We arrived in Texas on Sunday evening. After happily joining the entire group we all quickly unloaded and made our way into our perspective condos and then met up for group pictures (which I posted yesterday). We each had a two bedroom / two bathroom condo with a laundry room, spacious living room and a loft area. Plenty of room to get comfortable:
View of our living room looking into our kitchen and loft area above
A view of our living room--nice windows, huh?
Fully stocked kitchen (with a dishwasher even!) looking into our laundry room
On Sunday we started off with breakfast together in Baker’s condo where we were able to make a game plan for the rest of the week. We planned out the big events (like Schlitterbahn & Sea World) and then mapped out other small things people wanted to fit in. The rest of the day we enjoyed hanging out, unpacking, swimming in the pool, and then a nice BBQ supper in town.
Monday was the big day: Schlitterbahn. This was the big event we planned our trip around. It was located in New Braunfels, an hour and a half drive, so we left early to arrive as they were opening at 10:00. And it was worth it to leave so early! Tim and I were about 30 behind the rest of the group and by the time we pulled in at 10:30 the place was just buzzing with activity. The rest of the group had secured a spot for all of our stuff as well as found life jackets for the kids and inner tubes for the rides. The best way I can describe the park was like an amusement park but covered in water. Everyone was either in water shoes or barefoot everywhere we went. There were pools and slides and things squirting water and rides everywhere. At first I was a little self-conscious about wearing my suit all day, but I quickly realized there was no way anyone would notice me. Let’s just say after a while you can get desensitized to seeing a lot of skin on people that shouldn’t be showing that much skin! 🙂
Chloe and Josiah had a blast playing in the smaller kiddie pool right next to our things and everyone was definitely pooped by the time we made our way home. We were sporting a few good sunburns the next day! Here are a few pictures (although it was hard to take many pictures because I was worried about my camera getting wet!):
Part of the park
The frog was very exciting!
He wasn't too thrilled to wear the life jacket...
Chloe, on the other hand, didn't mind wearing hers!
Kristen got Josiah to finally fall asleep in his stroller! Yippie!
After his nap he was MUCH happier!
We're ready to go home after a long day in the sun!
I was impressed with how green the hills were in Texas. I had always imagined all of Texas being flat and brown with a lone cactus and tumbleweed blowing across a dirt road. 😀 So I was surprised to find curvy, hilly roads!
Look at those hills!
There was a very unusual plant right next to our parking lot that Chloe enjoyed.
I don't know what it was, but it was VERY tall!
Looks like great fun!