Snap Snap!

The weather has improved and the rain has stopped. Poor Dad was suffering from a lack of exercise so we gave him our step machine and bike machine, that you do off a chair. He sat and did it over the course of an hour, and finally could not walk as he said his hips were hurting! He was very pleased as he burnt 20 calories on each session on the step machine!!!

Stuart and I went off to spin class in the morning and that nearly killed me as I haven't done spin for nearly three weeks but it was satisfying in the end. We decided we would buy some rolls on the way home to make a wee picnic and take M&D to Brazos Bend to see the alligators. Last time we went we didn't see any but this time we had seen a friends recent posting on Facebook that said they were back out!

It took about an hour to get there and Dad and I had on the shorts to make the most of temperatures in the 70's. We had our picnic at the lake edge, but far enough back from the alligators!

Following lunch, we went for a walk around Elm lake, and almost immediately we saw our first alligator sunbathing. We left Mum on a bench part the way around - although she was not too happy as she didn't want to be eaten by the gators! Stuart, Dad and I ended up walking all the way around the lake as we passed some people that said the alligators were on the edge of the path - for some reason, even though they are dangerous, the call of getting a closer look drew us further along the path. Just look at some of the shots we got and how close we got. I have to admit I was a little nervous!

Poor Dad's hips were quite sore after the walk and all his mornings excerise so we decided not to go to another lake to look for more gators as we had seen plenty (a family that came past had counted 28 alligators in total)!

That evening we went off to Texas Land and Cattle - a very good steak house with some very good drinks :) Mum enjoyed a margarita on the rocks that was nearly as big as her! Dad has found the delights of light beers, especially when they come Texas size!

They both loved their steaks and wished they could get them like that back home.