Vacation 2010...part 1

We went to the Frio River last week for a few days! The water was pretty low but it was still nice, cool and flowing a little bit. This is a place that we have gone almost every year since I was about 10 years old and I so loved getting to bring Ryan this year for his first trip :)

This was when he first got in the water

We met my parents there (they had already been there for about a week). Jenny and Chris are usually there also but they couldn't come this year.

We ate at our favorite place, Neal's and had our usual Chicken Fried Steak, scalloped potatoes, creole green beans, corn on the cob, tea and YUMMY rolls :) I love tradition. We have been eating this meal forever and every year it is still just as good! They have a big deck outside that overlooks the Frio and this picture was taken there

After dinner, we went to sit by/in the water. Ryan LOVED getting to kick/splash in the water

This is our camp ground...7 Bluff. The property has dozens of pecan trees on it to it is nice and shady. We always see tons of deer when we stay there. They have a deer feeder and this year we watched at least 30 deer eat and hang out for a long time. We were wondering why seeing deer never gets old?! It is amazing.

This year we were there after everyone was back in school. It was HEAVEN! Michael and I floated one day and did not see one other soul until about the last 5 minutes of our 2 hour float. During the summer, we would have been floating with hundreds of other people. It felt like we owned the river and it was NICE :) Mom and dad were the only people in the camp ground for a few days and while we were there, there were only about 4 other travel trailers and a few people in the cabins. It's nice to see some hills and different scenery than southeast Texas.

This is why we love it there

Ryan did very well in our trailer. He has been playing with his Bumbo instead of sitting in it :)

When we left the Frio, we headed to Austin for a couple days...