A Fun Vacation

Ken and Lisa asked us to go on a short vacation with them. They were going to New Braunfels for three days. So we decided to go along. We left Monday morning around 9:30 a.m. It is about 4 1/2 hours down there. We stopped along the way at Subway for lunch. It was a very pleasant drive down. When we arrived, we had arranged to rent a small home near Schlitterbahn, which is a water park where we were going to spend Tuesday. The house was very nice. It had 2 bedrooms, a living room, a family room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. While it was small, it was very comfortable and fun. It was an older home. You can see a picture of it below. One shows the house and the other shows Carolyn standing on the porch of the house.













New Braunfels is a german town and so we had to eat out at a German resturant. It was called Oma's Haus (Grandmother's House). I had wurst and potato pancakes and Carolyn had Snitzel. It was a fun experience to relive some of the time in Germany. Then we went shopping to get some groceries for meals on Tuesday and breakfasts for the trip.

Tuesday morning, Lisa and I got up and went running. Then we got ready to go to Schlitterbanh. That is a German word for "Sliding road or track" It is a large water park. We arrived at 9:30 and closed the park down at 8:30. We went home for lunch and rested for a while and then stayed until 8:30 before we went home to have dinner. Below are some pictures of us playing at the park.
















Wednesday we went to San Antonio. We went to the Alamo.














Because they had been to San Antonio several times, they decided to go to a couple of museums? We went to the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum. We saw some fun things and some unbelievable things. Here are some pictures from the museum.


This shows Morgan, Tanner, and Andrew in the worlds biggest tire.


I had a chance to stand by the Berlin wall again.


This shows Tanner standing next to the tallest man in the world.







After we finished up at Ripley's, we went to a was museum where we had the opportunity to see many famous people.


Morgan visiting with Oprah


Tanner talking to Dr. Phil about how it is he is a cool kid.


This was the Last Supper in Wax.


This was the walk to Golgatha.

The wax people were incredible.



Thursday morning we went to an African Safari where you drive through and animals come up and eat from your hand out the car window.























After our Safari, we went back to the house and packed and headed home. of course we had to stop along the way back for the mandatory "Lizzard" from Dairy Queen. We want to thank Ken and Lisa and the kids for taking us on this little trip with them. It was a very fun time for us.