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