{"id":2873,"date":"2012-04-08T15:10:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T21:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2012-11-10T10:54:42","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T16:54:42","slug":"san-antonio-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/08\/san-antonio-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9887blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9887blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_9887blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9887blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9887blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9887blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trip really kicked off on day two with a visit to Sea World.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9997blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9997blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_9997blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"474\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9997blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9997blogsmall-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9997blogsmall-600x406.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gina&#8217;s cousin Ginger and her husband, Mike, drove over from Houston to hang with us for a few days. Ginger, Abby and Gina braved certain dousing to ride the whitewater raft ride.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9969blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9969blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_9969blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9969blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9969blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9969blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9948blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9948blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_9948blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9948blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9948blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9948blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sea lion show was pretty good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9752blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9752blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_9752blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"463\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9752blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9752blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9752blogsmall-600x396.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While everybody was inside waiting for the Shamu show to start I wandered over to a nearby duck pond and shot a few birds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9789blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9789blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_9789blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"463\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9789blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9789blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9789blogsmall-600x396.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9838blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9838blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_9838blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9838blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9838blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9838blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9895blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9895blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_9895blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9895blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9895blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9895blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the face Abby makes when she&#8217;s enjoying something and talking about it. She wanted to sit where the killer whales could splash her and splash her they did. I stood way in back out of the designated splash zone and shot her with a long lens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9671blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9671blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_9671blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9671blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9671blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_9671blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the animals seemed resigned to their fate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0075blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0075blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_0075blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0075blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0075blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0075blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We located a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grimaldi%27s_Pizzeria\">Grimaldi&#8217;s Pizza<\/a> out in the suburbs somewhere and had to go. We first encountered Grimaldi&#8217;s last <a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/17\/hillbillies-and-the-city-day-5\/\">spring break in Brooklyn<\/a>. It&#8217;s one of the famous pizzerias in New York City, but we didn&#8217;t realize there were locations elsewhere in the country. The atmosphere was nothing like the Brooklyn location but the pizza was just as good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0081blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2873]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0081blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120318_0081blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0081blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0081blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/20120318_0081blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They even personalize the urinals at Grimaldi&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trip really kicked off on day two with a visit to Sea World. Gina&#8217;s cousin Ginger and her husband, Mike, drove over from Houston to hang with us for a few days. Ginger, Abby and Gina braved certain dousing to ride the whitewater raft ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,117,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-san-antonio","category-texas","category-vacation","entry entry-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2873"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3077,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions\/3077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}