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we had the best time at schlitterbahn two days ago. it's in new braunfels which is a little german town about an hour and a half south of austin. schlitterbahn is consistently voted america's #1 waterpark on whatever that show is that rates those things. it has three parts, and all of them run on river water from the san marcos river that runs along side the park.
the only downfall to being at one of the most popular waterparks in the country is that the lines are very, very long. we waited in about 5 lines that each took over an hour to get through. but lines are a lot more fun when you're with 7 of your closest friends. we laid down, we named every state capital, we chatted and chatted.

but eventually.. since all of us are camp employees.. we turned to camp songs/dances/chants. and when i say 'we' i mean zack, caitlin, uche, hayley and guillermo. the rest of us just blushed, laughed and eventually cried (from laughing so hard) as we tried to look amused but not associated with them.
some crowds loved it, some could do without us.
now almost everyone has flown back to their respective states. but a few loved austin soo much that they're moving down. ryann, geoff and guillermo are all from northern states and they decided austin is more their style.
sad that it's over, but looking forward to whatever's next.. which in my case is [hopefully] subbing for a couple months, visiting relatives and heading to china in late september when the boy is finished with his military skills training clinic stuff. we haven't bought tickets or anything yet, but that's the plan. then i can come back in late october, hang out for a bit and start teacher certification in the spring.