Had a great time with James while he was here.  Picture up top is when we went to the Riverwalk.  It was chilly that day but that was ok because we went there after going to the Zoo.  It would have been very hot to walk around the zoo if it had been hot.  We had perfect weather for everything that we did.

Of course we took James to the Salt Lick to have a good old Texan BBQ.  He loved the sausages.  This time we got to go in the other side which I thought was just the winery but it is another dining hall.  That place is huge.  Before we went to the Salt Lick we went Tubing on the Comal River.  There are two rivers near New Braunfels where you can go tubing.  We went to the shorter calmer one.  There are three chutes.  Jim walked around the first two but James and I did them all.  I went flying through the first one.  I was under water and decided to save my sun glasses and let the tube and my hat go.  James waited and saw I was ok and went for my hat and tube.  They were above the current  and I went flying down about 100 ft and couldn't make it back up because of the current from the chute.  James ended up above the current so had difficulty getting down with two tubes and my hat since it kept pushing back up stream.  I tried to grab a railing to stop going down any more but couldn't hang on.  Finally I put my feet down and held my ground until James got to me finally.  Lots of kids just keep going up and down the chute all day.  We did the 3 hour float but did it in 2 hours because the current was so strong.  There was a huge storm on the Fri night so it closed on Sat and opened Sun afternoon.  We went on Monday.  It was great.  Saw lots of nature and cool houses on the shores.  Reminded me a lot of kayaking without the work.  A bus picked us up at the bottom of the river and drove us back to the start where the car was.

Tubing on the Comal River

Yes Jim went tubing with us

Of Course we took James to my happy place.  James and I went in the water lots.  The water was warmer than the pool in this apt building.  We played in the waves a lot, threw a ball around and floated.  Saw people catching a lot of fish.  Saw fish jumping out of the water and then one trip into the water James saw a stingray!!! right in front of him in the sand.  It puffed up and swam away.  We drove over to Port Aransas for James to see the dolphins swimming by the ferry.  The line was too long for the ferry so we saw the dolphins and then drove back to drive over the causeway.  Below is the Rhino from the Zoo.  None of us ever remember seeing one before.  They are huge.  James got here 4 a.m. Sat so we hung out by the pool at the apt and had a BBQ.  He said it was like we were living in a resort.  We played cards by the pool on his last day here too.  Went for walks around the complex.  Took him to the airport this morning on my way to work and got a text that he is home sweet home.  Great time had by all.  He didn't even mind sleeping on the living room floor on the air mattress.  Great time now back to just swimming, golfing and working.  Take care all!!!