Austin July 9, 2010

We left Sweetwater at 9:45 am, with 259 miles to Austin. Katie, once again, had the opportunity to drive through a horrid rainstorm; at one point, she had to slow down to 35 mph. I spent some minutes hoping everyone behind us had done so, as well. We could hardly see out of our windows. I caught a picture of the edge of the storm.


Also, the rain sheeting one window.

We finally reached Austin at 4:30 pm. We unloaded at Anna's new place, then checked into our local Super 8. It was so humid, we all needed a shower. Back to Anna's (still hauling that trailer) to park and walk to Torchy's Tacos (at least a 6 block walk). Just before we arrived, Anna got a call from her roomate that she was locked out, so Anna returned to unlock the door. Matt, Katie and I went ahead with dinner. Anna returned, reporting that we had let wasps into the house, and announced she could not eat at Torchy's because there was no air conditioning! We ran across the road to Whataburger, where it was icy cold. Anna related a story about someone who used to live in Austin, who got headaches when going from 90 degrees outside to 70 degrees inside.

We visited Goodwill, and found a bookcase and dresser (in the box, requiring assembly). Our plan tomorrow is to meet for breakfast, visit Ikea in Round Rock, and not set our alarms. At 10:30 PM, Katie is asleep and Matt is dozing.