Rob & Karla

April 7, 2021 Monday started in Topeka KS and we drove to Omaha NE. Stopped for lunch at Upstream Brewing. Good food and good beer. Nice little downtown area. We walked around and stopped at a record store. I thought about buying a Jayhawks album but felt it was overpriced. On to Sioux Falls SD…

April 5, 2021 We started the morning in Oklahoma City. We made a stop at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. Then on the road to Wichita. A good lunch at the Wichita Brewing Company. We stopped at the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Allen House. It wasn’t open for tours but we walked around outside. I…

April 4, 2021 Good-bye Austin. It was fun. Five weeks went by fast. I think we made the most of it. Wish we could have seen some live music. I will not miss the traffic. We left this morning in the rain. After about 45 minutes we were in the sun. Stopped in Fort Worth…

March 30, 2021 Another two weeks since my last post. Time is zipping by. We have been busy making the most of our time in Austin. We had a great dinner for our engagement anniversary.We went to Georgetown to visit with a friend and sip a couple beers.We sat outside and visited with friends.We visited…

March 16, 2021 Hard to believe we have been here more than two weeks. We have visited Mt Bonnell, Butler Park and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Not too many flowers this time of year, but I am glad we visited. We went downtown one afternoon and walked past some of the places we…

March 2, 2021 We had a nice drive to Austin on Saturday. We packed up and moved out of our place in South Padre Island. We drove towards Corpus Christi and stopped at Nueces Brewing for lunch. We had some good BBQ and some tasty beers. Took a short detour to Padre Island and Mustang…

March 1, 2021

February 25, 2021 Only one more full day in South Padre Island. We head to Austin on Saturday. The last couple weeks have gone by quickly. We made another trip to Laguna Atascosa. Nice day and nice 10 mile ride. After we returned to South Padre Island, it was nice enough to take some chairs…

February 3, 2021 Sunday we drove to Boca Chica Beach. On the way we passed the SpaceX launch facility. I was surprised how close we could get. I thought the road would be closed. But we could drive close to the facility and park on the side of the road. There were lots of people…

January 26, 2021 Went to the International Museum of Art & Science in McAllen, TX. The first exhibit we looked at was a photography exhibit about bees. It was very informative and had awesome photography. Then we looked at a Mexican and Latin American folk art exhibit. Lots of cool, interesting, creative items. Then an…