sweltering...
is the best way to describe the weather in San Antonio last weekend. Our trip was a success aside from the weather if you don't count Caleb's behavior on the flight in or the swamp creature who was trapped in the drain of our bathtub at the hotel.
We can't really complain about the weather though. We do, after all, live in Texas where 100 degree plus heat is never newsworthy and we were in San Antonio where it is almost always humid. Humid and hot are really a foul combination though...and honestly, I would love to just keep the beautiful blue skies and substitute free air conditioning for the heat. At least in my own little universe that's how it would be.
As for the flight in, it was delayed an hour to start out due to weather (high fives to whoever thought to set up a play area in the terminal). Not a big problem considering the flight is all of 45 minutes start to finish. However, 45 minutes of wrestling a tired 21 month old beast of a child in the confines of a packed airplane may as well be four and a half hours. All I can say is thank God there were other children on this flight who were in more agony than Caleb was.
Once we made it to our room full of glorious cold air we realized there was a hideous sound coming from the bathroom. Lynn opened the door and the sound amplified. Imagine the sound you hear as the last of the bath water is draining out of the tub or the sound you hear when plunging the disposal side of the kitchen sink. Now, imagine that sound not stopping. AT. ALL. EVER. The entire time we were there the noise was there. With the drain closed and the door shut with a towel jammed in the space between the floor and the door you could hardly hear it. Bathing the kids was a challenge though, what with the creature from the black lagoon trapped in the drain and all. Logan now prefers to take showers.
Sea World was a blast. The kids got a kick out of all the shows. The only trouble we had was at Viva! during the pre-show. Lots of splashing and misting of the audience and Caleb does not like to be sprayed. The kid is like a fish to water, but DO NOT splash him without his full and complete knowledge of it happening before the actual splashing commences. Thankfully the performer paid attention and steered clear of the little kids who were upset by the spray.
Lynn and I were upset to see that Schmedley is gone. He has been replaced by The Cannery Row Caper and Uncle Max, who is clearly not an uncle, but an aunt, as far as we could tell anyway. Uncle Max/Aunt Edna was kind enough to give us a full view of the "plumbing" if you will.
I don't remember Schmedley being so "fleshy" either. Perhaps I am romanticizing Schmedley? I don't know, but Max? Really, it's time to lay off the fish!
The water park portion of Sea World has quintupled in size since the last time Lynn and I visited (easily ten years or more). We all had a good time at the water park, yes, even me. And I have the sunburn to prove it too. I don't know how it happens, but even covered in sunblock I manage to get to burned. This is the same sunblock that keeps my children and husband sunburn free. I don't understand it!
We can't really complain about the weather though. We do, after all, live in Texas where 100 degree plus heat is never newsworthy and we were in San Antonio where it is almost always humid. Humid and hot are really a foul combination though...and honestly, I would love to just keep the beautiful blue skies and substitute free air conditioning for the heat. At least in my own little universe that's how it would be.As for the flight in, it was delayed an hour to start out due to weather (high fives to whoever thought to set up a play area in the terminal). Not a big problem considering the flight is all of 45 minutes start to finish. However, 45 minutes of wrestling a tired 21 month old beast of a child in the confines of a packed airplane may as well be four and a half hours. All I can say is thank God there were other children on this flight who were in more agony than Caleb was.Once we made it to our room full of glorious cold air we realized there was a hideous sound coming from the bathroom. Lynn opened the door and the sound amplified. Imagine the sound you hear as the last of the bath water is draining out of the tub or the sound you hear when plunging the disposal side of the kitchen sink. Now, imagine that sound not stopping. AT. ALL. EVER. The entire time we were there the noise was there. With the drain closed and the door shut with a towel jammed in the space between the floor and the door you could hardly hear it. Bathing the kids was a challenge though, what with the creature from the black lagoon trapped in the drain and all. Logan now prefers to take showers.
Sea World was a blast. The kids got a kick out of all the shows. The only trouble we had was at Viva! during the pre-show. Lots of splashing and misting of the audience and Caleb does not like to be sprayed. The kid is like a fish to water, but DO NOT splash him without his full and complete knowledge of it happening before the actual splashing commences. Thankfully the performer paid attention and steered clear of the little kids who were upset by the spray.
Lynn and I were upset to see that Schmedley is gone. He has been replaced by The Cannery Row Caper and Uncle Max, who is clearly not an uncle, but an aunt, as far as we could tell anyway. Uncle Max/Aunt Edna was kind enough to give us a full view of the "plumbing" if you will.
I don't remember Schmedley being so "fleshy" either. Perhaps I am romanticizing Schmedley? I don't know, but Max? Really, it's time to lay off the fish!
The water park portion of Sea World has quintupled in size since the last time Lynn and I visited (easily ten years or more). We all had a good time at the water park, yes, even me. And I have the sunburn to prove it too. I don't know how it happens, but even covered in sunblock I manage to get to burned. This is the same sunblock that keeps my children and husband sunburn free. I don't understand it!
posted by Amy at 7:52 PM
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