Our propane troubles continued into the morning of Friday, which meant only dash AC and no fridge until we met Sam at Camping World who took 10 minutes and got both our propane and our fridge working. Afterward we drove to Baton Rouge and stopped into a restaurant owned by one of Amy's family friends called Luis D'angelos It was great food. but sadly we didn't get to see any of her friends. To complicate things we also found out we were going to be hit by a hurricane... and not be home to manage it. Right after this the water in the fuel light came on and I had to get drenched in diesle fuel and take and outdoor hose shower at a truckstop to get it to go out. As you can see the troubles on this trip have been numerous but surmountable.
Then it was on to Austin, if this sounds like a lot of driving, thats because it is. Texas is a BIG state. The major bonus however was Sonic burger, man that place is good. Try the Island fire burger. That Habenero sauce is the best. We got in too late to see my dad and i was exhausted as i pulled up next to his house. So exhausted that i scraped the new wrap on either a bush or the mailbox which i didnt see till later. That will have to be fixed when i get back. Amy and i popped open the slide turned on the Olympics and promptly fell asleep.
Saturday we went to see my dad in the hospital. For the record he is doing GREAT a complete 180 from where he was when i was in Austin 2 weeks ago. He is walking and talking and should be ready to go home this week. After visiting my dad amy and i did some shopping and ran some errands, nothing exciting and then went back to spend time with my dad and watch barrack Obama speak on religion. Later we were slated to meet up with another of Amy's family friends, the sister in the D'angelo family. On our way we stopped and grabbed some awesome Vietnamese food, Pho rocks!
Austin has an awesome music scene an a weird style to it Daniel, Amy's, friend knew a friend who was playing a gig at a vintage western wear store (that's Austin) but when we got there it was pouring and most of the venue was outside with all the covered seats taken... I wound up getting rained on, which by this point was par for the course of the trip. Finally we got some covered seats and could enjoy the show which wasn't bad the singer was Noelle Hampton, not bad in a rockabilly sort of way. Afterwards Amy and Daniel caught up and we talked with a friend of Daniel's who was christian even though she believes the hindus have it right... Religion goes deep in texas...
Both Friday and Saturday i woke up in the middle of the night to generator problems. i still haven't figured them out but I will. I think it's a short in the system. Regardless I have yet to get a full nights sleep.
Sunday we woke up and visited my dad and the order of the day was Schlitterbahn. Schlietterbanh has been rated the best waterpark in the US and for good reason. It was awesome and Amy and i had the first real fun in our trip. We really enjoyed ourselves. And i even went headfirst down a speed slide. I lost my sunglasses and went to lost and found to upgrade but they actually found my real glasses so i took them.
We wound up rushing back to meet my friend Kenda and her family at the Oasis for dinner and drinks, which by the time we had gotten there they were done with. The Oasis is known for it's views of Lake Travis and the sunset, we had a view of a deluge. Kenda and her family left sshortly fter we got there and then the slick waiter tried to stick us with a second bill even though we saw them pay, thought you were slick didn't you Bryce?!? Douchebag.
After Oasis the plan was to take a nap and then drive through the night to Manitou, our future home in Colorado. After napping for 2 hours i drove pretty much 18 hours to get us here. The main problems on this leg were the mirrors which are essential and the people who did the wrap completely fucked up. I had to stop like 10x to fix them or do without them for 50 mile stretches. Alas we are here in beautiful Manitou, and i am going to eat and pass out. I am sure there are things iforgot but i haven't really slept in 2 days.
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