Sea World and the Comal River

We spent the weekend in San Marcos with Mike and Tiffany.  Sadly, it was so hot that I just didn't take many pictures.  Jon and Mike went tubing down the Comal River, and we spent a day at Sea World (which turned out to be a crazy idea with the Texas heat and the Texas sized crowds). Otherwise, we mostly spent our time eating out and swimming at the hotel.  We had a great time! Here are the few pictures that I did take:

Luke makes this silly scrunched up nose face every time I pull out the camera.  It is so funny to watch him!

And sadly I have no pictures of Tiffany and me! I will have to try harder next time!

I haven't posted anything for a while, one because Kelly usually beats me to it, and two she takes better pictures than me.  She has been crowned both CFO of our family (old news) and more recently has assumed the role outright of chief Public Relations director, so she does most of the blogging. I am also limited to my posting in real time, as during my travels for work it is generally frowned upon to show Kelly what a cool time I might be having while she is stuck at the house with the children by herself.  Even though I promise it is work! Since right about now she has returned the favor (for the first time ever) I thought it would be a good time for me to put a post together.
A few weeks ago, as most of you are aware, I was able to take one of my athletes to the Olympic Trials in hopes of prolonging her season.  Our chances of going much past the second round were limited but it was our first experience and a once in a lifetime opportunity for an athlete (hopefully not me).

Christina ran well but our hope is that we get a little farther next time because we both know she has the ability. Top 25 in the country is nothing to sneeze at either.

I was trying to play it cool, as though picking up my Olympic trails credential was routine, but truthfully seeing my name next to anything official with Olympic rings on it anywhere was awesome.  I waited to jump up and down when I got back to my room. 

Hayward field has to be the best place in the country to watch a track meet if the rain stops, we were lucky during the second half of the trials and had pretty good weather, although it did rain almost every day.

Eugene, Oregon is a strange place.  Apparently at the Red Lion in Eugene, you can be "Hell on Wheels" and still be employee of the month.  He had a full size skull on his dashboard, and wore a full length black trench coat daily.

I got a chuckle out of the water for the soul costing you $2.  Not sure that soul and dollar sign should ever occupy the same page.  

We did have one day that no one was competing so we piled into on of the vans and took the hour+ drive to the coast.  Even more rain but we got to see the coast and stick our toes in the pacific.  We even took the elevator down to the sea lion cave. 

 

As far as experiences go this was amazing, I hope to get back to the trials at some point, but I have to figure out how to bring the family.  It was a long time to be gone, after being gone the week before.   Let me know if you want to meet us there!