Well yesterday was a day that would have been considered a bust by most, but optimism reigned supreme and good fortune won out. We had scheduled a little get-together-cookout-thing at Pennie's with Tatiana and Carlos. We were going to play some games, eat some food and laugh a lot. Well, I got a hairbrained idea to change to the plan and go to the Miller Outdoor Theater to take in a musical tribute to the 50's & 60's so we made arrangements to change everything. It was all set to happen when Pennie's son, Zach found out he needed a ride home from work which would fall right in the big middle of the show so Pennie had to opt out. We cancelled the whole thing (and probably ensured that Tati & Carlos were convinced we were just nuts.) Well, we then decided that since Pennie was stuck at the house - we would just go back to the old plan and head to her house. It was too short of notice to get the Escamilla's to change their plans again so I brought my Magic cards and we were set to just spend the evening playing games.

Pennie mentioned that she had picked up some of those low-to-the-ground lawn chairs for the show at the Miller and while testing them out on her driveway, inspiration struck. We decided to go check out some parks in the Woodlands area. We were first amazed at the sheer number of parks and then were further amazed at how TINY they are... While driving we came upon the Marsh Experience (a small park built on a marsh.) We opted to check it out and were pleasantly surprised.



Here Pennie gets the "Good Eye Award" by spotting this tree frog.



This cool turtle was obviously looking for food, but we were unprepared and just watched him swim.

We then found Lake Woodlands and were rewarded with a very nice evening of the wind coming across the lake, ducks swimming about, boaters paddling by, and a ton of people watching. It was very cool and was the inspiration behind our plans for tomorrow. Tony and Allison are coming up and we are going back to the lake to do some cooking and hopefully, boating. (If I can borrow the canoe I sold Scott.)


- posted by Chris @ 12:54 PM