Saturday in New Braunfels Texas...

At the Hotel pool Friday night I talked to several people (Dawn laughs at me as I can't help talking and meeting people when we are on a trip. I took the kids down to the pool and by the time Dawn and her Mother got there I knew everyone at the pool and introduced Dawn and her Mother, lol) and one group told us about a really neat place to eat breakfast so Dawn and I thought we'd try it out for breakfast Saturday morning...I'm glad we did!

Union Street Station...Their menu consists of 55 different omeletes and of course lots of other goodies too. Dacey's french toast was to die for, Mmm...It's a really small restaurant and we had to wait about 10 minutes to be seated but the service, food and prices were awesome!!

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While we waited there were plenty of photo ops!! Dacey was posing pretty and Michael was being silly!! Love it though, it's them!
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After breakfast we went to the McKennas Childrens museum (previous post) and then after that we went downtown New Braunfels for a little shopping. We found some great shops, a bit pricey but being a touristy town that is expected, we did find a few things we liked and bought.

One of the many antique shops we visited!
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For lunch we splurged and went to McAdoos Seafood restaurant, Oh wow!! The food was delicious and I'm so glad we splurged, it was well worth it...as you can see I had more photo ops and Dacey is a great model! I noticed that a lot of the houses and businesses had gorgeous flower beds and most of the plants seemed to be Texas natives or drought tolerant!
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Michael told me I could NOT park here as I did NOT have a permit, lol! Then he went and checked the other vehicles parked in front of these signs and informed me that we were all going to get towed as none of us had permits, LMBO...he's too funny!

New Braunfels is home to Schlitterbaun water park and the park also has a Christmas Shoppe. As neither Dawn or I had ever been to Schlitterbaun water park (which to Michael's disappointment was closed for the season) it took us a while to find the Christmas shoppe. It was very nice and I think I might go back sometime, would love to see it at Christmas time!
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We got a history lesson upon our arrival in the store and I loved that. This is the first 2 story house built in New Braunfels and was built in 1866. It's a beautiful building and we loved the inside and all the Christmas items.
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I left Dawn and her Mom in the shoppe and took Michael and Dacey outside. We found this cute little carousel and I found a lot more photo ops too!

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I had Michael take a photo of Dawn and I. We have to do our annual get together photo. I think we do this twice a year now, in later years it will be fun to go back and look at the photos and see how we've aged through the years!
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There are several parks through out New Braunfels. The Comal and Guadalupe rivers run through New Braunfels and during the summer months there is a lot of tubing and floating the rivers, not so much in the fall and winter months.
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In the evening we stopped in this park along the Comal river and Dacey, Michael and I went on an Adventure along the rivers banks!
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I found this historical marker regarding bat poop being harvested in the area for the civil war, interesting...something I did not know!! (Click on the photo to read the marker).
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Michael and Dacey did a lot of running...
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Then I spotted this Turkey in the river with the ducks? Weird, really weird. He acted like one of the ducks but definitely NOT a duck!! I was laughing and laughing, just not something I've ever seen before! I was thinking hey maybe he had sore feet? Goodness knows my feet were hurting! Dawn's Mom had an idea...Maybe someone put a turkey egg in with some duck eggs and he hatched out with a bunch of ducks? So now he thinks he's a duck? It's possible!
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I really had fun with the camera and watching the kids explore the river.
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Comal River, I love the Cyprus trees along the banks!
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I don't know what Michael did but I love the look Dacey is giving him. They sure had a blast at the river, running around and playing in the water.
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They love each other and of course they will deny it if you ask them...Dacey was 2 yrs old when Michael was born and spent a lot of time with us at that time so they act more like Brother and Sister, without the bickering (thank goodness) and I love watching them together. They sure do enjoy each others company! I hope their friendship continues through out their lifetimes...
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What is more fun then throwing rocks in the river and watching the splashes they create?
Dawn had mentioned the fact of maybe just doing a girls weekend only and I had thought about it but I wanted Michael to spend time with Dacey. I'm glad Michael came with me as I love all the photos I took of him and Dacey together. I know in later years they may not want to spend time together...
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Eygptian geese (I think?)...very pretty.
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I loved this...Dawn trying to help her Mom and the laughter that resulted from that moment in time! Poor Old Granny Donna ;o) I think we were all a bit stiff and sore from our busy day!
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After we left the park we went to Oma's Restaurant and had some German food. Then we splurged and got desert to go and went back to the Hotel. Ate our delicious deserts (Carrot cake, German Chocolate cake and Fudge) and went swimming...it was a wonderful day and a great weekend! Short but Sweet!