The summer is hot in Texas and a great way to get cooled off is to take a trip down to the Guadalupe River near New Braunfels, Texas. This was about a 4.5 hour trip from our house to the RV resort, but worth every minute. We ended up leaving the girls behind and picked up some stragglers along the road for a "Boys Trip." The boys made the best of the time by downing beef jerky, gummy worms, and Buc-ee's popcorn. Being a long trip, I was impressed that we only needed to make one bathroom break.
Once we arrived in at the campground, just South of Canyon Lake, we quickly got setup then proceeded to explore the grounds. We played basketball, mini-golf, and swam in one of the two pools they had on site. While I got dinner ready, the boys climbed on their bikes and rode around the campground. There was a park close by where Bryce and Luke learned to play tetherball with Colton. I'm glad we didn't end up with any loose or missing teeth. We grilled up some chicken and beef kabobs for dinner which were delicious, and gone very quickly. After dinner we met up with our friends, the Calcotes and Gages, and hung out the rest of the night.
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The next morning, I had planned to have everyone eat a nice breakfast since we were going to be on the river for a long time. I brought bacon, sausage, eggs and some tortillas to make some breakfast burritos along with some fruit. To my surprise, I had let the fridge get too cold, freezing the eggs, so we had we had to stick with the meat and fruit. I tried thawing some out, but that was unsuccessful as you can see in Ryan's disappointment. After that failed attempt, we packed up to meet our friends and head to the river. We packed our own tubes from Buc-ee's before we left, so all we needed to do was blow them up and jump in!
Unfortunately, the Gage's daughter ended up having tummy problems from their adventures at Schlitterbahn the previous day, so it ended up being just the Orrs, Karstendieks, and Calcotes on the river on Saturday. We put in where most floaters do for the long float and even though the stretch of Guadalupe River is not very long, we were in the water for close to four hours. The river was cold by Texas standards, 65º or so, but became very refreshing once we were in the water a few minutes. By the last hour of the float, the boys were ready to get off the water as we were moving very slowly against a headwind. Thanks to Chris Calcote getting out and pulling us down the River we were able to get out near their rental house just past the 4th crossing.
We enjoyed being able to spend time with my friends from college the rest of the evening and had breakfast with them the next morning. This ended up being the longest trip we've taken in the camper so far, but a place that I'm sure we'll return to in the future!
