Tuesday January 22, 2008

Well, as you can see, we went to the zoo this morning. One picture is of a gazelle in mid air - she was jumping straight up in the air and put on quite a show! The other was of one of our favorite animals at the zoo - a hippo. There were actually a pair of them and they were wonderful. Our other favorite animal was a baby gibbon, but he was too fast to catch on film. He was adorable, but had learned that he could squeeze through the holes in the chain link fence and was fond of escaping, but not for long as he always went back to mama. They had docents watching to make sure that he didn't get too adventurous. The weather was much warmer today and sunny most of the time which is why we opted for an outside thing to do today. The zoo also had a wonderful reptile house which has some snakes we had never seen before. It was just a wonderful time. When we got back to the hotel, we walked down to the Riverwalk and took a boat ride, taking advantage of the lovely weather. Our guide was great - keeping us informed of wonderful tales of buildings and places we were slowly passing. It was a perfect day for being on the water. When we got back to the hotel, we put our feet up for an hour before leaving to meet Justine's cousin. We went out to the car and discovered that there had been a shower while we were inside - we were so lucky to have done what we did today without getting wet at all! We drove up to San Marcos which is halfway between San Antonio and Austin (where Justine's cousin, Jack, lives) and met him at the Outback Steakhouse for dinner. We had a lovely time chatting and he and Justine caught up on family chat. We took a few pictures of the two of them together and then parted ways. We got back to the hotel and Dave unloaded the camera so that we could send the pix to Justine - she will email them to Jack when she gets home. We talked to cousin Cookie and arrange to meet tomorrow at 9:30 for our sojourn to Fredricksburg. It is supposed to be colder tomorrow with a chance of showers so we will layer when we get up in the morning.