Family Vacation- Day 1

Caroline got out of school Thursday May 28th at 12:00. At 12:05 we were off for our family vacation. For a month before we left, we played 20 questions with Caroline to get her to guess where we were going. For a month she asked crazy stuff and she finally had it narrowed down to driving a car and staying in a hotel with a river in the "wild". It drove me batty! Here is a little taste of our conversations.
Caroline: "What will we see?"
Amy: "an animal."
Caroline: "What color is it?"
Amy: "Black and white."
Caroline: "Is it a zebra? Are we going to Africa?"
Amy: " No, we have to take a plane to Africa and we are driving to family vacation."
Caroline: "Oh, where does the animal live?"
Amy: "In the water."
Caroline:"Is it a zebra? They live near the water and near the wild. Are we going to Africa?"

Finally, two days before leaving it clicked. We were going to see Shamu! Actually, first she guessed Orcas and asked if we were going to Antarctica and then snapped to that we could see "that famous orca in the show" closer to home.

We stayed at the Hyatt Wild Oaks just North of San Antonio. This place was amazing! We had a one bedroom condo with a porch that looked out over "the wild" as Caroline would call it. They had nature trails around the property and a lazy river that we spent no less than 8 hours in.

Day one: Travel to SA, change into swim suits and float for three hours. Eat dinner and ice cream, watch 30 minutes of The Incredibles before falling asleep.