Thanks for your patience with the vacation updates! We got so busy having fun that I didn't get around to posting at the end of the week. Day 3 of our trip was Friday. We had big plans of all the things we wanted to do, but kept running into problems. First we wanted to go to the Space and Time Park, which was similar to the Dino Park we went to the day before, a museum trail type thing. However, when we got there, they appeared to be closed. I called and they said we could take the trail (1.5 miles), but that with all the rain recently, it was very muddy and we would get really dirty. We weren't really dressed for that, so we moved on. We went to Buc'ee's, which is apparently a Texas Gas Station the size of a Wal-Mart Super Center. It was crazy! There had to be 50-100 gas pumps! And they were all over the state! There was food and souvenirs and everything you could need or want there. Later in our trip we got a souvenir there. It was already lunch time by the time we finished filling up, so we went to the Gristmill in Gruene, outside New Braunfels. It was a cool restaurant that had been converted from a Cotton Gin. It was built into the side of a hill that overlooked a river (where we even saw a few people floating the river in tubes). The food was great! Michael and I shared Catfish with Zucchini and Squash! Yum! I liked it more than Michael did, to be honest, but it was on the healthier side (we made a couple good choices while we were on vacation) and I didn't feel loaded down when we left. After lunch we went to a Snake Farm/Zoo. It was pretty small, especially compared to the Wichita zoo, but it was fun! It was packed with animals for as small as it was. There was a petting zoo where we fed the animals, Connor enjoyed it, Avery didn't like them jumping on her. There were lots of bird roaming like Peacocks, Chickens and Guineas. The chickens were so used to people, Aunt Shanna was able to pick up one of the babies and the kids got to pet it. They enjoyed that. The wolf exhibit was close enough to the fence to get a great look at him. In Wichita you look down from a sort of bridge and sometimes can't see the wolves at all. Inside the building were a slew of snakes, which didn't bother me, but when I saw a large cockroach on the outside of the glass, it was about time for me to call it a day. Overall, it was a great day (despite lots of driving and not as many attractions as we intended). On the way back to the house we stopped at a local grocery store called H.E.B. Apparently it's the initials of the founder who was named Harry E. Butts. Fortunately, someone convinced him to go with his initials for the store chain. Good call. ;) The store was full of beautiful produce from Mexico and Chile as well as fresh, hot tortilla and a fresh squeezed juice bar. My healthy little heart was so happy! Can't wait for Spring and Summer produce here in Kansas!! It's almost grill time, Folks!!! We had Chicken Tortilla Soup for dinner, which was great because it was in the crockpot and ready when we got home from our day of excitement. We had such great food on vacation! I'm not sure if I mentioned it on the Day 2 blog or not, but for dinner Thursday we had grilled loaded Salmon Patties and an Asian coleslaw salad. They were divine! The Salmon Patties were loaded with cheese and Jalepenos! I'm going to try to find some here in Kansas! The only Salmon I've ever liked! Boy was it good! One last thing and then I'll get to pictures (probably a few posts worth of pictures or the blog won't post), the kids did really great throughout the whole trip. Some days they didn't get naps at all and they just pushed through. They were well behaved and for the most part left when we said it was time. I was very proud of them! :) OK, picture time!!!
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