Christmas Vacation

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Monday, January 2, 2006

Well, I left CS for the Christmas vacation and went to my parents’ place. Pretty much from the time I arrived Hallie decided to hiss at me from under the tree. I managed to get a picture of her giving me one of her glaring looks.

Hallie’s_Glare.jpg
Hallie's_Glare.jpg

Friday, the 23rd, we all packed up the truck and went to my grandparents’ place in Fort Worth. We celebrated Christmas there along with my dad’s birthday the following day. I actually didn’t take very many pictures this time, but I got one of Hallie with some of the presents.

Hallie_With_Presents.jpg
Hallie_With_Presents.jpg
She doesn’t want to be there and is looking for escape.

On the 27th, we made our way back to Fredericksburg. I mostly spent my time not doing too much other than some programming for Fire. Hallie decided that she was going to warm up to me a bit more, which means that Missie is no longer getting frightened. I think that Hallie is so melodramatic that Missie gets scared that she is going to be next.

Last Friday we went to Pedernales Falls. The water was quite low. You can see just how low in the picture below:

Pedernales_Low_Water.jpg
Pedernales_Low_Water.jpg
You can see quite clearly how much water is missing. The rock is discolored where it is normally covered by water. The water was so low in fact that I was able to cross the river without getting my feet wet. I got a picture of a set of falls which I have never seen before. This picture is taken facing downstream:
Pedernales_Unique_View.jpg
Pedernales_Unique_View.jpg
Those of you familiar with the area know that you have to cross the river to see this kind of view. The water in these falls alone is about 90% of all the water flowing through the river.

Saturday we tried to go to the restaurant that is located just next to where Old Harper Rd meets 290, making it just under 3 miles from here. My parents have never tried it. They are open for dinner on Wed-Sat, and open for lunch on Sat. This was not the case when we went by, but maybe they were just closed for New Year’s Eve. Hopefully they are not closed forever. Instead we went to Mamacitas. They were quite good, and rather reasonable. All three of us had fajitas and they gave us so much that we had to take some home and make another meal out of it.

Anyway, that is all for now. Until next time.