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Catherine's friend Colleen at her table in Lubbock.
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You can only barely see him, but there is a sleepy pup...
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After breakfast Saturday morning, before Catherine...
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Proof that trees do change color and lose their leaves...
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Oil derricks on the side of the road. In some places,...
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Seriously - right. next. to the road. It was...
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Here begin my photos taken while driving. This series...
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I saw trying to guess how far away that mesa was with...
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Look, a hill!
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... and then more flat. Up near Lubbock, it was mighty...
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Again, taken while driving, but this one came out pretty...
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The day is just getting started... Heather and Sally are...
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Free water bottle! Free tshirt! Woo!
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In the early morning, the cable lake was practically...
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The Ski Ranch's restaurant overlooked the lakes AND the...
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Cat checks the temperature of the water in the AM - nice...
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Cat gets on her feet! In 5 minutes, more success than...
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The picture is blurry, but at least I'm smiling - you'll...
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Possibly my first attempt to get outside the wake. ...
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Feeling a bit awesome.
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And Carrie is up successfully!
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Woo hooooo!
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I love how I35 is Right. There.
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Carrie == awesome and successful at wakeboarding.
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Cat trying to be hardcore. At least I seem to be...
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... like this one. And also, I apparently can't smile.
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I'm sure my form is terrible, but I like thinking I look...
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Carrie taking an awesome header. If you look closely,...
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Carrie riding up the wake...
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... and getting to the su-weet water outside it.
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[insert cool noises of water splashing here]
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Nick (the boat driver), Carrie, Cat, Missy, Jeana, Dee,...
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Carrie and Cat are ready to go.
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Carrie is just about ready to rock out on a dirt bike.
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The Hot Wheels pants make her more awesome.
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Dee, Carrie, Cat, Leslie, Missy, and Jeana line up and...
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Hans (in red) explains things to Dee, Carrie, Cat,...
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Oh yeah. Ready to go. Bring it.
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Buffy gives Jeana (I think) instructions.
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Cat cruises around in first gear.
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The group cruises around the warm-up area, getting a...
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Dee tears it up in her first rides around.
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The group is now ready to head out to the small track.
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After a morning on the boat, an afternoon on a dirt bike...
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This guy? Is good at wakeboarding.
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And as such, we all sat and watched him.
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You can't really see him cause he's in the trees, but...
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Another picture of the awesome wakeboarder guy.
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My adorable little room in our Lodge.
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Looking up at my loft.
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Carrie's bed and the corner of our kitchen.
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Where we ate dinner Saturday night. So. Very. Good.
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Our geriatric entertainment for the night.
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Missy, Jeana, and Carrie at Gruene Hall.
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Gruene Hall, where the concert took place.
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It was very, very muddy at the 67th Annual San Saba County Rodeo.
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Poor muddy little cows.
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So many of the ropers worked so hard to warm up and get...
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The nearby clouds were terrifically scary and made the...
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More crazy and scary clouds. Jay kept saying the clouds...
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The very last of the rodeo: the last bull is herded back...
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A fun bridge (lit up with lights at night) in the local...
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More detail of the bridge. Why didn't Darien have fun...
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The other part of the park. Pretty, eh?
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Catherine being awesome on the drive to San Saba
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And now, even more awesome.
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Everyone loves Sonic Freezes.
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Our "come to Jesus" photo.
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Jay's cousin Toby, who lives in Marble Falls (but did...
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Jay's cousin Kerry, who lives northeast of Austin.
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Jay (center) and his sister and brother (Jodie and...
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Jay's dad, many years ago (on the right in the back).
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Catherine looking frighteningly young.
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On the road to San Saba for the Fletcher Family Reunion....
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We found a turtle attempting to wander across the (three...
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Go, turtle, go!
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There are a bunch of fun bridges on the way to and...
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I'm pretty sure it's riveted construction. Fun.
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Looking back down the bridge.
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Big fun clouds. Texas skies are so big, I can't even...
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I took the same picture in this direction so as to maybe...
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Welcome!
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After the ridiculous hour of rain came a beautiful...
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My attempt to capture it all.
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The field of cars. There were a lot of people there! ...
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Neither of us look particularly great, but the light is...
