Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - Monument, CO to Childress, TX
We woke up at 5:00 and were ready to hit the road at 6:00. Taking the back roads through Eastern Colorado gave us a glimpse of the flat rural areas of our state. We saw many Lark Bunting, Colorado's State Bird as well as Canada Geese, antelope (prong horn), and several beautiful hawks. We drove through almost ...
Read Day 1!
Thursday, September 20, 2007 - Childress, TX to Austin, TX
Another early morning - our alarm went off at 6:00. I took care of a few soccer messages. This is the 25th Anniversary of Varsity Soccer at Lewis-Palmer. I am contacting all of the young men and women who played for me and we are having the men's Reunion game on October 2nd. The women's will be played in the ...
Read Day 2!
Friday, September 21, 2007 - Austin, TX
We got to sleep in until 7:30 this morning - after having breakfast at the hotel; we returned to the room to catch up on LP mail and for Gen to do her UOP classes, a working vacation! We set off to explore the city and get gas and air in the tires of the car. We visited a few shopping centers, marveled at the liquor prices that are so ...
Read Day 3!
Saturday, September 22, 2007 - Austin, TX
We began our day with a light breakfast at our hotel at 8:00. Ted met us and we began our day with a trek to an area called Mount Bonnell overlooking Lake Austin on the Texas Colorado River to get a beautiful glimpse of the river, the capital city, and the extravagant homes along both banks. Sonia and her dog Lucy joined us and Lucy ...
Read Day 4!
Sunday, September 23, 2007 - Austin, TX
We used the morning to get organized for the day, write the journal from yesterday, and then Ted came to pick us up at 10:00. We had brunch with Sonia and Ted at a fantastic patio Mexican Restaurant not far from Ted's apartment called El Chile Café Y Cantina. We had a leisurely meal and then at 1:00 we went to the Texas Museum of ...
Read Day 5!
Monday, September 24, 2007 - Austin, TX to Dumas, TX
With our delightful weekend over, we left Austin at 7:15. The sun was just starting to come up but already the traffic was heavy. We had no trouble getting back on US-183 going north, but those who were trying to get into the Capital were already jamming the highways! We retraced our path along US-183 and then to Texas ...
Read Day 6!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - Dumas, TX to Monument, CO
After a great night's sleep, we both were up by 6:30. The sun was just coming up at 7:45 as we packed the car. It was only 52 degrees and very dry here in the North Texas Panhandle at Dumas. Driving west on US-87 we passed fields of corn, hay and more cotton; all absolutely flat! We also saw many large hawks perched ...
Read Day 7!