Non-Labor Day

Well, we thought we ought to post a couple of pictures from our weekend last weekend. We couldn't quite decide where to go, Raquel wanted to go to SeaWorld San Antonio, and Neil wanted to go to South Padre Island, which is just out from Corpus Christi. So since we couldn't make a decision on either one, we did both. We drove to San Antonio and spent the day there Saturday. Then late that night drove to Corpus, and went out to South Padre Island for Sunday.

Here is Raquel at SeaWorld.

After SeaWorld, we had dinner at Rudys (sorry John, I forgot to get a picture) and then walked on the Riverwalk in Downtown San Antonio.

It was gray and rainy all day at South Padre Island. A little dreary, but the clouds were interesting to watch and we didn't have to worry about sun burn.

Plus there was a beach babe under the umbrella.

Just for good measure, here's a shot of the OTHER beach beauty (no not Neil). The workhorse that made it all happen. Pedro - the blue beats the "pretinho".

We just couldn't resist getting this shot on the way back down the island.

Hope everyone else had a great Labor Day too.

Cruising . . . on a Sunday Afternoon

We can't get too far down the blog without writing about our most recent vacation to Cozumel and Merida, Mexico on a cruise ship, so here are some cool pics from that trip.

Here we are leaving Galveston.

Cozumel was the first stop.
Yes, this is one of the million cheesy pictures they take of you.
This is the only one we liked.

Snorkeling in Cozumel.
The fish will swim right up to you if you keep your hands at your side!

Check out the cute girl at the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza.

Raquel loved the little towel animals, every night was a different one.
The dog was her favorite.

Thailand Orchid - Vanda

We didn't get a lot of orchids to flower this year... but this one makes-up for them all. You are looking at a single stem with 8 flowers. Each flowers is about 5 inches across. Beautiful!