All Things Texas

We have lived in Texas for about 10 months now, and that means 10 months without mountains, hiking, or the most important.. rock climbing. It took us a long time to strengthen ourselves in that sport. Jo was able to complete a 10d rating and I was able to complete a 11d rating. I'm sure by now those rated climbs will be next to impossible, but that's not the point of this post. The point of this post is to show all the awesome things about Texas. My substitution for rock climbing has been surfing.

 even though I have been extremely busy with school I try to go out with my brother when I can. To me its not as much of a rush as lead climbing, but it'll do for now. Me and Jo have been trying to do as much "Texas" things as we can. Of course BBQ is a given, but we have also done things like















a bayou wildlife adventure,

















alligator farms,

Corpus Christi, which was an awesome trip despite the fact that I had a horrible flu! We also went to a restaurant called Dot'z. It was an awesome 50's themed restaurant right by the aquarium with the best hamburgers and HUGE banana splits. If your ever in Corpus Christi I really recommend checking out the amazing aquarium and then heading over to Dot'z for some grub!

 The last trip I want to mention is the Renaissance Festival. This is where Jo was able to fulfill her lifelong dream of....

riding an elephant! (yes for some reason I am on an elephant with two little girls haha) this was absolutely awesome and for 7 bucks it was a steal in my opinion. The renaissance festival was a little over the top, but at the same time awesome. Not a children event by the way. The point of this post is to remind people that even if you are far away from home and are crazy homesick. Try to find things that are unique to the place you currently reside. I am horrible at this, but luckily I married the most awesome woman in the world she is awesome at making the best of where we are at and making sure we see everything that there is to see. We have a lot more planned while we are still here. In fact even in the flat lands of Texas there is some rock climbing, of course we have to drive all the way to Austin to find it, but that is our next adventure which will most likely be the topic of our next post! 

Love the Nunez Family