Glass Bottom Boat

The real reason for our visit down to San Antonio was originally to go to the coast but Hurricane Ike put an end to that dream. And of course we would not want to forget about Oma and Grandpa, they are after all reason enough. Since we could not make it down to the coast we thought about going to Sea World and I was having a cheap moment and we decided not to do that. Instead we took a glass bottom boat tour. We checked out the small native Texas fish aquarium first and then got on the boat. Both of the kids were fascinated that they could see under the boat at the turtles, fish and plant life. The area we visited was a fresh water lake, fed by a fresh water spring that travels hundreds of miles across Texas to reach San Marcos. Many of those miles are actually underground. Pretty cool when you think about it, we could even see the spring water bubbling up from the bottom of the lake. Both kids really wanted to take pictures of what they saw, so with a little help from Mom and Oma they did get some good shots off. (I really liked the part when Bear was licking Grandpa’s head and Grandpa did not even notice. I tried so hard to get a picture but was too slow.)

Anyway, the fish were pretty cool and were all different sizes, and so were the turtles. Our guide informed us that the little white flowers on the vegetation growing under that water meant that the water was very healthy. Over all the water was pretty clear and the depth varied from I would say 2 feet to about 27 feet. While not the ocean, it was still pretty fun for the kids, to check out water life in a natural habitat.