I realize my promises mean NOTHING. I realize I posted on Tuesday promising to update you on Wednesday about my weekend. I got busy - writing here was in the front of my mind, but I just couldn't make time for it. I had a million things going on including 4 doctor appointments, drivers ed, driving teens all over town, catching up on e-mail, returning phone calls, unpacking, mailing packages to Afghanistan, putting together the newsletter for the battalion, which is still not out because I SUCK at putting them together - I spent 10 hours on Wednesday TRYING to get it out and I only got about one quarter of it done. My friend is helping me tomorrow. I hope to have it out on Monday. I hate being late and I hate breaking promises, but here I am late and broken promises, for that I am sorry. AND, I promise not to make promises to you guys anymore!! ;o) Really, that was the last one!!
OK, so back to last week. On Friday a dear friend I have known for years was on a mini vacation with her son in Austin and the surrounding area so we set up a date to hit up Inner Space Caverns in Georgetown. Georgetown TEXAS that is. Now, if you have never been to a cave before I say GO! If you don't have high expectations, GO! I've been to Inner Space Caverns, I mean this IS our 3rd time to be stationed at Fort Hood, and this is a 'must do' for folks that haven't spent much time in a cave. The first time I went I thought it was AWESOME! Now that I have traveled and been to many different caves.....well I would have rather just sat and had a nice margarita with my friend. However the little kids enjoyed it very much! But Boy 1 nailed it on the head when he ask....."what am I going to see in this cave when I have been to the biggest cave in the world?" He was talking about this cave...although it is not the biggest cave in the world, it was HUGE and super fun!!
OK, so back to last week. On Friday a dear friend I have known for years was on a mini vacation with her son in Austin and the surrounding area so we set up a date to hit up Inner Space Caverns in Georgetown. Georgetown TEXAS that is. Now, if you have never been to a cave before I say GO! If you don't have high expectations, GO! I've been to Inner Space Caverns, I mean this IS our 3rd time to be stationed at Fort Hood, and this is a 'must do' for folks that haven't spent much time in a cave. The first time I went I thought it was AWESOME! Now that I have traveled and been to many different caves.....well I would have rather just sat and had a nice margarita with my friend. However the little kids enjoyed it very much! But Boy 1 nailed it on the head when he ask....."what am I going to see in this cave when I have been to the biggest cave in the world?" He was talking about this cave...although it is not the biggest cave in the world, it was HUGE and super fun!!
Heading underground....
Boy's 2 & 3 with our friend.
Cave straws..
Our guide in the purple...he had to have been all of 16. Very nice, funny and put up with the little boys heckling him the entire time! (I have no idea where they get that from!)
One of the mini bats living in the cave. He is about the size of a chicken nugget.
All in all we had a pretty good time. The kids had fun which is really all that matters. My girlfriend and I chatted the entire way through the cave which was fun and we kept it quiet as not to disturb the people that were actually there to learn and enjoy. I thought it was a bit pricy for what you got - the military rate was $15.95 for adults and $ 8.95 for children and the tour lasted about 1 hour. Our guide was very entertaining and made it worth the money. (Well, kind of.)
Boy 3's parting remarks about the cave.... "I love the cave and I want to go back to it one more time!"
Boy 3's parting remarks about the cave.... "I love the cave and I want to go back to it one more time!"
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