Lake Travis Zip Line Adventure!

This weekend my dad, his friend Ken, and I went ziplining at Lake Travis Zipline Adventures! We've had the groupon for a while but since my weekends are getting crazy we decided to go sooner rather than later. Who knew when we booked this 2 weeks ago that it would be COLD! There were 5 runs with some hiking in between. We warmed up on the hikes but it was pretty cold soaring through the sky! The first 2 ziplines were 300-400 ft long, the 3rd was 1800 ft, the 4th was 1600 ft and the grand finale was 2600 ft long (from a 20 story cliff above the lake)! We calculated and on the 1800 ft line we were going about 40 MPH...crazy!! On the 2600 ft line you can go up to 60 MPH but the wind was blowing against us so we weren't going quite that fast but it was still SO fun! I would definitely go again...not in the heat of summer because the hiking would be kind of miserable but maybe in a little warmer weather than we had :)

Lake Travis Zipline Adventures

Dad with a little putting action while we waited for our tour

Ken practicing too

One of the little goats running around...so cute!

Pretty view of the lake...or at least what's left of it!

Crazy spring...back up safety feature!

Ken coming in for a landing

Dad coming in for a landing!

Me coming in at the end of the 1800 ft line!

So fun!

Snapshot Sunday

I was starting to feel some separation anxiety from not using my camera in a long time. When the weather is cold/dreary/rainy like it has been the past couple of weeks (months), I am really unmotivated to take my camera out because I feel that there is nothing worthy of capturing. I know this isn't true but I am just looking forward to the green grass, pretty flowers, and sunshine that spring brings...or should bring! I took the rebel out today and took some pictures of my always sure-thing subjects...my doggies! They definitely wanted to play more than pose but I think I still got some pretty good shots.

Hunter snuck duckie outside to play with

Lexie checking out the noise through the fence

So serious

Only shot I got of the pair today...a little distracted

Couldn't he just be a model?!

Some playtime

My sweet girl "free kisses"

I'm looking forward to spring weather and more camera adventures!!

San Antonio Rodeo | Keith Urban | Riverwalk

This past weekend we took a little overnight trip with Michael & Christine (you remember them from San Diego, right?) to San Antonio to go to the rodeo to see....drum roll please...Keith Urban!! I have seen Keith Urban in concert twice and both times he was AH-mazing! So back in November when I got an e-mail from his fan club (duh) that he was going to be at the SA rodeo I jumped on the opportunity to see him again. We decided to make an overnight trip of it because what could be more fun that the rodeo & the Riverwalk in one day??

We started out our trip with a little detour once we got to San Antonio to go to Earl of Sandwich. My parents went to the one at Downtown Disney and highly recommended it. I was disappointed when I looked them up and the only ones in Texas are in SA (3 locations) and Sugarland. When we decided to make Keith Urban happen...we also decided to make Earl of Sandwich happen. Michael, Christine, Justin and I have decided that when we travel together we must go to a fun sandwich shop since we went to Boudin Bakery in San Diego and now EoS.

Earl of Sandwich!!

Justin & Michael with their sandwiches

Christine & I with our sandwiches

After our lunch break we headed over to the rodeo where we sat in traffic for probably 30 minutes before we decided to just pay $15 to park instead of $10 (if you know me then you know that ticked me off!). Anyways, once we got to the rodeo we went into the rodeo shops and walked around for a while before we went into the rodeo for the concert.

San Antonio Rodeo!

Perfect weather!

Me & Justin...ready to rodeo!

Christine & Michael

I don't have any pictures of the actual rodeo but I took a lot of pictures/videos of Keith Urban. We were literally at the top row of the AT&T center...but it was still wonderful and I loved every second of it!



love.love.love.

 

Perfection!

Our view from the TOP

For his last song he went into the audience and sang and then signed his guitar and gave it to someone. OMG I would die! I would say the rodeo was a success and next time Keith Urban is in Texas (Dallas, Austin, Houston, SA) I will be going to see him!!

After the concert we headed over to our hotel at the Riverwalk. We stayed at Embassy Suites and wanted to make sure we got there in time to take advantage of their manager's reception...aka free drinks for 2 hours. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I don't have any pictures from the rest of our trip but we had a great time (Christine and I had a realllly great time ha) at the Riverwalk. After our drinks we ended up at Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. We headed back to the hotel and went to bed. The next morning we had our cooked to order breakfast and then headed back to Austin. It was a fantastic weekend and I look forward to the next one!!

This is only the first of my THREE rodeo posts this year. We are going to the Austin rodeo twice in March so those posts will be coming soon :)

Austin Zoo

My parents, my mom's cousin Keith and Justin and I took a family trip to the Austin Zoo out in the hill country this weekend. We had bought groupons last January and they expire on Jan 31st so we decided to use them before they expired! The weather was especially beautiful and we saw a lot of animals. The neat thing about the Austin Zoo is that they are a rescue zoo, as in ALL of the animals are rescues and most of them have their story posted on their habitat. I can't believe I have lived in Austin almost 15 years (minus 4 in college) and I have never been to this zoo. I have been to zoos in lots of other places...including Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, San Diego, Anchorage...and the list goes on. If you live in the Austin area I would highly recommend taking a trip to the Austin Zoo!!

Welcome :)

Zoo Entrance

Dad & the "wild" bird

Cute Cockatoo

LOVED this little monkey...they were so entertaining to watch...then she just decided to sit like a human haha

Pretty lion - he was found in a junkyard and the people that owned him had several other wild animals...his bones were so malnourished his legs and ankles broke because they couldn't support him....but he's healthy now!

Biggest pig I have seen in my life...this picture doesn't do it justice

Tiger!

LOVED this little goat in his jacket!

Feed Me?

Feeding time at the zoo....literally

Another funny goat

Justin and I in front of the huuge chicken statue

Goats will do anything for some food

Beautiful day in the hill country!

Pretty peacock

Old tree

Sunshine