The Zugers: September 2011

I hate how my blog posts tend to be seasonal. I truly mean to get on more often than I do, I just never actually get around to it!

August continued to be a hot, hot month for us as temperatures stayed over 100 most days. We were fortunate enough to travel to the north side of Houston the second weekend in August to see Sim's favorite band, 311, perform at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion. It was our first trip to The Woodlands and we were surprised to find that we REALLY enjoyed the area! It is amazing that for only traveling about 30 miles north of the city, it truly felt like a great little getaway to somewhere much farther away. Here are some photos from our weekend in The Woodlands! (I have some pictures from the concert on Sim's phone...I'll have to add later!)

View of the waterway to the right from our room

View of the waterway to the left from our room

Right before we left for the concert

Taking the skywalk from our hotel to the concert venue

The last weekend in August was spent down in Galveston with celebrating the upcoming wedding of a great friend from work. She had gathered a group of her girl friends and we were able to enjoy an absolutely wonderful weekend down at Pointe West Resort in Galveston together. Sim and I have lived here for over three years but really have stayed away from going to the beaches down in Galveston. Partially because we were completely spoiled by Florida beaches a few years ago but primarily because the majority of people that we have met who are FROM here...do not even swim in the water! This problem was easily solved by the resort's amazing pools! We actually only visited one but it was perfect and I had the best time celebrating a great friend!

View of the Gulf from off the porch

Sunset view of Galveston Bay from the porch

Sim and I wrapped up our summer with a wonderful trip to San Antonio together. It was the first time we'd been to San Antonio together since March of 2009 (our St. Patrick's Day trip) so we wanted to plan what we like to call a "bucket list" trip. Our focus was to make sure we saw or did some of the things we'd always wanted to see or do in San Antonio. I had such a great time despite the intense heat (do you notice a theme here?) and I couldn't have planned for everything to go better. We traveled from the restored Mission San Jose to a beautiful historic hotel downtown on the Riverwalk (it was on my bucket list to stay there!) across the Alamo up through Seaworld and finished at the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort. At each of the hotels we stayed at we received an amazing military rate for our rooms and we even got into Seaworld for free thanks to their Heres to the Heroes program. Get ready for a picture overload...here are some pictures from our trip!