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Built 1896 by the Flinn, Moyer Bridge, Co. of Weatherford, Tex.
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A great shot of the sag in the cables and the...
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Reflections are fun.
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Looking up one of the support towers.
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More beautiful Texas sky.
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Cue attack music.
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Yay! More fun bridges!
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...
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... Built 1896, restored 2005.
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The bridge was a very simple suspension bridge; here...
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One of the towers.
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The driving bridge that was built when this one was...
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New + old.
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Can you imagine driving your horse and buggy over this?
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One of the smaller cable connections
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Cable detail
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More cable detail (I needed a picture of cables about 3...
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More detailing.
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Jay was unable to look at the camera (this is the best...
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Anchor block
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Yay barbed wire fences!
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More anchor block
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And all of it was held together with this little cotter...
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Big Texas sky.
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Back to this bridge again!
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Through the truss...
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Catherine, Kim, and Josh at Kim and Austin's first...
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Structural engineers unite! Cat, Kim, Josh, and Jason.
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Jay biking on Hayden Ranch Road in Fredericksburg, TX.
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We were biking through serious fields of nothing.
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Catherine at the top of the biggest hill on the route...
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Mooooo.
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I wish I weren't blinking. This was the bigger road we...
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This would be much more fun if it weren't blurry. But...
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Downtown Fredericksburg, Texas.
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Near the music festival, which was held in the...
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Jay outside the Coleman Inn Friday morning. The Inn was...
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Llano Estacado winery.
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Our tour guide and server at the CapRock Canyon vineyard.
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Barrels of wine.
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Catherine listens intently in the white wine room.
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More barrels. This room is actually used for parties;...
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Jay and Cat in the party room.
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The kind of scary statue in the tasting room at CapRock.
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Doc's liquor store, on "the strip" (I believe), the only...
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Craig (Colleen's husband) and Buster.
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Mothership Wit, my new favorite beer.
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Jay relaxing.
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Colleen and Catherine say goodbye :(
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The main circle through Texas Tech. The big building in...
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Fun statues.
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Catherine and the TrrailBlazer at a scenic overlook near...
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Getting ready to go biking.
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Leaving Quitaque, a town in Caprock Canyon.
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Woohoo! We made it to the top of the plateau (out of...
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Yay, top!
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About to head down the big part of the hill.
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Down the hill Catherine goes...
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The landscape out there in the panhandle really reminded...
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Woo!
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Downtown... random town in Texas.
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Bob's Oil Well
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Beautiful clouds.
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Catherine, Jay's mom (Cathy), Jay's stepfather (Darryl),...
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Jay at the reception dinner.
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Jay's niece (Jerry's daughter).
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Jay and Catherine.
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Jerry and Lindsey (his wife)
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Rain in Texas comes out of nowhere.
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And hits very hard.
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Tracy, maybe (??) tries not to get pulled away by the...
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The group under the Reef tent, take 1.
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Cindy and Jules at dinner Friday night
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Reef tent, organizational shot.
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An introduction to kiteboarding! The group watches...
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Reef tent group shot, take a million.
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And yet, one more group shot.
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I'm assuming this is on the drive down to Padre -...
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Oh Jules. Also, who decided that everyone would wear...
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When towing a car to Mexico to sell, sometimes it's...
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Driving in across the Queen Isabella Causeway, a bridge...
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Welcome to South Padre!
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Friday evening in the oh-so-deep water (6-12"), learning...
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I believe that is Laura, helping launch the kite for ......
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Cliff helps Jules fly the kite and/or not get dragged away.
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The girls watch Jules fly.
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Our private little section of beach (and by "little", I...
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Launching the kite once more. When you are learning to...
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Laura helps it up...
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... and Jules keeps it there.
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More group observing.
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As you can see, the kite isn't necessarily that high and...
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It's like she's walking on water...
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Lana flies the kite back to the cars, so as to keep it...
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More awesome kite control, sans harness.
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Cat and Jules, post-first flying experience. Also, a...
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All harnesses have hooks (for kite attachment) that are...
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Friday night dinner.
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More Friday dinner. I heart my face.
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The other table at Friday dinner.
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The sunset before the fireworks.
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Molly and Lana at dinner.
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Jen and Jules at dinner.
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Dinner Friday night.
