Austin 3.5 Day 5 - Schlittering on da Bahns

Today was another day at Schlitterbahn, this time with T feeling more like his usual self and able to take part in the festivities.

The twinkies woke up not too early but early enough that most of the adults still wanted to sleep.  So DD took the kids into the living room and entertained them by playing Mario or letting the kids play Mario Kart.  Afterwards the adults were all awake and packed up their suitcases and the remaining food that was not eaten.

With the Tesla packed with bags and humans, it was a short drive to the East Waterpark (the West was done yesterday).  The weather was not the same as yesterday - rain and overcast while loading up the car so we were expecting the lines and crowds to be smaller than yesterday.  And we were correct - there were not too many people at the park today which allowed us to get the most out of the short time we had there.

T decided to have a melt down as they were ordering food for lunch - seems that he felt he needed another "soft friend" (puppy) from the gift shop even after Mommy and Daddy both said "no".  The logic used to explain why he didn't need another puppy (because he already has one) was soon flipped around onto DD who was then told "but Dad, I don't have a narwhal", which was also at the gift shop.  Well played little man, but you weren't going to win this one.

The afternoon was cut short after having lots of fun with DD and AA at the pirate ship with slides.  A large thunderous "boom" could be heard which was followed shortly by the signal to evacuate the pools and start the 30 min "out of water" clock which is park policy for when there is lightning in the area.  After gazing at the sky to assess whether it made sense to continue to wait it out and a quick weather report from DD (after changing the city from Austin to New Braunfels after one false report) it was decided that there was a marginal chance that the park would re-open the pools and slides.

So, the gang changed into clothes and made their way to the Tesla to start the journey back to Austin.  First, though, they had one stop they had to make at San Marcos at the Tesla Supercharger Station at the Outlet Mall.  After 20 mins of charging, the range went from 23 miles to 100+ miles so they could continue the drive back to Austin.

Someone didn't want to nap

Happy with their Starbucks selection on the drive home

Back at home base, the kiddos were very happy to be re-united with their toys and soft friends. 

Listening to the end of the Jets season back at the house

Dinner tonight was sushi, the restaurant scouted out by Lola from a few weeks ago.  DD and AA made the drive to pick up the sushi and some BEvERages from Whole Foods (along with more yogurt for Lola, only to find out that she had 2 still at the house; well now she has 5 to eat in the next 3 days).

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the sushi:

Now, the kids are attempting to go to sleep.  By "attempt", I mean they are supposed to be going to bed but there seems to be a battle of the wills between the two littles and two bigs.  We will see who wins this battle - my money is on the Bigs.