Bridget Update

We found out today Bridget's tumor was benign. It was a "follicular something" tumor and once dogs and cats develop the first one, they are a lot more likely to develop them in the future. Luckily they're also most likely to be benign in the future too, but hopefully she doesn't get any more. If she does, all we can do is have them removed. There's nothing we can do to prevent them and there's no way they'll go away on their own once they surface. As for this one, they did get all of it and the stitches have to stay in for 10-14 days. We have to keep the cone on her during the day but at night when we can watch her we let her run around without it.

Her collar threads through it and it's too much trouble to keep taking it out and putting it back in, so we let her run around naked when she's not wearing the cone.

She's acting normally and when we take the cone off she runs around like crazy enjoying her freedom. And she enjoys the pieces of chicken she gets with her pills. Bridget likes chicken very much.

Cooper's Pit Bar-B-Que

Earlier this week Scott flew to Llano with his flight instructor and ate at the world famous Cooper's Pit Bar-B-Que. Cooper's is apparently "the" place in Texas for BBQ, so Saturday night we thought we'd fly there as well (it's about 100 miles north of San Antonio) so Renee could try it. All the planes were booked, so we decided to enjoy the scenic drive through the Hill Country and through historic Fredericksburg. The drive was absolutely beautiful. The leaves are all changing colors and with the rolling hills and the sun going down and the cloudless sky, it was definitely worth the drive. And the food was worth the drive too! There are also pictures of President Bush eating there right after he was elected the first time.

They had about six pits outside where you order your meat, but they only had two going and no lines because it seems to be the off season (most of their seating is outside) and it was pretty cold (although still only 50 degrees or so). It was still packed inside though.

We got beef brisket and sausage.

You then take the meat inside where they weigh it and wrap it up for you, then you sit on one of ten or so long picnic tables where they have loaves of bread and condiments and eat your dinner on wax paper. We forgot to take the camera inside but taking a picture probably would have been awkward anyway :-) It was a great night, definitely worth the drive and it was nice to see Fredericksburg too, which appears to be well-known for peaches and bed-and-breakfasts.

Fall in McAllister Park

Air Fest 2008!

Sunday we went to Lackland Air Force Base for Air Fest 2008.

This shot is looking toward the static displays. The ramp was packed with people once the show started, but since we were second in the gate (because Scott's crazy), the only people you see here are those working at the displays.

C-5
Renee, being a good sport about being so early.

Scott, looking intently toward the horizon.

Our spot, front and center. Luckily we were the second ones in the gate and 3 hours early because once the show started it was a wall of people at least 40 deep behind us.
F-15 The Army Golden Knights parachute team.
The Golden Knights again with their aircraft flying behind them.

F-22, F-15, F-16, and P-51 Heritage Flight.

Three of the Blue Angels.

In other news, our computer of seven years crashed Saturday. Luckily, we were able to keep restarting it between crashes and get all of our pictures and programs we needed off of it, but it's toast. We're using Scott's laptop as a home computer now, and really we should have thought of this sooner because it's much faster and nicer. And our monitor we got in Louisiana still works great so we just hook up the laptop to that and it's like a brand new computer!