~Becky: December 2010

Deep In The Heart Of Texas =). Such a wonderful road trip and vacation! Thank you Mandy for inviting me and giving me a taste of Southern culture and hospitality. Texas is Huge. The people are warm and inviting, the food is sinfully great, the pace is slower, the economy is doing juusssst fine, and I got to spend a week with one of my best friends ever!

Mandy drove out for Thanksgiving and I decided to hitch a ride with her back to Tyler, Tx. (with Sidney =). We stopped off at the Alamo and Riverwalk in San Antonio, which it turns out, is NOT on the way to Tyler. But who cares?? I spent the week touring Tyler and some surrounding towns while Mandy went back to work. I took some awesome shots of different animals I saw at the zoo and the Cherokee Trace Drive thru Safari. Check them out on my photo blog!

She did take another day off, plus the weekend, so we had a chance to do some sightseeing and photography related things together. I finally got to meet her dad and Bobbie, who were both delightful people. I truly enjoyed the time I spent with all 3 of them. Heck, I even attended church with them, that's saying a LOT!