More lame vacation pics

I have to say that I've been very impressed by the quality of photos produced by our relatively low-end digital camera. Even I can occasionally take a shot with it that looks semi-competent. Here we have one of those where Calista and Keela just fell into formation, enjoying the wind and surf on the South Padre beach at sunset.



And for those of you wondering if the girls have a mother or not, rest assured we staged this one specifically to address those doubts. Note the stylish sea shell anklet Lisa has donned for the occasion.



One of the many touristy things we indulged in over the week was a boat trip. The reason we signed up was for an "eco tour," in which a net scooped critters up from the bottom of Laguna Madre for the kids to see and learn about before said critters (including crabs, jellyfish, starfish and a stingray this time out) are returned to the wild. Much to our surprise, a dolphin tour was included in the trip, and we floated alongside a pod of Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphins for 45 minutes or so, seeing them in extreme closeup. We didn't manage to get many good pictures because of that shutter-delay most digital cameras have, but this one is interesting because it's one of the few moments where a mother and father are visible with their young calf. The calf only appeared a couple of times during our viewing, and this is one of the few instances where the camera snapped at just the right moment.



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