Family Vacation – take 1

Good morning, Texas… or good–fill in whatever time of day you’re reading this.

Craig and Kaylan are on vacation. We left bright and early yesterday morning heading for the river, with a short pit stop in Caldwell to help Clint with our hotel – uh, trailer. We arrived in Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park in Canyon Lake yesterday afternoon. After getting the trailer all set up, we were ready for some beer and fun… so off to the river we go.

It’s our first time to tube the river and they don’t quite prepare you for the chilly water. Who knew river water would be chilly this time of year, the lake wasn’t that cold a week ago in Granbury! Once you get used to the water and you’re in the sun, everything is perfect. The trees droop just over the water with their long limbs with bright green leaves, their roots look like many fingers as they reach into the water for a drink, and the day is fine with relaxation. No work, no bills, just you and lots of other people tubing down the river.

We are at a place in the river that makes a horseshoe in town. So you get in at one bridge and get out at the next. Then you start the process all over again. But since we were here in the afternoon, we only took one drift around the bend. Then we came back to the trailer and got ready for dinner.

We had dinner at the Gristmill in Gruene, such a cute little town. I didn’t snap any pictures last night, but I will when we go back for Gruene Hall.

After such a long and event full day, we slept great… until this morning.

Craig and I are sleep in the top bunk in the back of the trailer when it feels like someone took out the back right side of the trailer, BOOM. Craig and I sit straight up and say “what was that?” Crickets, chirp, chirp… Carole didn’t know what happened and Blue and Clint aren’t in side. After a few scary moments in the top bunk, not knowing if we should move, we found out the legs that were holding us up in the back had shifted and were not longer flat on the ground.

Not to worry, right? We still have six tires holding us up! So it’s out of the trailer, as slowly as possible, so we can check out the damage and help put it right again. Now, I’m inside blogging while the trailer is being leveled… I’m helping tell them which way we are leaning!

But the day has just begun… it looks like it’s going to rain, but we’re off to Austin to swim in Barton Creek. We are poised to have another great day of fun in the sun, with a little rain in the mix.

Stay tuned for more family vacation fun as the trip continues.