Junction to Austin

An interesting drive through the hill country of Texas, we left Junction under cloudy sky's and warmer temperatures. We finally got to our stopping point about 15 miles NW of Austin on Travis Lake http://www.lahaciendarvpark.com/ .

On the drive we made arrangements to meet Bill and Violet for dinner at a Brazilian Steakhouse. We looked it up on the Internet and got directions. It was about a twenty mile drive down out of the hills to SW Austin. We figured about 40 minutes to get there. HAH!!

And so the saga of the lost travelers begins.

At 5:20 pm it is rush hour into Austin. By the time we get two thirds of the way there we are 10 minutes late. We call Vi to let her know. Unfortunately we have a series of errors working against us. The number I have on my cell is for the house. Tina left her cell in the RV, her phone had Vi;s cell. Bill and Violet's cell phones only had Tina's number. I neglected to write down their cell phone numbers from the email they sent me earlier in the day.

Oh, yes...one other issue, part of the instructions on how to get to the restaurant specified getting off the 290S freeway at the first exit after the "Mo-Pac Expressway". Unfortunately, the Mo-Pac Expressway also is identified as "Hwy 1 Loop". We didn't know that so we were flying down the 290S freeway (of course it's dark now and we're twenty minutes late) looking for the "Mo-Pac Expressway" and never saw it. I finally pulled off to try and get some information on where we were and how to get where we needed to be. Meanwhile Tina does the smart thing and calls the restaurant.

Between what I got and what Tina got we managed to stay lost for another 15 minutes before I pulled off again and got new information, while Tina called the restaurant with our updated location.

Well, we finally got there, about an hour late, found Bill and Vi, got our table and had a wonderful dinner http://www.estanciachurrascaria.com/ .

Going back home took 40 minutes.

Then we went to bed... exhausted.

This leg with side trip, 123 miles. Total for trip so far, 2,902 miles.