Wanting to start the trip out "right," Kay said Tuesday night that she didn't want to rush out on Wednesday morning and we'd probably start around noon. WHAT? NOON? I have to admit, it sounded OK after a tense 6.5 hour drive to her house (normally 4 hours) on snow and ice.
Anyway. We left at 10:45! Her car doesn't even look that packed for someone planning on being gone for about 4 months, does it...
We thought we were going to stop in Memphis that first night, but (pretty normal for our family) decided to drive farther, so we ended up in a Super 8 motel in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The names are amazing down here.... Also amazing, the fact that they proudly (?) use "virgin" tissue rather than recycled products. Huh? Maybe that's because they live in a place called Arkadelphia.
Some of the names we liked better: Friendship, Hope....we even stopped in Hope to see President Clinton's first home.
Another great name.
And finally....Austin around 3:00 p.m. Thursday! This is the HEATED pool on top of our hotel. I will be in there today, regardless of the 60 degree high temp.
Our hotel (Holiday Inn Town Lake - I highly recommend it!) is next to the river, which boasts a beautiful walking/jogging trail.
We walked around downtown for almost two hours, and looked through the state capitol for quite a while when we stumbled upon it.
This is the inside of the dome. You probably can't read it, but there are little letters around the star that spell out T E X A S.
A fountain in the front grounds of the Capitol.
Another great name.
And finally....Austin around 3:00 p.m. Thursday! This is the HEATED pool on top of our hotel. I will be in there today, regardless of the 60 degree high temp.
Our hotel (Holiday Inn Town Lake - I highly recommend it!) is next to the river, which boasts a beautiful walking/jogging trail. 
We walked around downtown for almost two hours, and looked through the state capitol for quite a while when we stumbled upon it.
This is the inside of the dome. You probably can't read it, but there are little letters around the star that spell out T E X A S. 
A fountain in the front grounds of the Capitol.
In the evening, we decided to have dinner in our restaurant, then drove up by UT to go to a swing dance. We were INCREDIBLY disappointed when we found that they were mostly dancing lindy and blues, and quite honestly, wanted to leave but didn't want to look rude/lame! We ended up staying for just over an hour though, and had a lot of fun as well as meeting some really nice guys. Kay will hopefully know people when she starts going out dancing around here now, which was the main point of going last night given the fact that we were both exhausted and didn't really feel like dancing!
Day 3 here we come.
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