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Sally and Cat Friday night.
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Jules and Lana.
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Cindy and Jules, with LeAnn in the background.
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LeAnn, Jules, Tracy, and Amy Saturday night, I think.
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Stand-and-paddle! The group mills while Cat (I think) SAPs.
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This is kind of eerie and also kind of awesome. I have...
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Saturday morning, wandering out towards the raging waves...
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More standing on shore.
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Hello!
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... apparently we take some time to organize...
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... there we go.
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Pup and kiteboarding pro.
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Attempting to surf, stand-and-paddle, etc.
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Hee!
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No surprise that Cindy manages to rock surfing with no waves.
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Jules and Heather come out of the water.
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Jules and Dee.
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Cindy.
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Carrie.
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Apparently we were leaving...
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The Reef tent, Reef umbrellas, and Reef-sponsored girl (Molly).
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Cindy and Jules under the Reef tent.
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At Gretchen's pool, hanging stuff up to dry.
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Table 1 at lunch Saturday at Dorado's.
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Table 2 at Dorado's.
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Sally!!
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Cliff said there should be photographs of 12 women...
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Cliff and Eddie, Saturday afternoon.
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Cat and Carrie at the end of an awesome afternoon of...
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Our expanse of beach.
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South Padre: land of palm trees, power and telephone...
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Carrie and Justyne Saturday night at Gretchen's.
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Cat, Carrie, Eddie, and Justyne.
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Gretchen's kitchen.
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Justyne has no idea I'm taking this picture of LeAnn,...
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Heather and Sally.
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Lana Take 1.
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Lana Take 2.
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Oh Justyne. Been to Ann Taylor recently?
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Amy and Tracy.
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Gretchen's house Saturday night.
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More lounging at Gretchen's.
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Watching kiteboarding videos, or being silly, or a bit of both.
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Molly and her adorable dress.
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Sunday breakfast at the Bahia Mar.
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Cat, Heather, and Sally Sunday morning.
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Sally, Heather, Cliff, Gretchen, Carrie, Cindy, Justyne...
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The Bahia Mar.
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The little condo-like parts of the Bahia Mar, with their...
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The beach at the Bahia Mar (Gulf of Mexico).
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Looking down the beach towards the "city".
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Carrie on the beach.
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Cotton! I love how it looks like snow.
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In the Japanese Garden of Peace at the National Museum...
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In the Garden of Peace.
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Mom and Dad in the Garden.
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This is the kind of water sculpture that Mom wants in...
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Cat and Dad Take 1.
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Cat and Dad Take 2.
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Pretty bamboo.
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Mom looking great in the Garden.
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An explanation of why the Garden exists.
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To make a huge change from a Garden of Peace...... the...
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Dad playing with a big gun.
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More explaining of how the big gun works.
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An Avenger dive-bomber, in the "lower deck" of a...
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A restored PT boat, one that actually saw action.
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Midship of the PT boat.
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The bow of the PT boat.
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Dad wandering around a landing craft.
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Lots of people can fit in here.
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The outside of the landing craft.
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Dad with "his" gun, the type he used while a Marine.
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Close-up.
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Some of the military vehicles used in the artillery...
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Flags in the breeze.
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Inside the George (H.W.) Bush gallery.
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7am at the Texas Ski Ranch. 70 minutes pre-start of the...
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Catherine is not loving the 7am-ness. She is loving her...
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Which car doesn't belong?
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Happy Jay with his new car (2003 E320). It was even...
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Transition. Catherine's new bike is next to the...
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Start time minus 30 minutes.
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Sam and Cat before the race begins.
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Pre-race. T minus four minutes.
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In the water. I'm the one with the ripping sports bra on.
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The race begins! I'm pretty sure I'm the second one in...
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The breast-stroking begins. I'm almost dead-center of the photo.
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Woo!
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Apparently I was so fast out of the water (10:54) that...
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Getting started on the bike. Note to self: do not start...
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In T2, racking the bike and starting the run.
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Running out of transition 2.
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Sam was right on my heels at this point (a minute back,...
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Finish!!
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Unlike last time, where I made serious faces at the...
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FINISH!!
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Woohoo!
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It really was a beautiful day.
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Post-race stretching.
