Memorial Day Weekend: Texas Road Trip

I'm over a week behind with blogging,
but summer is upon us and our days, weekends, and months are filling up fast.

We're at that moment where it feels like full-on summer.
I wake up ready for the pool, lake, or some sort of water play daily,
I've got a list of summer reads for our library visits,
and currently we really like popsicles for snack.

So excuse my summer lazy style, but we need to backtrack and talk about our family road trip to San Antonio.

As Texans, the second time around, there is a lot of this large state that has gone unexplored by the McQuinns, so we thought Memorial Day weekend was the perfect opportunity to check San Anton off our list.

We packed up Saturday morning, with a few things in mind and a weather forecast that was bound to cancel most of them. {think rain. lots of rain.}

Upon arriving, we began exploring the River Walk area, taking in the sites, looking for a lunch destination.
After a lot of walking, we settled on Rain Forrest Cafe.

Yes,
we sacrificed our palates for our daughters enjoyment.

We ate lunch among the elephants, gorillas, and a rain storm every 15 minutes.

Her face.
Was. Totally. Worth. It.



She loved every moment of it.



In fact, I might even consider doing it again,
just to see that little shake of excitement everytime that elephant raised his trunk to roar.

After lunch our exploration continued on the streets of San Antonio,
including a stop at the Alamo,
{are we official Texans yet?...
even though we still aren't exactly sure what went on there}
a walk through a few parks & the Market Square area,
until the rain started and forced us to run/walk our way back to the hotel.

After we dried off we ate a lovely dinner {our palates won} and planned our adventures for the next day.

With more rain in the forecast we opted for an African Safari, Texas Style.



Making our way through the Wildlife Ranch, Lauren got acquainted with  all sorts of animals, many that I can't name, but in general a lot of deer, goats, elk, buffalo, and other horned animals.

She thoroughly enjoyed watching them, feeding them, and saying 'Hi-y' in her sweet little voice.

It was the perfect little adventure for her.

Until.

We came to the zebras.

She saw this:


and lost it.

We worked our way through the zebras followed by the ostriches
{which we thought were even more frightening}
and got our dolly girl out of the safari and onto land.

We did some exploring,





chatted with some goats,




and stared in awe at giraffes, hippos, camels, monkeys, and fish.






With the forecast not in our favor for the remainder of the day, we bid farewell to San Antonio {and the zebras}, stopped to do some shopping, and made our way back home.

We rounded out our Memorial Day weekend with a traditional summer BBQ, corn on the cob, and of course some pool time.




Quick little road trips, some Texas history, corn on the cob, tankinis & top knots, and zebras that may bite...
The Perfect Memorial Day Weekend.