A Very Merry Chris Post

I thought I'd add a few photos from Tenerife.

Our first day we went to Loro Parque, a bird sanctuary, zoo and aquarium rolled into one big and very expensive looking tourist attraction.  Here are some of the animals trying to blend into their surroundings:

The next day was somewhat sunny so we thought we'd hit up the beach and get Weston into the water.  Mother Nature foiled our attempt by littering the water and beach with Medusa jellyfish:

Then things got interesting.  A wind storm kicked up that had the locals more worried than us (they thought Weston should stay barricaded inside and gave us bad looks when we had him out watching the waves).  The wind was so strong it was blowing the tops of the waves making Wavebows®:

We took refuge in a restaurant/bunker and watched the waves pound the beach:

Once the wind and rain cleared, the island's volcano was painted in a fresh coat of snow:

We made another attempt at getting into the water at a black sand beach.  The beach was nice but the surf was still too strong for anyone to swim.  Weston did, however, enjoy the sand:

A few parting shots before heading back to Barcelona:

Two more.  Weston touching some local flowers (as seen through a Photoshop paint filter) and one of him by himself because why not: