Bats! Eggs! Texas Honky Tonk!

Wow, our trip is flying by! Well here is a recap of all the fun things we've been up to!

So the rest of our time in Austin was amazing!! It was laid back but jam packed with fun things! Drew did a great job entertaining us, even if it meant LOOOONG games of Mexican Train Dominoes!! On Saturday, we slept in, relaxed a bit, and then headed out to lunch and a stroll down S. Congress. There were so many cute shops to stop in and browse. Definitely a fun scene in Austin. The only bummer thing was that after the hike, my feet were DYING. Jennifer was sure I had bone spurs, but I am pretty sure it was simply that my feet can't handle 7 mile hikes after not doing anything but sitting in a car for a few weeks.

That night, we ate at the Salt Lick and had way too much food. It was a cute place in the outskirts of Austin. We had ribs, brisket, sausage and ended the meal with some cobbler and ice cream! As Jennifer says, "Do it up!" After that, it was time for two stepping at the Broken Spoke. I was super sad because I had bum feet that wouldn't work, so there was no Texas honky tonk for me or Adam. Which is sad, because Adam actually said he was going to give it a try.

Drew trying to get Jennifer to look like a cowgirl. She put the kabosh on the outfit.

The next morning, we awoke to Easter eggs hidden all around Drew's kitchen and living room, hidden by Jennif....the Easter bunny. After a sluggish start, we finally did some hunting, before bumming around Drew's apartment watching a marathon of Bizarre Foods. We also dyed Easter eggs (super fun!) and made egg salad sandwiches for lunch- in our WCF shirts!! In the late afternoon, Jennifer and Drew went on a five mile hike, while I hobbled over to Dominican Joe's with Adam for some coffee and Spanish homework. At dusk, we met up with them under the bridge where we saw THOUSANDS of bats flying out for the night. It was amazing and made up for us not seeing bats in Carlsbad. After that, we prepped for our WCF grill out, and finally ate dinner and apple cobbler around 10pm! Followed by...Mexican Train Dominoes! Adam, of course, prevailed once again.

Adam makes the most attractive eggs- his is the brownish green mud one.

Us in our matching shirts! Yay!

Waiting for the bats to make their nightly appearance


Excited for our grill out of steak, chicken, fish, corn, and grilled veggies

Monday was time to bid farewell to Drew and Jennifer and say hello to the Big Easy. Sadly, we awoke to Jennifer being severely ill. She had been up all night vomiting and you-know-what. Drew had to leave for class, so Adam and I packed up all our things while Jennifer lay resting or hanging out in the bathroom. It turns out she picked up quite the nasty bacterial stomach bug. =( It wasn't quite the best end to our reunion, but hopefully there will be plenty more in the future!