Houston is warm and humid and I love it! It is January and there are beautiful flowers, green grass and water all over the city. We arrived and checked in to our hotel with enough time to do a bit of exploring. Our hotel is one stop on the trolley away from the zoo, close to downtown Houston. The conference starts tomorrow with some speakers, a scavenger hunt, meeting the zoo's education team and a mixer with animal presentations! After getting out and walking around the city a little we are very excited to visit the zoo tomorrow.
Take a look at some of our exploring Houston pictures below. We had a great first day and ready for tomorrow!
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| Heather snapped a great picture out the window of our airplane. |
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| Flowers in January! |
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| Waiting for our shuttle to come pick us up. |
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| Cute bike rack. Lots of people use bikes and are out exercising here. |
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| Exploring the city. |
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| Solar powered parking pay station! |
In Houston households, people can choose their energy. They have an option to buy renewable sourced energy. It is their
Power to Choose. Take a look at their website to learn more. Also Houston has made a commitment to encourage the use of electric cars by providing charging stations around the city. I am on the look out for one of these stations and will hopefully get some pictures!
We could not help it. Through the conference we will be attending the Lawrys Downtown Aquarium but we walked to it to check it out. We just took a look at the outside and gift shop and will wait to get the full experience on Thursday. But we are excited to take a look around! The outside looks very interesting with huge salt water fish tanks and about a 25 ft waterfall.
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| Downtown Houston |
We had a great time figuring out the trolley system, strolling downtown, and getting a short taste of Houston. Tomorrow starts the Texas Aquarium and Zoo Educators Conference! Our cameras are charged, notebooks and pens are ready.
Time to get some rest!
Goodnight!
Naima and Heather
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