Texas.....oh ehm jee

So we left yesterday morning from Kankakee dark and early at 4am for Austin, TX. I took the first leg after popping some caffeine (the first picture is of sunrise in Illinois). It was interesting...I am not usually a 4am functioner-type, but I did pretty well. It was interesting to watch the temperature first go up because the sun was rising, and then go up again because of our traveling south. Auri slept for the first chunk and I listened to the radio shows. I kept thinking to myself...what do people do when the land is so flat....The culture in the cities seem to be centered around consumerism, computers, and television. I like to shop, I like computers, and I like television...but I try not to let my life revolve around them. Anyways......It was a lot of driving...Out of a total of about 17 hours between Kankakee and Austin...I drove about 14 of the hours...not because I really wanted to...but because I really wanted Auri to keep reading "The Restaurant at the end of the universe". I would read it while she drove...but I get car sick if I try and read in cars...it is unfortunate. We didn't get to Austin until after the sun already went down, but we snapped a shot of it just to show how long we had driven.
When we met our hosts Erin and Mike, we dropped off our things, showered, and headed out to a place called Polvos a little Tex-Mex place with really...really...strong margaritas. After getting thoroughly stuffed and a little buzzed we went, to a bar called the Red Shed to meet us with some of their friends before heading back to their apartment and finally calling it a night at 1am - almost 24 hours of being awake.

Today we woke up and got ready to go to the Pachanga Festival. A latin festival that had a lot of music besides just latin. There were quite a few fusion bands and pop bands. That was most of the day.....we came back and played a game of Quiddler while drinking "Mexican Martinis". We're currently trying to figure out what to do tonight....so maybe there will be another post later!