On May 12th Jim and I traveled by Southwest Airlines to Austin, Texas. We arrived at the airport in plenty of time and everything went perfect. The plane was on time and we headed to Denver. As we were taxiing out to the runway the Stewardess started to give us the safety talk. Instead of the usual she read a rap poem to describe the details. It was really fun and it did make us pay a little more attention. She latter said that she did not quite have enough nerve to sing it. We had a pretty full plane to Denver but then on to Austin there were not as many and we got a Whole can of Coke. By the time we landed I had to go so bad that I ran from the plane and hoped that Jim got his wheel chair and would find me.
Kristie and Abby met us at the airport and drove us to our Hotel so we could check in and unload our bags. Then we went over to Kim’s where we were greeted by a bevy of dogs. She has four from a little tiny Yorkie to a large Irish Setter. They were all very happy to see us. We visited and then we went to the Salt Lick restaurant for dinner. It is a barbecue restaurant that David Letterman talked about on his show one night so we wanted to go and see if it was as good as he said. It was pretty good, I liked the chicken and the sausage but I thought the brisket was not tender enough. The sauce was very good with the chicken but it had too much mustard for my taste.
The next day we went for a ride around Austin. We drove around the Capital and through the streets, as we were headed back to Kim’s I spotted a store that said Austin Book and Comics. We turned around and went in. Jim walked through the door and went AHH. He said it was the best Comic book store he had been in. He said he could have spent hundreds of dollars there. It was fun to wander around and see all the varieties. Jim bought a book for David about “The Atom” and he bought one for Abby. I bought a little sock monkey for Isaiah.
The next day we went to San Antonio to the Alamo. We got a wheelchair and toured the grounds. It was very interesting. Hard to imagine what it was like all those many years ago. We were hungry so we saw a place called Lulu’s they advertised “the best chicken fried steak in Texas”. Jim loves chicken fried steak so we decided to give it a try. Jim ordered the steak and I ordered a hamburger. The Chicken fried steak was huge it was as big as the dinner plate and that was the small one. He was only able to eat a fourth of it. The hamburger was good and the french fries were really good.
The next day we headed to Dallas.