Tues., Wed., Thurs, & Fri Nov. 21-24
Items from Austin --
We picked Ruth Benson up about 7:45 a.m. and were soon leaving Chillicothe. We had a very smooth trip to Norman, OK -arriving about 3:30. After getting items into our motel rooms,we headed to Marie Calender's to eat supper - then on to Barnes and Noble. Jim watched a little tv and then met for breakfast.
We were leaving Norman before 7:30 and were in Denton, TX two hours later with Ruth's friends arriving there about 20 minutes earlier. We then were on the road again towards Fort Worth and Austin. We ran into bumper to bumper traffic south of FW - going about 75 mph and this seemed to be the norm for the next couple of hours as we finally arrived safe and sound in Austin - actually Round Rock.
We checked into the Extended Stay and then headed to Doug and Dara's about 5:00. When Doug arrived home from work,we headed towards downtown Pflugerville and ate at a marvelous Carribean place.
We arrived at Doug and Dara's about 8:30 on Thanksgiving morning and enjoyed meat and sweet kolaches. Dinner was superb as Dara loves to cook - turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato casserole, spinach/artichoke casserole, cranberries, hot rolls, and I am sure I am missing something. Jim eventually returned to the Extended Stay to take a nap and I watched football with Doug - and Dara napped. Leftovers were on the agenda for supper as well as a pumpkin pie -topped with a cranberry/brown sugar/ flour topping. Needless to say, we did not get hungry during the night.
On Friday, we were at Doug and Dara's by 8:30 and we headed to a taco place for "California" breakfast tacos. They were delicious and then we set out on some shopping outings - a sporting goods store (I forgot my good walking socks in Chilli), Book People, a bead store, and an Oriental market (quite interesting and prices were excellent).
Our big outing for the day was to Lockhart (population a little under 12,000) which has five busy BBQ establishments. We ate at Kruez - where you by the meat in bulk and it is served on brown paper - with no eating equipment. We also bought sides of German potato salad - not nearly as good as Sandy Wheeler's.
Doug taped the LSU/ARK game and he and Jim are now watching it from the beginning - skipping the commercials - until they catch up with live action. We are having leftovers tonight as the refrigerator is full.
I am not sure if we are going to Kerby Lane or Hoover's for breakfast in the a.m. and then we are going to a large "flea" market and also a Christmas sale. I know there are some football games that the guys want to see, but Doug can tape them for watching when we return home.
The weather is fantastic - mid 70s.
Be safe.
B.
We picked Ruth Benson up about 7:45 a.m. and were soon leaving Chillicothe. We had a very smooth trip to Norman, OK -arriving about 3:30. After getting items into our motel rooms,we headed to Marie Calender's to eat supper - then on to Barnes and Noble. Jim watched a little tv and then met for breakfast.
We were leaving Norman before 7:30 and were in Denton, TX two hours later with Ruth's friends arriving there about 20 minutes earlier. We then were on the road again towards Fort Worth and Austin. We ran into bumper to bumper traffic south of FW - going about 75 mph and this seemed to be the norm for the next couple of hours as we finally arrived safe and sound in Austin - actually Round Rock.
We checked into the Extended Stay and then headed to Doug and Dara's about 5:00. When Doug arrived home from work,we headed towards downtown Pflugerville and ate at a marvelous Carribean place.
We arrived at Doug and Dara's about 8:30 on Thanksgiving morning and enjoyed meat and sweet kolaches. Dinner was superb as Dara loves to cook - turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato casserole, spinach/artichoke casserole, cranberries, hot rolls, and I am sure I am missing something. Jim eventually returned to the Extended Stay to take a nap and I watched football with Doug - and Dara napped. Leftovers were on the agenda for supper as well as a pumpkin pie -topped with a cranberry/brown sugar/ flour topping. Needless to say, we did not get hungry during the night.
On Friday, we were at Doug and Dara's by 8:30 and we headed to a taco place for "California" breakfast tacos. They were delicious and then we set out on some shopping outings - a sporting goods store (I forgot my good walking socks in Chilli), Book People, a bead store, and an Oriental market (quite interesting and prices were excellent).
Our big outing for the day was to Lockhart (population a little under 12,000) which has five busy BBQ establishments. We ate at Kruez - where you by the meat in bulk and it is served on brown paper - with no eating equipment. We also bought sides of German potato salad - not nearly as good as Sandy Wheeler's.
Doug taped the LSU/ARK game and he and Jim are now watching it from the beginning - skipping the commercials - until they catch up with live action. We are having leftovers tonight as the refrigerator is full.
I am not sure if we are going to Kerby Lane or Hoover's for breakfast in the a.m. and then we are going to a large "flea" market and also a Christmas sale. I know there are some football games that the guys want to see, but Doug can tape them for watching when we return home.
The weather is fantastic - mid 70s.
Be safe.
B.
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