I took my chances, packed our bags and took off to New Braunfels with girls (all by myself- Garrick, Dave and Claude would be joining us later in the week.) The girls loved it, as I told them we could stop at every Dairy Queen along the way, if need be. After a blizzard and a couple of dip-top cones, we arrived at the river house in one piece, and we settled in for a fun week.
We swam in the river, swang on the rope swing, giggled, danced, and well, to be honest, sweat! It was hot. It was hotter than I had ever remembered.
We also went into Gruene for dinner and snow cones (and a picture shoot- per Lucy.)
The next day, we packed a cooler/picnic and headed for Landa Park. We started off with a train ride, and we ended with a dip in the natural swimming hole. The girls loved the water slide. Connally especially enjoyed the splash pad. Lucy REALLY wanted to try the "big kid" waterslide. She watched it and watched it and watched it, and just before we were ready to leave, she decided to try it out. She LOVED it, and she rode it again, and again, and again, and again! She was so proud of it that we had to take Garrick for a look-see, as soon as he got to town.
We swam in the river, swang on the rope swing, giggled, danced, and well, to be honest, sweat! It was hot. It was hotter than I had ever remembered.
We also went into Gruene for dinner and snow cones (and a picture shoot- per Lucy.)
The next day, we packed a cooler/picnic and headed for Landa Park. We started off with a train ride, and we ended with a dip in the natural swimming hole. The girls loved the water slide. Connally especially enjoyed the splash pad. Lucy REALLY wanted to try the "big kid" waterslide. She watched it and watched it and watched it, and just before we were ready to leave, she decided to try it out. She LOVED it, and she rode it again, and again, and again, and again! She was so proud of it that we had to take Garrick for a look-see, as soon as he got to town.
Garrick, Dave, Claude and Scout arrived on Friday, just before the weekend. We watched the "river parade" tube by us, as well as the "crampers" file into the campsites.
Dave brought his newest toy (4 wheeler, but Connally calls it the tractor,) so we had many "hay rides" with the trailer (or as Connally calls it, the wagon) attached to the back of it.
Did I mention that it was hot? The county was on a burn ban, so there were no fireworks (the first time in my 34 years that I haven't seen them.) It was so hot that all the campers checked out, and the river was almost vacant on Saturday, the 4th of July. It was so hot that we all took cold showers and went to bed with our hair wet, just to cool off!
All in all, it was a great week. Many memories were created...
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