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