Lolo and I went to Austin last week. The decision to board the dog or bring him along, weighed heavily on my wife’s mind.
Financially, it would cost the same either way. So we decided to let him tag along, though it created anxiety for my wife.
But once we got past SFO security, and Winston made fast friends with a bomb sniffing German Short Haired Pointer the wife relaxed.
The flight from SFO was a breeze. We had a whole row to ourselves. All the flight attendants swooned over Winston.
Flying with a dog, especially as cute as ours, makes you a defacto celebrity. Everyone wants to meet your dog, and you, by default. No one ever talks about the joy of traveling with your pets. No doubt, it slows you down, but I think the companionship is worth it. Plus the dog appreciates it.
We arrived in Austin, and Übered to our hotel.
I was surprised how seriously people took COVID-19 precautions. When we walked into the lobby, we were given these walk up facial recognition temperature scans, like we were in the terminator.
I expected Texans to be cowboy boot wearing gunslingers, that only wore masks to bust people out of prison or rob banks.
Our trip was relaxingly uneventful.
We walked the perimeter of the shutdown red brick Texas Capitol. Explored an empty UT campus. Hiked to the top of the Austin 360 bridge. Did some hot yoga. I did some Cryo Therapy where I literally and figuratively froze my tits off. We went bat watching on the Congress street bridge and I had the best Doughnuts of my life, served out of the back of an airstream.
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I felt guilty about not eating as much of the famed Texas BBQ as was encouraged, but the flourishing food truck scene abated those feelings. They have a whole food truck alley called Rainey street, which is remarkable..
We took a day trip to San Antonio, where I learned, to my embarrassment, that the Alamo and Custer’s last stand were two different events.
Oddly enough, the highlight of our trip was getting to ride around on these electric Lime Scooters. You open the Uber App, scan a QR code and Voilá you’re cruising the streets at speeds up to 15 mph.
The people of Austin were extremely friendly. I understand the exodus to Texas(Texodus?) my favorite authors and podcasters have made to the Lone Star State. Tax loopholes aside, the people were far more unselfish with their energy.
It was an adventure, without any craziness or near death experiences.
Sometimes I feel guilty about this, but perhaps I just rid myself of an adolescent death wish. In summary, Austin, and Texas is wonderful and comes highly recommended.