Zip lines, Spelunking and Rudy's BBQ

After a pretty lazy morning, we headed out for a full afternoon at Natural Bridge Caverns in which we promptly ran into another family from Ames.  What a small world!  We actually knew they were going to be in San Antonio as one of the kids is Austin's age and they had talked about it at school, but truly in a city this size, we never imagined our paths would cross.  Needless to say we chatted for awhile and ironically our plans for the entire time we are here are I.D.E.N.T.I.C.A.L., right down to places to eat. We were quite surprised that we didn't actually run into each other yesterday since we did the same things.  

Since we had a bit of time before our scheduled tour of the caverns, the boys wanted to zip line and spend some time on the canopy ropes course. 

They had a hey day on the zip lines and the ropes course, and then we headed underground for our very own spelunking expedition.  Since it was 93 degrees here today, we thought the 70 degree temperature inside the caves (minus the 99% humidity) was a pretty decent option for us.  

We walked down 211 feet below the surface and took in some pretty amazing sites of stalactites and stalagmites.  By the end of our regular tour, I was beginning to feel as though the walls were caving in on me (yes, you can laugh and appreciate the pun all at the same time). 

The guys however decided to take one more tour of some hidden passages that have only been located in the last 5 years. 

On the docket for dinner was Rudy's, my absolute favorite place for BBQ. They smoke the meats right there in front of you and slice your portion while you wait ~ hmmm...hmmm good! 

Ace was even sweet enough to take me back to the original one, which was the only one around when I used to live here.  We dined on a variety of BBQ turkey, brisket and ribs, and I soaked up the memories!