Texas 2006

 

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Here are some pictures of our trip to Texas in March, 2006.  We visited San Antonio, Weslaco, South Padre Island, Port Aransas, Corpus Christi and New Braunfels.  We had a wonderful time... even with the sunburn, stomach flu, and bad back.  ;)

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Some scenes from Alamo Street in San Antonio.
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Just one of the many gardens in San Antonio.
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Kathleen and the kids in front of the Alamo.
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The kids near a mysterious statue in Hemisfair Park.
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The kids on a Komodo Dragon statue in the San Antonio Zoo.
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Evan coaxed a butterfly onto his hand in the Butterfly exhibit at the zoo.
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A shopping complex on San Antonio's Riverwalk.
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Kathleen and the boys at the Japanese Tea Garden.
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The Rio Grande.  It doesn't look very hard to cross, does it!
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Nicole by a bush that definitely doesn't grow in Minnesota.
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Kathleen and the kids just before they hit the beach.
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The long and sandy Park Road on South Padre Island.
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That sand wasn't as packed down as I thought.  Oops!
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The kids on a rock in Port Aransas.
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The kids swimming in a south Texas pool.
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Kathleen by the pool.
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The family on the Nature Trail in the Padre Island National Seashore.
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There weren't many trees in the National Seashore.
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Outside the aquarium in Corpus Christi.
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The USS Lexington as seen from the aquarium.
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The Founder's Oak in New Braunfels.
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The scenic Panther Canyon Trail in New Braunfels.
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The kids and I in Panther Canyon.
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The boys at the Comal Inn.