Texas Road Trip
Bill and I took a road trip over the weekend to Texas to visit with his brother in Ft. Worth and my son in Killeen. We started out on Thursday morning with overcast skies and sprinkles here and there. The biggest parts of the storms were to the north of us until we got past Little Rock then we hit wave after wave of hard rain and wind. We had rented a car for the trip and our little Chevy Cruze did great! We broke out of the weather just the other side of Texarkana and had sunny skies all the way to Ft. Worth.
We stayed with Bill’s brother and his wife Thursday night then got up Friday morning and drove down to Killeen to see Tom. He took us on a tour of the base, put Bill in his kit:
This was taken in Tom's room. I didn't give you the view from the other side for a good reason! LOL
and out to eat at a true Texas BBQ place (wonderful food!) We took a trip that evening down to Austin to Bucca de Beppo (one of our favorite Italian restaurants)
and then stayed at Killeen overnight.
Got up Saturday morning and drove back up to Ft Worth and then to Wachahachi for the Scarborough Renaissance Faire. It is a really big fair - like KC or Bristol in Wisconsin.
From left to right: Bill's brother Richard, his wife Carol, Bill, Me, and Tom
Stopped to watch a show on the road
Bill on the drive home.
A couple of things came out of this trip. I am thinking about trading in my Escape for a Cruze. We want to go back next year for the faire. We ate ‘round the world’ (Italian and Texas BBQ on Friday, Mexican on Saturday and Chinese on Sunday!) Texas weather in April is unpredictable (It was 81 when we left Missouri on Thursday morning - it was 46 when we got to Ft. Worth that evening.) I had packed shorts and sleeveless shirts because the forecast was for 80’s and sunny. It was sunny but certainly not in the 80’s!
We stayed with Bill’s brother and his wife Thursday night then got up Friday morning and drove down to Killeen to see Tom. He took us on a tour of the base, put Bill in his kit:
This was taken in Tom's room. I didn't give you the view from the other side for a good reason! LOL
and out to eat at a true Texas BBQ place (wonderful food!) We took a trip that evening down to Austin to Bucca de Beppo (one of our favorite Italian restaurants)
and then stayed at Killeen overnight.
Got up Saturday morning and drove back up to Ft Worth and then to Wachahachi for the Scarborough Renaissance Faire. It is a really big fair - like KC or Bristol in Wisconsin.
From left to right: Bill's brother Richard, his wife Carol, Bill, Me, and Tom
Stopped to watch a show on the road
Bill on the drive home.
A couple of things came out of this trip. I am thinking about trading in my Escape for a Cruze. We want to go back next year for the faire. We ate ‘round the world’ (Italian and Texas BBQ on Friday, Mexican on Saturday and Chinese on Sunday!) Texas weather in April is unpredictable (It was 81 when we left Missouri on Thursday morning - it was 46 when we got to Ft. Worth that evening.) I had packed shorts and sleeveless shirts because the forecast was for 80’s and sunny. It was sunny but certainly not in the 80’s!