Other than a swim meet a few weeks ago, the camping trip this past weekend was the first opportunity to use my new camera. I took the kids to Dinosaur Valley State Park from Friday to Sunday. The water level in the Paluxy river was much higher than I'd ever seen it. The camping in the state park is located on the inside of an acute bend in the river and almost all of the hiking trails are across the river, outside the bend. Normally, you can walk across the Paluxy and barely get your hiking shoes wet. On this trip, the trails were unreachable so we had to find other ways to occupy our time.

On Saturday, we toured the nearby Fossil Rim Wildlife Center near Glen Rose. This was my third visit. The two previous trips were on father/daughter and father/son campouts, respectively. This was the first time to be there with all three kids on the same visit. We took a guided tour in a safari vehicle and then repeated the route on our own in the Expedition. This zebra was one of the better shots. I'm still fumbling around this new camera, learning the different controls and more advanced features.