Austin

We made a quick trip to Austin to see Di this weekend.  We found out a few things:

• Driving a hybrid saves gas.  A lot of gas.  Bringing the Jeep, we would fill up a total of five times.  The new Lincoln will take 2 1/2 tanks.  Amazing.
• Staying at Di's saves a lot of money.  The blow up bed is not great, but it works.  And did I say it saves a lot of money?
• Whenever we travel to Texas, our 'Cats lose.  We came to the Texas basketball game last year; loss.  Baylor football game; loss.  And now the KU/KSU game; loss.  We are not going to come to Texas when we are playing an important game.  Kenneth has already banned us from next fall's Texas/KSU football game.
• Iris is blooming; redbuds are out; pear trees are done.
• We can plant tomatoes.  Imagine, planting tomatoes on March 16.
• Austin has the most awesome burger places in the nation.  HopDoddies and Big Daddy's are just two of many restaurants that have unique and yummy burgers.
• Traffic in Austin is awful, especially during South by Southwest.

Glad we came to see Di; great place to visit, don't want to live here.