We have are adding two more images to the blog today. One is of the Texas White House on LBJ's ranch and the others is of the bells at the San Jose Mission.
We woke up to warm air and clear skies this morning - this the the weather we were expecting in Texas! By the afternoon, the temps were in the 70's - hallelujah! We had a wonderful day - we started by going to the Natural Bridge Caverns and taking a walking tour through a wonderful series of large caves. The most amazing part of this cavern system is the temperature. Despite being 180 feet below ground, the temperature was a constant 70 degrees and 99% humidity! Usually caves are much cooler one you get below ground, but not here. Many of the formations were weirdly shaped so that it was a bit like cloud watching on a summer's day: we "saw" a meercat, a gnome, several skulls, a wizard, etc. It was great fun to imagine what one saw in the formations. We then drove through a nearby Wildlife Ranch. For a fee, you get some animal pellets and you drive your car through the ranch and feed the animals who come up to your car for food. All of the animals were gentle and well behaved until we got to the zebras! They stuffed their whole heads inside the car trying to get to the food. Justine almost lost her whole bag to one greedy fellow! I was busy taking pictures of Dave and Justine feeding the animals when a zebra snorted in my ear and then tried chewing on my shirt until I gave him some food. We were laughing so hard, it is a wonder we got any pictures at all!! Just as our sides stopped hurting from the laughter, we came upon the ostriches: they were as persistent as the zebras - putting there long necks into the car trying to get to the food! We had a wonderful time and when we got back to the beginning, we gave our leftover (it is amazing there was any) food to some children who were in the petting zoo so that they could feed the little goats. We all went into the shop to wash up and our hands were quite spooged. We headed back toward the highway and stopped for lunch at a Whataburger - yup! that is the name of a Texas hamburger joint that we have been seeing all over the place. They were huge and we were stuffed when we had finished. We came back to the city and took a walk down to the Alamo so Justine could get her National Park passport stamped and so that Dave could take a picture of it in the sunlight. They were having a street festival in front of the plaza and we walked through - pony rides, BBQ, funnel cakes, Mexican food, country singers, etc. Dave got up on a long horned bull and I took his picture. We then took a walkabout around the city - part of it on the Riverwalk and part on the streets. We came back to the Alamo for a sit down in the plaza and a cold drink. We decided we were not terribly hungry so we eventually made our way to the food court and had a small bite and then walked back to the Alamo. We passed by the horse carriages which were all lit up for evening rides - they were very colorful. We took a night picture of the Alamo which looked great against the dark sky. We have walked back to the hotel and will do a bit of packing tonight so that it won't be such a chore tomorrow.
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