Weekend Getaway!

We went to a place called Mo Ranch in the hill country north of San Antonio last weekend as part of a weekend retreat for the pediatric residents.  It was a lot of fun, extremely relaxing, and a good opportunity for Chris to get to know Laura's coworkers and their families.  The ranch is located along side the Guadalupe river.  It was beautiful and secluded.  The weekend started off with a barbeque and a western dress up theme.  I think Jane won the competition.  No contest!

One of the buildings on the ranch.

The hotel we stayed in on the ranch.

Ok, this is the most redneck contraption that we've seen in quite some time.  The ranch has this big metal slide that goes into the river.  The object was to sit on this wooden sled type thing with rollers on the bottom of it and a wooden fin keeping it centered on the slide.  It had lawsuit written all over it, as well as plenty of "use at your own risk" signs.  Chris went down the slide first and was sitting a little bit too far forward and abruptly nosed under the water.  Laura was quite a bit more hesitant to give it a try, but eventually did it.  She was a little more successful and skipped along the water for quite some distance.  It was a blast.

Another view of the slide.

Chris on his maiden voyage!

We ended the trip with a morning canoe ride before heading back home.  It was absolutely breath taking and the water was so clear that Jane could see all the fish swimming beneath us.