old man bones

skate date

Gondolas, ice skating, and aquariums, what more could you want for a day? Pufferfish are actually quite adorable, when they're small and not all startled-puffed-up-balloon-like. And calamari, man. I mean, fuck.

I'm wearing pretty much head-to-toe J. Crew, on the one day in November where it was slightly cold in Houston. Now that it's December, we're back to 80 degrees. What the hell, Texas weather.

lost maples, i

garner state park

That last one was taken from underwater, just because.

Some incredible views from atop some of these mountains. Decided not to include photos of my exhausted, dehydrated self during the steep hikes up these cliffs. When they say strenuous next 1.5 miles, they mean it'll feel like 8, and have an elevation change of 800 ft. They mean strenuous, and that's a threat.

Cooled off by the water afterward, which is freezing because it's the Frio River (means cold en espanol) after all. I also learned that my boyfriend has an uncanny and inexplicable fear of cactus. This was less "hiking" and more "rock climbing", jeez. The fact that it was so epic probably explains the amount of photo overload for this day.

lost maples, ii