San Antonio Weekend

San Antonio July 2007

Wow, what a trip! I can say without a doubt this was one of the more interesting trips we've been on! First, Jay and Tammy bought a new, bigger RV and wanted to try it out before they head out on their 2 week trip to Minnesota. So of course, we were more than happy to help them out!! They went to San Antonio Friday night, got set up and everything, since David had to work late Friday night, we headed out first thing Saturday morning.

We met at the San Antonio Zoo, it's been years since we've been there, the last time, Riley was 2, it was 112 degrees outside and we left after about 30 minutes. This time wasn't quite as hot, but it was still dang hot, humid and it was drizzling off and on. We saw the front half of the zoo, got to see a very talented monkey doing tricks for us with his privates. Played in the kid's area for a while, since it was air conditioned, and then found out the back half was shut down because someone got hurt. We thought we would wait it out a bit, at that time they were saying it would be an hour or so, but then decided we were all too hot and tired to wait much longer, so we headed back to the front, just in time to find out they closed the zoo and were making everyone leave. There were news crews all over, ambulance, Life Flight, it was a madhouse! We never heard what was going on, only someone was hurt. So, thankfully my husband can't go anywhere without wireless internet and his laptop, so when we got back to camp we found out a worker had been mauled by a Sumatran Tiger.

So we left and went to one of our favorite places to eat in San Antonio, Chacho's! They are like Taco Cabana, but better and cheaper, it's awesome.

The camp we were staying at had a nice playground, and a pool, so we spent the rest of the evening there, letting the kids get worn out, while David sat in the rec room surfing the net. We put all our wet bathing suits and towels, and Regan's shoes outside on the picnic table to dry out overnight, only to be awakened by a massive thunderstorm sometime in the early morning hours. The only shoes I packed for Regan, her tennis shoes, were soaked! So, before we could head to Sea World, we had to make a run to Walmart for some cheap replacements.

We pack up and head out to Sea World, since we have season passes, we were only going to stay for a little while. Of course, first stop is the hospitality room there, where they give out free samples of energy drinks!! Then Riley wanted to ride the Steel Eel about a million times, so he and David did that while Regan and I watched the 4D movie. We weren't in the door good and Regan was complaining about the new shoes, so we had a trip to first aid to get Band-Aids. We got to ride the log ride, Regan's favorite, and the new ride, Journey to Atlantis, which was really fun! We had all the fun we could handle around 5, so we left and went to Rudy's for dinner.

Made it home tired, hot, exhausted, and with company coming! We got a call that Tiffany, David's sister, was back in the hospital so Leo and Linda were on their way up. Thankfully, I cleaned my house before we left, so I was able to come home, change the sheets on the guest bed, and try to recuperate from the crazy weekend.