As I mentioned in my post the other day, my wife and I took a trip this past weekend. We had wanted to go somewhere earlier in the year when my sister in law and I both turned 50, but at the time she wasn't interested in going anywhere. Then, a few months later she decided that it might be cool to take a quick weekend trip. We kicked around a few ideas, and it just so happened that we settled on Austin Texas as our destination. It just so happened to fall on the same weekend that 
We worked a half day on Thursday, then made the four hour drive down to Columbus, Ohio so we could all fly together down to Austin. Of course, things don't always go as planned, and while we felt we had plenty of time to get down there, we got stuck in traffic and it ended up being cut pretty close. It turned out a person driving a backhoe in a construction area had accidentally hit the power lines and they had to close down the whole interstate in one section. This backed up traffic for miles. Obviously, we made it in time, but as soon as we got to our relatives, we had to load up into the car and head for the airport. Needless to say it was hectic!
We ended up getting through security a lot quicker than we had anticipated, so we decided to kick the celebratory weekend off with some massively overpriced drinks at the Chili's in the airport. If you have a sharp eye, you might notice there are five drinks in the photo above. That was my mistake. It was one of those use the QR code things to order your food and drinks and I accidentally ordered one too many Modelos. We ended up splitting it between my brother in law and I.
We flew from Columbus to Dallas, then we had a short layover before we made the half hour flight from Dallas to Austin. It ended up being a longer layover than we expected as bad weather was moving through the Austin area and they had to push the flight back a bit.
Which means we didn't arrive in Austin until about 1 in the morning central time. My brother in law was worried about our rental car not being available, so the first thing he did after we got our luggage was head to the counter.
They had some bad news and good news for us. The bad news was, the car that our brother in law had rented was no longer available. The good news was, they were going to upgrade us to make up for it.
We ended up in this pretty sweet Mercedes GLE 350. It was comfortable and it got us everywhere we needed to go while we were in Austin. The only drawback was, with a ride this sweet, we didn't get to take advantage of the self driving cars while we were there!
While my brother in law was in charge of the flights and rental car, I got put in charge of the accommodations while we were down in Austin. I jumped on Air BnB for the first time in my life, and after a lot of hemming and hawing over price, location, and amenities, I ended up selecting this cool little Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) in the East Austin area.
It was tucked in an alley back behind the owners main house, but it was still pretty private and the fact that it was an ADU wasn't really such a big deal. The property managers were very nice and responsive to us, and besides the water pressure being really low (something they said they are working on), it was a great place to stay.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I don't have an photos to prove it, but while we had our longer than expected layover in Dallas, I got to try Whataburger for the first time in the airport. It was actually quite good and I honestly enjoyed it more than In and Out the one time I had that chain. I just got the basic cheeseburger, but it was put together really well and it did the trick to fill my empty stomach after a long night of travelling.
Trust me when I say I have a ton of content to share with you, so I am going to close this post out for now, and let the excitement build for you just a bit more!
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