Antonio Temple
- Visited the Institute of Texan Cultures, the Quadrangle on Fort Sam Houston Base, the Japanese Gardens, the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, Sea World and of course took the boat tour of "The Riverwalk".
- Pet an armadillo.
On the way home, United was desperate to bump a few people and we ended up getting $1,200 in airplane credits and we only lost 2 hours. I hope that will get us somewhere tropical!
Here are our adventures in pictures:
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| Woven owl basket at Institute for Texan Cultures |
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| Feeding a buffalo! |
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| Sea World whale show |
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| At the Japanese Gardens |
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| Walking with a peacock at the Quadrangle |
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| A view on the Riverwalk |
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