Livin La Vida Lindsey: Girls Trip!

Back in August, I went on a girls' trip to float the river in Gruene/New Braunfels. Courtney drove Darcy, Heather, Amber and me down there on Friday afternoon, and Nicole drove down from Austin and met us at the condo we rented. It was really cute, right down the street from Gruene Hall, and had a balcony that looked out over the river. We got in pretty late on Friday night so we just hung out at the condo, had some drinks and chatted. Then Saturday morning, we made breakfast and got ready to go float. We weren't positive we were going to be able to float because the drought had been so bad and the river levels were really low, but we called the tube rental company that morning and they said it was floatable; it was just a "slow float". We packed up a couple of coolers of beer, water, snacks, and Courtney's drink "Savannah" which was a huge cup of sweet tea vodka and lemonade (I think) and walked down to the tube rental place. There were actually quite a few people on the river even with the water level so low. We really didn't have any issues except when I got stuck on some rocks and had to get out and walk down the side to catch up with my friends. Oops! We were on there for about 3 or 4 hours, played some games, and got kind of tipsy. When we got to the end, Amber had gotten out first and we were calling her name to help us out with our tubes and stuff, and some random guy in the river started yelling her name too and then a whole group of people was yelling her name. It was hysterical! One of the older guys working at the tube rental company said they would never name their daughter Amber after hearing that name so much. So weird, but we thought it was the funniest thing ever. When we got back to the condo, we ate and rested a little before getting ready for dinner. We went and ate at the Gristmill down by the river, and it was really good. Then, Amber, Darcy and Courtney went back to the condo, and Heather, Nicole and I went to Gruene Hall and watched some country band play for a while. They were pretty good and the place was packed.

The next morning, we cleaned the condo and got packed up and ready to head home. We were going to eat brunch somewhere with Nicole before heading out, but when we went to leave we realized that Nicole's car had been towed. It was so frustrating since she had a parking decal hanging on her rear view mirror. Apparently, the condo owner didn't give me very good information on the parking situation. So, Nicole's husband Zac came to pick her up and go get her car. I felt so terrible that happened to her. It was a bad way to ruin the trip, but overall we had a blast, and it was so nice to spend time with some of my best girl friends and get caught up. :) We'll have to do it again next year!

Here are a few pictures from the trip. Please excuse the quality. They were taken on my phone.