Staycation August 2016

Since Matt didn't get to go with us on our "vacation" this summer to Mexico, he decided to take the last week before school started off so that we could do some things as a family.  It was forecaste to be a rainy week, so we were waiting to decide what to do on each day.

Tuesday, August 16th-
On Tuesday we decided to go and hike around OP Schnabel.  The kids were venturing off the paved trail and going into the trees to explore around.  They had fun hiking up and down some hills.  It was a pretty humid day, but a little bit more bearable in the trees.

Wednesday, August 17th-
On Wednesday we decided to tube the Medina river.  We showed up and because of the recent rains the park that we were planning on going to was closed.  We drove around a little bit trying to figure things out.  We ended up finding the tube rental place.  We blew up our own tubes and for a fee they gave us a ride to the drop off point.  It was a pretty quiet day, not too many people tubing.  About 10 minutes after we got on the river there was a 5-10 minute down pour.  It was kind of fun and nice that it didn't last long.  It was a pretty slow moving river.  Matt chose the shorter route of 1-2 hours?  We packed a cooler with sandwiches and drinks to eat along the way.  We were able to stop at a rope swing where Matt, Brayden, Julia, and Blake took turns jumping off.  As we waited to be picked up there was a convenient location where we could get out and walk back to the beginning of some rapids to go down again.  The kids had fun doing that.  Kylee decided not to go because she didn't feel up to it.

Thursday, August 18th
Thursday was the day that we biked the Mission Trail.  We drove down to Mission San Jose with some of the bikes.  We had to go in 2 cars to fit the bikes.  Kylee and I rented bikes there.  They were heavy bikes with some baskets.  Asher was in the stroller attached to Matt's bike.  We got a little lost on the start of our bike ride and had to turn around to try and find the trail.  Blake was on bigger "new bike" to him.  He was used to the bikes the brake by pedaling backwards and this one had the brake on the handle bar.  It was kind of wide, so it was hard for him to squeeze.  His bike ride was a little out of control.  We started at Mission San Jose and went down to Mission Espada.  We went a total of 5 miles, with frequent stops along the way for snacks and water breaks.  The humid day made for lots of red faces and sweat.