Our plan was to drive to San Antonio and stay there subject to the weather. We have been there twice before but have been thwarted on both occasions by rain and according the Yahoo weather forecast it was going to be cloudy this evening and raining in the morning, and that was at 07.00 this morning as to get to San Antonio without hitting rush hour local traffic would mean and early start.
On route we saw a couple of lovely road signs one from a church and the other from a hotel which were put up close to each other. So all you could see is.." WHEN YOU DIE WHERE WILL YOU EXPECT TO SPEND YOUR ERTINITY?" Followed by the next sign which said " BEST WESTERN HOTEL WITH FREE WIFI IN FIFTEN MILES IN OZARA", We thought this was quite funny.
So following the usual Hampton breakfast we took off just after 08.30 with Jennifer driving as she is now well and feeling up to it which is good as it enables us to share the work. By about lunchtime we were at the point of having to decided either San Antonio or Fredericksburg and again checking the weather the forecast for San Antonio had not really improved and so Fredericksburg it would be. We arrived there at about 13.30 and much earlier than expected as driving on these interstate roads you cover many miles without traffic than expected and so we had a wander round and enjoyed a light lunch of potatoes and cheese soup with corn bread and we shared a Rueben's sandwich and that was enough. By being there we realised that in the evening there would be absolutely nothing to do so should we change our mind again and head for San Antonio but then we would hit the evening rush hour which we know to our cost is quite bad there.
So what to do, either phone our friends to say we would arrive a day early which might be difficult as they may have other plans and so Noel got on the internet Hilton site and yes they have rooms where we can use points in Austin so that's where we will go. So at about 1600 we arrived in Austin and checked in. After a rest after driving nearly 350 miles and then we looked for a restaurant, a proper restaurant where they cook the food properly Jennifer says and so we found this seafood restaurant called Trulucks Seafood and we can say quite categorically that it was brilliant but of course bloody expensive. We shared some Florida crab claws then both had the Sea Bass from a little known place in Chile where they are hand caught and it was really, really good.
We then did a walk around the night life area and most of the bars were quiet but offset by the amount of bands playing in the bars which were very noisy and as we didn't need noisy we came back to the Hotel for a good night's rest.
Tomorrow Am a little sightseeing then leave downtown around midday for Georgetown where our friends live.
