Sunday, June 22, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Texas Trip to Visit Heather B!
I've been back in town for a few weeks now. With the weather being such crap lately, i'm wishing i was back in Houston even though the humidity about killed me. I flew late on Thursday. Heather, Doug and I went out for some yummy mexican food. Friday, Heather had to work a bit in the morning then we ended up going out for a little walk in her neighborhood. There are miles and miles of greenbelt trails surrounding the area. Very pretty. Later we went to get lunch at a little Mexican place by her house. We sat outside and continued to drink margaritas all afternoon. 
I don't think i'll be drinking a margarita for a while. Makes me want to barf just looking at it in the picture.
The next day we all left for New Braunfels. A 3 hour drive north of houston. Not a fun drive while hung-over. New Braunfels is in between San Antonio and Austin. I loved the area! (Heather and Doug are getting married at a resort on the Gaudelupe river near there next spring and I look forward to exploring a little more.)
We drove out to the Guadelupe river, rented some tubes and jumped right in. This river was much slower than any of the rivers I float in Washington. And hundreds of people were there with great people watching. It was crazy. The first hour we barely moved but once we got past the bend we started moving more and hitting some rapids. 
The following day we made our trek to Schlitterbaun. It was AWESOME! This place was huge. It was so big you had to take a shuttle to different parts of the park. It was made up into mostly tube rides. Lazy rivers and raging river rides. The park is set right next to the Comal River with lots of trees surrounding. The whole park is all river fed so there was no icky clorine to deal with. The longest float (and my favorite)took about 40 minutes and shot us into the actual river for a short distance. I did have an incident with a tube that was too small for my big ass. I grabbed a smaller tube thinking it was going to be easier for me to manuever around in but turns out..not so much. My butt got stuck in the tube and I kept dragging on the bottom. At one point in a deeper section (in front of several people in line)I flipped over and gave everyone a B.A. I'm so graceful.
Anyways, that's about it. Good times were had. Looking forward to visiting again! Thanks Heather for a wonderful time!
I don't think i'll be drinking a margarita for a while. Makes me want to barf just looking at it in the picture.
The next day we all left for New Braunfels. A 3 hour drive north of houston. Not a fun drive while hung-over. New Braunfels is in between San Antonio and Austin. I loved the area! (Heather and Doug are getting married at a resort on the Gaudelupe river near there next spring and I look forward to exploring a little more.)
We drove out to the Guadelupe river, rented some tubes and jumped right in. This river was much slower than any of the rivers I float in Washington. And hundreds of people were there with great people watching. It was crazy. The first hour we barely moved but once we got past the bend we started moving more and hitting some rapids. 
The following day we made our trek to Schlitterbaun. It was AWESOME! This place was huge. It was so big you had to take a shuttle to different parts of the park. It was made up into mostly tube rides. Lazy rivers and raging river rides. The park is set right next to the Comal River with lots of trees surrounding. The whole park is all river fed so there was no icky clorine to deal with. The longest float (and my favorite)took about 40 minutes and shot us into the actual river for a short distance. I did have an incident with a tube that was too small for my big ass. I grabbed a smaller tube thinking it was going to be easier for me to manuever around in but turns out..not so much. My butt got stuck in the tube and I kept dragging on the bottom. At one point in a deeper section (in front of several people in line)I flipped over and gave everyone a B.A. I'm so graceful.
Anyways, that's about it. Good times were had. Looking forward to visiting again! Thanks Heather for a wonderful time!
Snow in June
Can you freaking believe it??!! Its June and its still snowing. Snoqualmie Pass expected 2 feet the other night. I am so sick of this awful weather. Sun where are you???
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