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Austin, Texas in the winter…easy, peasy, warmer than Seattle. Or so we hoped.

Used Rache’s Gold Upgrades to snag First Class seats on the way down – meaning we got breakfast:

And views:

And reading material:

Knew Mark Haskell Smith when I was a late teen, as was he – and we may have even dated the dame person once.

And they served us enough booze that we could get by until the Drizzly order showed up.

Quite a condo that I booked us in Austin; 2-Bedroom Presidential. A little over-the-top in places:

On the record player I found this album:

I thought my friend Katy Petras was the The Greek Rage.

There were a couple of other odd albums…like a Christmas one.

Wonderful sunset on our first night….

BBQ from Black’s BBQ the first night – good, but they forgot the Peach Cobbler. NEVER doing Door Dash again. At least when Drizzly forgot the mixer, they credited my card, AND sent me a $5 off “we screwed up” code. Door Dash took NO responsibility.

The next morning, I went to “Owner Reeducation Camp” which they bill as an “Owner Update”, which they do, and then they try and get you to buy more credits. The things that I will do for 30,000 Wyndham rewards points.

But I raided their snack basket, said no, and snaped a picture of one of their inspirational signs:

As the weather was changing for the worse, according to the weather people, Rache hit Whole Foods on his morning walk to get supplies laid in. Chicken thighs and sides for dinner!

Oh, and that weather…

Climate change is real, folks. Snow in Austin in early January, again; remember last February’s crippling weather in Texas that almost shut down the power grid?

Another dinner of a Chef Salad with lots of the leftovers….

And this is as much action as the FoosBall table saw:

After our three nights, it was time to head home on Friday. Good thing we weren’t travelling on Thursday. Most of the flights in/out of Austin were cancelled.

First the lounge:

Then, back on the plane in our happy seats after a slight delay:

Note to self. Two years in a row of freezing temperatures means I should probably stop booking Austin in February.

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