A wet and wild weekend

Hey,

Well here's part of my weekend:



That, however, was only part of the longer weekend.

Tabi and Jeff took us out for dinner and a movie in thanks for taking care of their dogs. First we went out to Hutt's hamburgers, which had a wall covered with awards for their tasty food. I tend to agree, even if the onion rings were *literally* the size of a small plate. They were tasty.

After that they took us out to the new Indiana Jones move. It was pretty great, even if there were some plot holes here and there. I really liked the special FX. After the movie, though, they mentioned they were going out to Schlitterbahn the next day and they wanted to know if we wanted to come along. Schlitterbahn is widely considered one of the best waterparks in the country, and Jess is a big fan of waterpark fun. If you're wondering about the name, it turns out there are a lot of German settlements around Texas. Evidently they immigrated to the US and then all went down to Texas, bringing their superior waterpark technology with them.

Well we went out in the morning, slathering ourselves with as much SPF 50 sunscreen as our skin could hold, and then tore up as many rides as we could. The park was pretty great, overall. There were a couple of inner-tube rides that went on for probably 30 minutes, all told. Just lazily floating along, with occasional breaks for crazy slides down the hill. It actually takes you through the river, at one point. Pretty nice.

There were also a bunch of more modern rides, starting you up really high and taking you through all kinds of acceleration configurations before dumping you in the wave-pool below. Great fun. There was even one where they have water shooting up behind you, pushing you uphill and soaking you quite thoroughly. The lines were a little obnoxious at some points, but considering this was Memorial day weekend, the lines were pretty tolerable. I can immagine it only being worse had we still been in LA.

Also, it looked like one of the kitchens caught on fire while we were there. We were on top of the tower, waiting for our turn on the ride when there was a great billow of smoke from down on the ground. I'm not quite sure what caused it, but they shut down the rides while they made sure the fire was out. Eventually, it all got put out and everything went back to normal.

We managed to escape a full day in the hot sun with minimal sunburn. Mine is pretty much healed already, so is Jessie's. We went through a lot of sunblock, though. Overall, great fun was had by all, even if next time we think we're going to go on a day that might not be so busy.

And today? Today we're just resting.

-N