Day 165

Texas Size Fun

Oct 18, 2013, 8:04 PM

We went to the San Antonio Zoo today. We had such a great day. We had overcast weather, so the temperatures were very comfortable and we saw some animals we haven't seen before, plus this little zoo was so nice and clean. We saw two hippos in a large tank and the water was crystal clear. Typically the hippo tank is so green and cloudy. All of their tanks were beautiful, you could see the small fish cleaning the skin of the hippos, the air bubbles coming out of the hippo's nose. The only thing I have to complain about was a lack of pins with the zoo logo. We got one with a giraffe on it. The zoo logo was very pretty and perfect for San Antonio, it is a gazelle with very long antlers and they are in the shape of the roof line of the mission at the Alamo. Really kind of cool, but they didn't have any of those. We bought a pin with a giraffe on it, we always buy the pin as soon as we go into the zoo, on our way out we realized we didn't even see any giraffes, they didn't have any at the zoo. CRAZY!!!!! I have to try to get a better pin from the Columbus Zoo too. When we were there they had no nice pins, just a cheap plastic button. EVERY other large zoo we went to had nice metal pins, come on Columbus Zoo, get in line. 

After the zoo we went to the Riverwalk. We rode a boat around the river and saw much more than we would have on foot. It was pretty cool! Then we had a wonderful dinner in one of the nice restaurants along the river. Oh it was so good and we are so stuffed. I planned on having a creme brûlée for dessert and we couldn't make it. What a disappointment. So now we are just home trying to get over dinner and relaxing. Tomorrow we are off to Houston for a few days. So goodnight all!! I'll talk to you again tomorrow.