Drive Time: Apx. 12 ½ hours
Highlights: Despite having a monstrous drive ahead of us, we took our time getting out of Houston on Friday morning. Duke and Courtney let Lexie (our niece) skip school so Addie and I took her to the park, played in her pink tent, read just about every book she owns (or at least portions of) and danced with her to Hula and “happy” videos. I tried red meat for the first time in over ten years at a famous BBQ place in Austin called Rudy’s. We came across an adorable town near Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson’s former ranch in Fredericksburg, TX. Mike tried to jump a ditch at the Texas/Mexico border with hopes of seeing the Rio Grande… He quickly retreated to our car when he saw flashing blue lights coming toward us from both directions. (I should also mention that our “across the border” adventures took place at 2:30am.) We finally pulled over and got a hotel room a little after 5:00am, which they gave us for half price since we were checking in so late!
Things I Learned: Houston will make you drip-sweat even at 8:15 in the morning. Addie has a tougher time peeing on the ground in Texas than she did on the pavement in NYC. I-10 is an experience in itself!!! Our tax dollars are indeed supporting border control.
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