Valero Family Day 2010/Big Lou's Pizza

Saturday was Valero Family Day 2010 at Six Flags. The day was cut a little short by rain, but we were able to get home during the first quarter of the Husker game so it worked out :-)

For dinner we went to Big Lou's Pizza, which was featured on Man vs. Food a little while ago on the Food Channel because along with regular-sized pizzas, they also have 37 and 42 inch (that's 3 1/2 feet!) pizzas for big groups. One piece spans over two plates placed side-by-side. The pizza was really good...flat, New York style, but we went on a Saturday night at 6pm and were there over two hours total because of the wait. It was great pizza, but really crowded. REALLY crowded. Not really worth the hullabaloo unless you have a big group and are there for the novelty of the big pizza. This was the pizza at the table next to us, not sure if it was 37 inches or 42.

Zip Lining in Wimberley

For Renee's birthday Scott set up a "zip lining adventure" in the hill country near Austin. It consisted of eight zip lines in the middle of a huge ranch and was very scenic.

As we were waiting to get started we caught a rainbow.

The group before us heading up to the hills.

Really pretty scenery.
Scott coming in on line 5 or "Cinco de Line-o."
It was kind of a hike between some of the lines so it was a good workout too.

Renee coming in on the longest line, the "Big Kahuna." It was funny to hear the instructors also talk about how they get nervous when they see certain customers come in because if you don't brake in time, they have to physically try and stop you with their bodies and sometimes they get hurt. That didn't happen in our group :-)

Afterward we walked around Wimberley, which is the nearest town to the ranch. We stumbled on a little nature preserve on Cypress Creek, which was really cool because the water was so clear. We saw a few fish including one good-sized bass and a couple turtles.

There was also plenty of poison oak, but we managed to avoid it.

Turtles on a log.

One of the trees for which the creek is named.

Awesome birthday!