We drove up to Austin for the day today to see Aunt Dorothy. since we didn't know for certain when we would get to Austin, I hadn't told her about our visit in advance. I called yesterday and she said she would be home and to come on over. When we arrived, we were able to visit with Aunt Effie, too, who was visiting for a few days. We had a nice time; we need to get back more often.

Spent a lazy morning at the hotel. It's nice to sleep late and not worry about being much of anywhere on time. We walked around the hotel a little bit and saw the tall pine trees up close. It was a fairly pleasant walk although we were very close to the congestion of the highway--just a couple of buildings and blocks away. When we were ready to leave the hotel, we found the tire pressure light on in the car. As it turned out, there was a Discount Tire right acro...

After sleeping late again, we had time to take a walk in the neighborhood. While we were out, we put the luggage in the car and noticed that one tire was low. Fortunately, there was a Discount Tire right across the street. They had a drive up lane just for little emergencies like this. They were able to fix the tire while we waited. Great service. We found the restaurant for lunch a little earlier than planned and did some walking in the shopping center there. ...

There was no need to hurry today, so we slept late and stayed at the hotel until about 11:00. Then we got back in the car for a few more hours to get to Conroe. We stopped for lunch at Dickeys Barbecue Pit. I could have barbecue every day of this trip. Dickeys was delicious and quite a good value with the senior discount. By the time we were finished with the late lunch, we were able to check into the hotel. Phil caught up on a little bit of schoolwork and I chec...