A Pretty Table

The banquet/keynote on the last evening of the Laredo Birding Festival started with beautiful tables. The normal neutral shades of hotel linens had a Mexican flair instead – full of pattern and color from south of border…nothing so bland as an unadorned white tablecloth! We were celebrating the days we’d spent in Laredo already…but this was a great finale.

The buffet was Mexican all the way as well…entrees, salads, and desserts. I appreciated being able to load up on fresh veggies a bit more than I had during the earlier days of the conference…and desserts other than cookies (even though the cookies in our box lunches were delicious).

Everyone seemed to enjoy the last official items of the conference too – the thank yous handed out to the people that made sure everything ran smoothly and then the keynote.

And then it was over and we headed back to our room for a good night’s sleep before our travel day.