Today we went to one of the meccas of the non-wild animal world- SeaWorld! SeaWorld San Antonio is quite a bit smaller than SeaWorld Orlando (considering this is the 5th time I've been to SeaWorld, I know this), but it was a great park! We got there about half an hour before the park opened and made a bee-line for the Steel Eel roller coaster. Alas, my mother refused to ride, so I rode it alone; once in the very front car (AWESOME!) and once in the very bac...

I am very thankful for a mini-vacation with my mom to San Antonio this weekend! Today we headed just north of San Antonio to Natural Bridge Cavern, where we spent about an hour walking through the beautiful cave system. There were all sorts of stalagtites, stalagmites, columns, ribbons, drapery, cave bacon, and fried eggs- sort of makes you hungry just thinking about it... There were a few bats here and there, and very few people as it was only around 9am. We lov...

One of the other things we visited today was the Alamo. I was surprised by the size of the building itself; it's tiny! It's hard to believe so few people defended this building all that time ago. Unfortunately, the area surrounding the Alamo is now smothered in tourist traps (okay, so I may have gone into several of the Ripley's Believe It or Not attractions...they're called tourist traps for a reason), raving religious lunatics ("There is still time for the Lord...

Today the Caldwell Zoo interns took a trip to Six Flags Over Texas where we spent nearly 8 hours riding roller coasters, getting soaking wet, and eating our weights in Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. As massive roller coaster enthusiasts, we made sure to go straight to the newly re-opened Texas Giant. It was FANTASTIC! Honestly one of the best roller coasters I have ever been on. There were even mine shafts with mist, LED lights and wind, and it was so much fun! We ma...

Tonight I went to watch a friend and co-worker from the Caldwell Zoo do something utterly different; take on her personna of "Could Careless" in her 00 jersey as a roller derby queen for the East Texas Bombers. I had no idea that people really still participated in such a sport, but when I arrived at the packed to the rafters parking lot of Skateland USA in Jacksonville, TX, I realized I was quite naive. The East Texas Bombers took on the Capital Defenders of Bat...