The Pringles: San Antonio trip (Morgan's Wonderland and SeaWorld)

Maya, me, my dad and Renuka took a little vaca to San Antonio. I had been wanting to take Maya to Sea World and Morgan's Wonderland all summer and between Charlie's schedule and my dad's we finally got something on the calendar, but without Charlie. August 31st to September 3rd.

On the way to San Antonio we stopped at the Wildlife Safari in New Braunfels. Charlie and I had taken Maya there two years prior, but this time she had quite a bit more fun. My dad did all the things you shouldn't like sticking Maya's head out the window and allowing the animals to come to your window to feed them.

I think at one point he even moved a herd of zebras by driving right through them. Don't worry, no animal was harmed....except maybe the ostrich. If any of you have been to this place you know what I am talking about with those ostriches. They are MEAN! Maya fondly (not) remembers the ostriches from this trip and still talks about how she is "scared of ostich".

Thursday we went to Morgan's Wonderland which is an amusement park made especially for special needs. There is only one of it's kind, but I heard that the owners have plans to build more all over the world. It really is a special place with wonderful volunteers. They have a few rides that you can put your wheelchair directly on like the carousel, but Maya was more interested in us picking her up and putting her on the rides. At least we know there is the capability for taking her powerchair one day.

We spent about 4 hours there and then took a little side trip to Austin to see my brother and the kiddos. Maya always has a good time with her cousins and this time she wasn't in their line of fire of throwing toys at each other, BUT the dragon castle was knocked over on her about 5 times. Sanjay didn't want to smile because he wanted to take his own picture of us.

Friday we headed to Sea World. Luckily a cool front came in and we enjoyed some nicer weather. We started with the dolphins. Maya wasn't a big fan of feeding them but I did and so the dolphins came close.