Tubing the Guadalupe! again!

hrd2gt

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Ok, so this past weekend was dobe weekend! (italians would burn in this sun and they dont swim)

Saturday I got up super early in the morn and took them both to the lake to swim, they of course had a blast, Fate forgot she knew how to swim for a bit til then she was like 'oh yea!' and was a lil motor boat, lol! Then we came home and slept!

Sunday I took Karma bright and early to go with our dog walking group tubing on the Guadalupe River... this is one of the rivers few months ago had a rain cell stop over them, beat them down with rain, and caused the whole area to flood and wash away! They really recovered well! You can still see some of the evidence, such as a hippie painted VW van stuck on other side of the river on a cliff about 40 feet up!!! LOL! they still had some of their crushed buses as well parked on the property still too. But the place looks great, and it really is a beautiful area, I am pretty sure the speed limit is set at 20 because so many people just drive there and look around like me! lol! Anyways, Karma got to tube.. and of course later that day she was beat, so I took Fate and met a friend at the dog park so she could have some quality time with mom as well :)

I bought a water proof camera this time to make sure we got pics, here are a few of Karma.. the camera sucks, but what can you ask for a waterproof camera... that I had to try and remember how to develop film for! LOL, I just had them print a CD, glad I did cuz lot of the shots were kinda blurry!!

First shot with camera, just making sure it works, we were waiting to park..
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Of course Karma is the master tuber, so she knows how to stand on the tube over me... but makes it hard to take a picture, LOL
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Gotta pay attention to the backgrounds tho, pretty place!
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My friends and I decided to tie our tubes together cuz all the dogs would swim in different directions dragging us along, LOL! When we got to this 'tube chute' it was crazy!! the water flies thru this, to the right is a dam, so you either have to walk it or ride it baby!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! (us coming)
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HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! (us passing our adoring fans, lol, I think this was about when Karma decided it would be best to lay down!)
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We landed on the side to take a quick break, the whole trip was about 2 hours...
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Karma says freezing cold river water is yummy!!
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She would cheat, I would knock her out the tube to swim and she would head for land!! lol!
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I just thought this was a cool shot...
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the sun was so bright it ruined a few pics!! then of course rocking around in the tube made more blurry, but not to bad otherwise :)

One of me and Karma :)
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OMG I am so jealous!!! that looks like awesome fun and my Jaz is my only water dog - so she would love to do something like this - what a great day!! Good Friends, Good Dogs and a Great Time!!! thanks so much for sharing the photos
 
lol, it really was a great day, nice and early so it was scorching hot for the dogs yet, the water was great and clean, the river was empty cuz it was 'tax free weekend' which pretty much happens just before school starts so everybody is shopping with their kids. there was about 25 dogs and their people, so it was like we had the river to ourselves, lol! Should see some of the camp sites they got there. beautiful set ups right on the river, super nice!
 
Great shots hrd and it really does look like a fun time. I'm not sure I could ever get one of our dogs to go on a tube, but they'd probably love it if they tried.
 
What fun! The pictures came out fine too without risking your good camera. That was funny about Fate temporarily forgetting how to swim! :D
 
I loved when you posted tubing last time and couldn't wait to see more now! This looks like so much fun and I can't believe Karma loves it! I know I would never get Buddy to do that but then again, I have no idea where to do this anyway! But what fun !!! I love the pic of the tubes tied together with people AND dogs! Wow! That is so cool! What a blast. I am jealous too!!! Soooo enjoyed the pics!! Thanks for posting them up~
 

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