I am settling into the house again. Spent two days recouperating from the drive. It was quite an experience. Enjoyed my vacation very much. The only thing I miss though is Claudine ( and Ed ) right there to talk to.
My house was very nice and clean when I arrived. Took one day of a certain person being here to mess it up big time and that wasn’t me.
The trip was quite an experience. Maybe not as exciting as stryxdomina’s but pretty exciting for two old people. No one over the age of 50 should ever venture into Austin. It should be only for the young. That way they can practice racing down the highway and avoiding the other cars. Excellent practice for the indy 500 or any other such races. But for the older generation, they need to be rich enough to have a chauffeur or at least living with their children.
The traffic was even more than normal, because of the convention for the Gay Pride of Texas and The Motorcyles of the State to convene at the same time. I am afraid I was expecting big commotions, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that they did not have any conflicts. The worse thing that we know of happening was that Steve was awaken at 12:00 and 2:00 in the morning, by the groups of Motorcyclists arriving back at the hotel. Maybe that was payback for his foolishness as a motocycle nut when he was young.
We did find out though that our fears of Vernon driving in this traffic was unfounded. He never leaves his safe habitat of Lakeway to visit the big city without a driver or at least not until after a late hour. Steve vowed he would never return, then after cooling down a bit..decided that he would only return if we got a room on the west side of Austin and drive back to see his brother. Sounded good to me. We could find an easy way to bypass both Austin and San Antonio. We could travel through San Marcos.
Steve really enjoyed his vacation. He got to do what he wanted every day. He played golf every day and even met some golfers from the area of Odessa. Surprisingly he was able to play in the heat and not get heat stroke. I think is has to do with the strong Westerly wind. Claudine told me it would blow every day and she was not wrong.
Our trip home was interesting. We traveled across Texas avoiding the big towns. Even stopped off in Mr. Bush’s area..not really on purpose. Thank heavens he was not at home, or we would have trouble there also. We then went through the Big Thicket…following my memories of childhood. I was able to do something I always wanted to do as a child. I visited the Alabama\/Coushatta tribe in Texas. It was not at a special event time, but it was beautiful country. Would love to visit their pow wows. Enjoyed the ride back through time, except you forget about the lack of bathrooms when you travel the small country roads. Oh well, for sentimentality sake you must suffer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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