{"id":4602,"date":"2016-11-28T19:18:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T01:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2016-11-28T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T01:51:10","slug":"texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=4602","title":{"rendered":"Texas!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mike and Wayne<\/p><\/div>\n

We were super-excited to see friends and family in Texas this past week! We stayed with Mike and Wayne for most of the week, but did some overnight trips outside of San Antonio as well. It was so nice to be back at Mike and Wayne’s lovely house and to catch up with them over the course of the week. We had several nice meals together, including lunch one day at their deli.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Monday John and I drove to Kerrville to check out the town. I had heard it might be a good place to retire, so I wanted to see what it was like while we were in the area. It’s a cute place, and John found a great bookstore there. It’s a little early to think about retirement, but fun to daydream a bit as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday John and I drove to Glen Rose, where we took a three-hour tour of Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. They have all kinds of exotic animals, and John got a giraffe to eat from his hand! Very cool place!<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are YOU looking at?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fossil Rim Wildlife Center<\/p><\/div>\n

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We overnighted in Glen Rose, then drove to Carthage on Thanksgiving morning to have lunch at Brad and Marcia’s house, along with Pete and Ginger. It was great to see the family and of course we had a great meal. Afterwards, John and I drove back to San Antonio.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Family<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pete and John trade glasses<\/p><\/div>\n

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Friday afternoon, we drove to Bandera in Hill Country to spend the night with Jim and Joan. They have a beautiful piece of land, and have finished their house out there since the last time we visited. We had an excellent time together and really enjoyed seeing the house, too. Saturday morning after breakfast, we went for a walk around part of the property – so peaceful and beautiful!<\/span><\/p>\n

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With Jim and Joan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Before we knew it, it was time to head home on Sunday. We had breakfast with Mike and Wayne at their favorite Mexican restaurant, then headed to the airport. Overall, it was a great week!<\/span><\/p>\n

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With Wayne<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We were super-excited to see friends and family in Texas this past week! We stayed with Mike and Wayne for most of the week, but did some overnight trips outside of San Antonio as well. It was so nice to be back at Mike and Wayne’s lovely house and to catch up with them over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4602"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4602"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4616,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4602\/revisions\/4616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}