To the coast, to the beach...Mustang Island Monday April 2nd

Chris and I headed to Port Aransas (Mustang Island) on Monday April 2nd. While I drove I handed the camera to Chris. I love seeing the photos she took, totally different perspective than mine, from a fresh point of view, one that hasn't been here before...

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The bridge leading from Aransas Pass to the Causeway and then on to Port A...

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Fix'in to get on the Ferry and across the channel to Port A

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Wind surfer

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Beach cottages for rent

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We had some ladies take a photo for us and we helped them out by also taking their photo with their camera...

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It was a rough day at the beach but still a nice adventure!

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Hey if she can wear it so can we, lol...I love your sense of humor Chris!

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Rough, Rough, Rough...but beautiful!

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Chris..."Oh it's a baby bird"...Ahh (me chuckling) No Chris it's not a baby! I think it's a plover, they're smaller than the others...

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Ring billed gull

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Uh Oh...Portuguese Man O War...Not so good and they were all over the place! I showed Chris the tentacles on one and said stay away from them...I did have vinegar just in case. They were pretty and we did investigate a few of them...The gulls were actually trying to eat this one, yuck.

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Horace Caldwell Pier

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Sigh...Chris took it...grr...Here I try for years to get a decent photo of a Pelican and she gets one in a matter of seconds with a few shutter clicks!! (My excuse, I was driving)

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We had lunch here in Port Aransas...

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Us, waiting on our lunch and enjoying the day...

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Oh it was sooo good too...Mmm Mmm good!

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It was this big, ha ha ha...She's quiet the character!!

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On our way back over the causeway we stopped and checked out Light house trails Kayaking put in on the intercoastal waterway...I so want to do this but we just didn't have the time!

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Yeah Chris, you made it!!

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Later that evening we were back at the pool...

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Chris had the camera again and snapped a photo of Michael and I in the pool!

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We had a great day and took hundreds of photos, this was just a few of them, but you get the idea!! Stay tuned as there are more adventures!


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Going for a ride...Sunday April 1st

Chris loves to ride and drive motorcycles. I got my Brother in law to take her for a ride Sunday evening and she was loving it...

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And they are off for a Sunday drive!

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Oh boy the pool!

Sunday evening April 1st we took Chris down to the pool for some R&R...

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I pulled the Olympus tough camera out for some pool photos...

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We asked Michael to take a photo of us and this was his first shot, grr...He's not doing so great!

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So then I took the camera away from him and tried a shot, not so hot...

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Then I gave the camera back to Michael and got this one, ugh! He kept going under water with the camera and then laughing that he cut our heads off...grrr.

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Okay enough, give me that camera...Love Chris laughing at us!

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I tried a few more...argh! Just not having any luck today!

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Michael was squirting Chris with his squirt guns so she solved that problem!! Ha Ha Ha!

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Chris chill'in...

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And then later the little pest got dunked!! WooHoo!!

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Whew!!

We picked Chris up last Friday, March 30th (Her plane was two hours late and finally came in at 11:30pm) and it's been a whirlwind of going here and there until we arrived back in San Antonio Weds., April 4th to spend the night and get Chris on her 6:30am return flight. We had so much fun and we were all so tired...

These are the photos we took last Saturday, March 31st in San Antonio...We stayed right on the river walk so no driving was required. We went for a river walk boat tour after breakfast, we did the Alamo, walked the river walk, swam in the pool, visited the River center Mall and did some shopping, went to Hemisphere park, rode the elevator to the top of the Tower of America, spent time outside on the river walk at night and then taught Michael how to shoot a little pool at the Hotel...it was a very long day and a whole lot of fun!

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Starting the morning out on the San Antonio River walk...

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She is loving it...

By the way Chris is a dear friend from high-school and I'm so glad she came for a visit.

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Our hotel, they were so good to us and we had a great time!

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We were all taking photos...Michael had my Olympus tough camera and he took hundreds of photos of waterfalls and ducks, lol...be thankful I've spared you from seeing all of those!

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I couldn't resist this one of the duck. She was so happy just sitting there letting the water run over her feet. I wouldn't doubt it if she didn't have a nest across the way either.

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At the Alamo plaza/square they had Native American dancers, really cool!

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Chris in front of the Alamo mission.

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Chris is a librarian and she was so excited to see this...Michael not so!

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Checking the well out on the grounds of the Alamo....Anyone down there?

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Some of the shops on the River walk.

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Where we ate lunch...away from the crowds and very quiet and peaceful.

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A little fun time in the Hotel pool in the afternoon.

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What a character! I think he was getting a bit tired of the camera?

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River Center Mall was next on our list...

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Then the Tower of America...

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Up on top checking out the view...

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Then a few photo ops at Hemisphere park, it was a gorgeous evening.

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The Alamo dome in the evening light

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We also found a beautiful garden at Hemisphere park with lots of gorgeous flowers and plants. The plant above is a shrimp plant.

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And then we went and enjoyed the rest of the evening at the river walk and here is the view from our room later that night. We couldn't have asked for better weather.

Stay tuned for Day #2....I'm still recouping so be patient :o)

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Quick Photo...

Oh goodness we have been so busy...non-stop go go go...I thought I'd share a quick photo with y'all that was taken at the Alamo on Saturday of Me, Michael and Chris!

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous. We spent all day Saturday walking around San Antonio and today (Sunday) we are back home. I have so many photos I want to share! It's so good to have Chris here, tomorrow we head to Port Aransas and the Texas gulf coast, woohoo!

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