Chase comes to town (again)!

For the second time in the past few months, we were privileged to have Chase stay with us during a trip to Houston. The boys loved playing with him, and Enoch was sad this morning when he realized he was gone. I wonder how long he will refer to the futon as "Uncle Chase's bed". On Saturday, we all had free time, so we went to the Armand Bayou to go canoeing and have a picnic. We then stopped by Battleship Texas on the way home. It was a really fun day and a nice break from studying. Living so far away from family has made me appreciate time together a lot more. Hopefully we get to be with family more often in the future.

Enoch is starting to like being in the canoe. Fish were jumping like crazy, so much so that Enoch even saw one.

Michael laughing at Uncle Chase

Try as we might, we didn't see any alligators while in the canoe.  But we did see  a baby one while we were on the boardwalk

These guns are a lot of fun. One person rotates it and the other moves it up and down

Buffalo Bayou

After tests on Monday and Wednesday, I had Thursday and Friday off (plus Labor Day!). We got someone to watch the kids and did a short canoe trip down the Buffalo Bayou. It's fun because it's right in the heart of the city and you end up downtown. The water isn't amazing and there's definitely some trash, but overall it feels like a river. It was a fun 8 miles of paddling and there were even a few tiny bumps. The route is actually part of an official Texas paddletrail, and so far this has been one of the cooler things about Houston. The put-in and take-out are actually pretty inconvenient, but it was still lots of fun.

We parked our car here and had a local shuttle service take us and the canoe upriver

The put-in

Excited! Our $6 walmart drybag

Wildlife