one of two baby deer on the premises of the springs

one of the glass bottom boats

our tour group, Katie (tour guide), Eric, Eric's cousins, and me

view of the inside of the glass bottom boat

Katie at the wheel of the glass bottom boat

a CORMORANT (scientific classification: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Aves, Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Phalacrocoracidae) and a TURTLE (scientific classification: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Sauropsida, Order: Testudines), enjoying the Texas sunshine.

another baby deer on the premises of the springs (scientific classifcation: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Artiodactyla, Suborder: Ruminantia, Family: Cervidae).

glass bottom boat

Katie and me

looking at the amazing sights through the bottom of the glass bottom boat.

in many areas of spring lake, water from the aquifer is bubbling up through the sand.

the Texas Blind Salamander (scientific classification: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Lissamphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus: Eurycea, Species: E. rathbuni)

Katie at work in her office at Aquarena Springs

a big fish - possibly a Tilapia

a turtle, slathered in moss, sunning himself