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Cindy takes home first in the 40-45 age group.
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Woo! Shwag!
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Cindy wins!
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First through third, 40-45 age range.
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Going back to transition to get my new bike :)
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Cindy and Cat!
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Jay and some old friends, at the wedding of the guy on...
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Catherine and Jay at said wedding
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A sea turtle at the Dallas Aquarium
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Flamingos
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A puma, perhaps, or some other large cat
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Jay and what might be a statue of a cartoonized hammerhead shark
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The seals were unbelievably cute, but also unbelievably...
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A sloth! He didn't move much...
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The manatees from above
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The manatees from below
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A very large catfish
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Penguin: one of the cutest animals ever
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If I remember correctly, these were actually some form...
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I don't try to understand why I make the faces I make.
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Another large turtle
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A non-poisonous (I think), brightly colored frog. ...
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Purple and yellow lantana. Very pretty.
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Three hours of online defensive driving training: check....
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At the Dallas Stars game
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The goalies played catch while a fight ensued on the boards.
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Jay's psyched about the game
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Off to play on Dallas Stars ice!
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Trig and one of Susan's boys
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Skating at the American Airlines Arena!
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Woo!
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Red Goats vs. White Goats, at the AA Center
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Jay and Catherine on the ice
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With the Goat
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Pretty blue Birds jersey
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Catherine and Colleen after breakfast in Lubbock
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We drove home through a wind farm. There were turbines...
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Now I think they'd be a good submission for facesinplaces.
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Lauren, Samantha, Kim, and Catherine before the 2009...
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Dad and Catherine before the race
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While nowhere near as many people dressed funny for this...
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And that guy over there has a hot dog hat.
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The start of the race. Apparently there were around...
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A nice rumbling river that passed under the course.
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Kind of weird-looking fake golfer man standing on the...
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Dave (first-year), Jimmy (second-year), James...
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Dave, James, Samantha, and Catherine. The bandanna is...
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Funny photo of Dad and Catherine after Dad finished (in...
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More normal photo.
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Left to right, back first: Joel (Austin's dad), Melinda...
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The race tshirt -- long sleeve and black, with a...
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Crazy old tree in Landa Park in New Braunfels -- it...
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Catherine in front of the huge tree.
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The New Braunfels Rotary Club was serving potato...
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It might not look it, but I'm growling at the pancake.
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Get in my belly!
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Kim in here very pretty drindl. Austin wore lederhosen.
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Jason and Dad.
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Kim and Austin dancing.
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More dancing. My camera does not do well in low light,...
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A food suggestion I have never considered (and am not...
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This artery-clogging form of bacon can, of course, be...
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Also a new idea: fried oreos. For 50 cents an oreo, no less.
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One mart sold ice cream, but also Advil, Tylenol, Aleve,...
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I thought about buying that Texas vest, but then thought...
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Very cool aprons.
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Wurstfest: 10 Day Salute to Sausage.
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A Outback Steakhouse staple: the bloomin' onion. This...
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aaaaand, the remains of a blooming onion.
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Wild and crazy shot. There were lights and decorations...
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Kate and Kelsey before the start of the Pedal Thru The...
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Catherine, pre-ride.
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One of rest stops (halfway point ~ 25 mi) during Pedal...
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Finish!
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Kelsey, Susendar, Kate, and Catherine, having finished the ride.
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Matt, Reagan, Kate, Catherine, and Susendar, with Jan...
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Starting line. Note the masses of people straight...
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... where there are more masses of people (and Kate's...
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Moving shots are never really focused, but are still...
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Kate and Reagan. Note that because it's still so dark,...
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Reagan, Kelsey, Kate, and Matt ride into the second rest...
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Meep meep! Mom sent me an awesome little roadrunner...
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Kelsey, Susendar, Matt, and Mike at rest stop 2.
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Rest stop 3 had a small patch of bluebonnets, so I took...
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Kate and Catherine after lunch (kind of wimpy...
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Cows laying down, watching us exercise.
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Kate and I then found a real field of wildflowers, and...
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Close-up.
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Riders coming up over the hill near the wildflowers.
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Sitting in the flowers. I hope I didn't crush any,...
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Bike in the flowers.
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Kate's bike in the flowers, with riders passing in the...
