Texas Exes Houston Chapter
Young Alumni Happy Hour

Thursday, August 10th, 2006


Texas Exes Happy Hour at the Downtown Aquarium

Check-in for your parking validation and wristbands

Start at the Dive Lounge for some fellowship

The bar was a little overrun by the large crowd

Complimentary appetizers included with the event

Nice gathering of Texas Exes at a great place

Head to the upstairs restaurant to take in . . .

. . . the enormous and impressive saltwater tank

A six foot sawfish can be seen while eating

A separate tank holds multiple seahorses

Unusual spotted stingray in the restaurant tank

Back near the bar, two eels: giraffe & green moray

Nice view of Houston as we head to the exhibits

Alligators start the Aquarium Adventure Exhibit

Louisiana swamp exhibit has many gars

Closeup of moving gar without flash through glass

Wild looking six foot wolf eel peaks through coral

Small fresh water ray rests on the bottom

Big tank of oil rig sealife has huge groupers

Amazon Matamata turtle can't retrack head into shell

South & Central American poison dart frogs

Tank of well fed, foot-long pirana

Another freshwater stingray, this one with polka dots

Pacific clown triggerfish checks out the camera

Flash photo really illuminates the clown triggerfish

Nice shot of one of many lionfish in a large tank

David tries out the deep sea diving suit

Andy begins to succumb to the deep dive pressure

Finally find the white tigers at the end of the tour

White tigers act alot like regular house cats

You better buy something in the gift shop or else!

I warned ya!   You should have bought something!

Dancing waters light up at night

The shark voyage train ride goes by the ferris wheel

Fuzzy view of Houston from atop the ferris wheel

Texas Exes Houston Chapter officers hit the arcade

David drops 3 four-pointers for a nice prize

An excellent evening at the Downtown Aquarium