Camping with my Uncle and Aunt was AMAZING. They recently purchased a new travel trailer, so in the humidity and heat of a texas summer, we had a bathroom, kitchen, bed (almost), and AIR CONDITIONING.
They were traveling with a group with ExxonMobil. There were about 40 people in the group, who travel together multiple times a year. We got to the site just in time for dinner, even though we already ate a little Sonic before we left Austin. So we drank some beers, and got introduced to everyone. That night we made some new friends, and made some s'mores.
The next day we got up, and went over to Mark's (a new friend, and reminds me a lot of Mike O'Malley) motor home for breakfast. Eggs, bacon and toast, with fresh berry smoothies. I want to take this time now to express my love for Texans. They are the most friendly, giving, sharing, welcoming, gentle people we have encountered. They took us in as though we had been a part of the group for ever, and shared everything with us, and never asked for anything in return. When we asked if we could help, or what we could contribute, we were met with a polite "nothing," we were their guests, and we were treated perfectly. It was 2 of the best days of the ast 10 years of my life.
Mid-day we went floating down the San Marcos river in inner tubes, twice. We went with our new friends, and the river was warm, jade blue, and quick! It was so much fun, and so refreshing to get in that water on such a hot sunny, humid day.
We came back after floating to my Uncle smoking some hot wings, prepared by Linda's son-in-law Michael. Erin ate 3. Let me repeat that. Erin ate 3, hot, chicken wings. There are 2 things interesting about that. 1. she hates spicy food. 2. she hates chicken. but apparently when you combine them, she loves it. I ate 7.
Dinner that night was grilled ribeye steaks, corn on the cob, salad, and wine. We even won a door prize, a cutting board!
That night was bittersweet, because it was our last night with my family, and the last night with our great new friends. Lets talk about the night. I say we almost had a bed, because the air mattress in the pull out couch in Uncle Jim's travel trailer deflated the first night, leaving us sleeping on the two bars that support the mattress. So we slept sideways. The second night we borrowed a different air mattress, blew them both up, stacked them on top of one another, and low and behold, they both deflated. But it was a small inconvenience in an otherwise perfect 2 days.
Tomorrow we drive to NOLA.
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