San Marcos River

This past week we camped in San Marcos, TX at the San Marcos River Retreat. This was our first chance to tow the camper in the the new truck. It was so much better than the mini-van. Our campsite was #14 on the river. We arrived on Tuesday around 1pm and setup camp quickly so we could make it to the Fish Hatchery for a 2pm tour. We were shocked at the detail that goes into "producing" millions of fish each year to stock lakes throughout the country. We met Rob, the fish hatchery manager from Parks & Wildlife, who was a friend of a friend and we would met up with him later in the trip. After the tour we headed to the city park where the river runs through and they have a few waterfalls. The boys enjoys swimming in the cool water and swinging on a rope to jump in the water. That evening we tubed about a mile from the bridge drop off to our campsite. The next day we met Rob to Kayak 7 miles down the river. Once again we were surprised, the amount of upper body workout to kayak the river was exhausting. We saw a good portion of the city traveling the river and it was peaceful. For the record, Jill & Jake flipped their kayak. Once back at camp, the boys wanted to head back to the city park and Mom took a nap. That evening we went out for our 14th Anniversary dinner at Garcia's Mexican restaurant then headed back for our final evening camping. The boys convinced Mom to tube 1 mile down the river but from my understanding she was more worried about snakes than enjoying the river. (I forgot to mention, 2 minutes after we arrived we walked over to the river and the first thing we saw was a snake directy where we would get in the river) Great times!