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Looking up at the flowers with no bikers.
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We got very excited upon seeing signs for La Grange, as...
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This would have been a better picture if my water bottle...
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Kate, psyched to be 75% done for the day.
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Action shot!
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Self-photography.
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Cows, horses, or other such livestock. It really was...
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Fields of flowers.
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These people cracked me up so much I had to slow down...
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Finished! Time: 6:07 (forgot to take the photo for a...
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Our team tent was located right on the edge of a cliff...
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Catherine and Kate, post-ride.
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Sunday AM = wet. It rained several times overnight,...
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Sunrise over the field near our tent (the corner of...
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Start line!
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Looking towards the end of the start line. Kate,...
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Bikes resting at a rest stop along the way.
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Catherine and Jay, near the Tacodeli tent.
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Saturday, I went with some coworkers to Krause Springs,...
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The "grotto" as it was called. Up above is a more...
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Playing in the waterfall.
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Kelly (sister to Kerry, a coworker) and Nancy under the...
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James, aka, "the undergrad", even though he is now going...
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Kerry (left), Kelly (floating), Matt (sitting), and Jose...
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My prettiest face.
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The focus is obviously on the foreground, but my...
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Rope swing!
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Luca on the swing.
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Luca looking angry?
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Luca being happy?
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James flipping, part one (as a side note - notice the...
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... part 2. James had some difficulty staying out of the water!
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Part 3. The flip is still managed.
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Part 4. All the way around.
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Lunch meats and beans cooking on the stove.
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James checks temperatures; Jose observes.
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Awesome!
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James, Nancy, Kerry, Catherine, and Matt hang out in the...
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Kerry and Kelly play with a hackysack.
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James doing more flips. Catherine waits her turn (to...
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Flippy!
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Kersplash!
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Swinging, part 1...
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Part 2... uh-oh, looks like one of the times my knees...
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Yup. Part 3. Notice the hands now slipping.
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And I'm off!
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Jose takes off!
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Awesome Tarzan-esque shot.
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Time to let go!
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Kerry swinging.
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Okay, at this point, James is just showing off his...
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James, with Kelly floating in the foreground.
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Kerry.
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Close-up of James.
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Jose, Matt, Kerry, and Kelly squirt water at each other.
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A view of one end of the grotto. It's begun to get more...
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Nancy successfully squirts Kerry! Take that!
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Walking on the Riverwalk in San Antonio.
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The Alamo! With John. The Alamo is rather small, as...
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A plaque outside the Alamo.
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Catherine next to a bridge in the San Antonio Rivercenter Mall.
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Looking at the river in San Antonio.
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Catherine and Jay on the Riverwalk.
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The police, policing the Riverwalk.
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A church steeple in San Antonio.
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A lady demonstrating the smokeless cigarette she was...
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The Hurricane Simulator!!1!
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Yeah. This was lame.
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Can't you feel these crazy winds??
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Ahhh! The winds are so great!
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Really lame.
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Hellooooo Texas!
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Welcome to Texas. Drive Friendly - The Texas Way.
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Ah, El Paso. Land of enchantment.
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Looking across the border to a fire in Mexico.
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Mom and Dad's favorite little slice of Texas! We rolled...
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Marty came and sat up front for a while...
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Go right Jay, right!! The only major turn between El...
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I was getting a bit punchy by this point in the drive. ...
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Uh-oh. Sunset. The speed limit dropped from 80 (80!!)...
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We debated for a while what "night" meant. Sunset?...
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Unusual prickly pear cactus outside the Alamo
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Why do they allow tourists to stand in front? Hmmmm
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Ann about to get on our double deck tour of the city
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The famed river walk on a lovely afternoon
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Where we stopped for a snack at a British pub
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One of the entrances (or exits) from the River Walk
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The water is amazingly clear and clean
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Very weird lighting, but I like this shot. Andrew, on...
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Andrew coming off the rope swing.
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Jay on the rope swing.
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Andrew swinging again. I really wanted to jump off that...
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I apparently didn't realize I had to turn left to see...
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Going down a crazy slide into the water at Mo-Ranch.
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Andrew coming down the slide.
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Catherine with Kim and Austin's new baby Genevieve at...
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Kim with her new little baby.