Birds, Bunnies and the Slide of Death

I got knock it off with that "early start" stuff. Conny and I got moving at a decent time today, and packed in quite a full day.

First, got the errands out of the way with a quick trip to the store. I even got to put my 1 DM coin in the cart, and that's always a treat. I spend the rest of the time trying to get the coin out without returning the cart. So far, no luck.

After that, we headed to the Wildpark Poing. It was warm and sunny, so it was a good day to be outside, and I'm always up for visiting any town named "Poing." There we got to see various extremely well-fed creatures, and feed them some more. Saw some damn cute pocket-sized bunnies that I had a strong urge to steal, but Conny discouraged that. We have a bunny already anyway. They also had a bird-of-prey show that was pretty impressive. Nothing like being buzzed by falcons, eagles and owls to add excitement to the day.

After we bounced out of Poing, we came home where I could grovel and do tricks for the good woman, which was tremendous fun. A short recovery-time later, we were getting into swimsuits to head to Alpamare, an indoor water-park / spa. It was a bit of a drive away, but I got to see the countryside. I even could see the Alps in the distance. Conny told me before heading out that Alpamare is in a part of Germany where people go for a healthy holiday, with fresh air and spring water spas. All I know is out in the country it smells like really fresh manure and that's not my idea of fresh air. Luckily the stink wasn't bad around Alpamare, but maybe because that's inside.

They've got all these pools, wave pools, heated pools, mineral spring pools... And they've got some outrageous water slides, including a totally enclosed one that's totally dark.

I didn't know it was totally dark when I got in it. I'm not a brave man around water in general. To be honest, I'm more like a complete coward. When I get my face wet anywhere other than a shower, I practically starting sobbing like a little girl. The water-slide of darkness included hidden water falls to totally drench you, and in my case, cause complete and utter panic. The whole experience, including being deposited at the other end, gasping and disoriented, was a lot like a traumatic rebirthing experiencing. After that terror ride, the uncovered water slide was a piece of cake.

We also rode an inner tube slide. This one had an area involving a whirlpool, so you could get caught up with a bunch of other people. The damn thing was actually kind of hard to get out of. Some poor little German girl was convinced I was trying to flip her tube, which I managed to do successfully quite by accident. She was pretty wary of me after that, but I couldn't control anything, and it's not my fault she weighs about 50 pounds. My fat ass only needed a bit of momentum to swamp the poor kid. What a dirty look I got from her too. When she wasn't looking, I flipped her off. That'll teach her.

They finally threw us out of the place, but not because I gave the kid the finger, but because they were closing at 10PM. We staggered in shortly after 11PM, and like any bleary eyed couple, decided to spend a bit of time with some quality vegging out. But, being the freaks we are, instead of turning on the tube, we turn on Clan Lord. At least we don't have to fight over the remote control that way.
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