New Braunfels Caverns

Our second stop on our New Braunfels vacation was at the caverns. We were all looking forward to this. The weather was hot, and the thought of a nice, cool cave sounded so nice. Jeff had geared the boys up with how exciting it was going to be to go waaaaayyy down into the ground that had big rooms in it.

We began our decent, and as you can see, Jonathan was VERY anxious to get going.
As I said, the weather was hot, so we had been drinking much more fluids than we usually drink.
Our group headed down into the caverns with our guide. We made a lot of stops as the guide explained different things we were seeing. When we got as far down into the cave as the tour permitted, both boys announced that they needed the bathroom. Only there are no bathrooms in the cave, and we didn't have those 20 oz. pop bottles like we did in the drive-thru safari! We were just going to have to finish the tour and take as long going back up as it took us to get down.
Every stop the guide made from this point on was just miserable. We couldn't get to the top soon enough. The boys were writhing and complaining. It was useless.
FINALLY, the tour was over and the guide told us the exit was just ahead. The boys bolted for the exit. Only there was a locked gate across the exit which the guide had to open for us to leave. They "stood" impatiently waiting for the guide to get there. I said, "Hey, guys, turn around and wave to mommy!"
This is the picture I got.
I laugh every time I see it;it's priceless!