Thunderstorms, Matt and Home, April 1, 2016

Friday, April 1

Heavy thunderstorms came through last night, beginning around 4 AM.  Heavy rain on and off too and the temperature dropped to about 50 degrees.  Still some rain, but we are high and dry, and the stream crossing we pass through has minimal water.

We are heading towards Austin today with a stop near Round Rock to visit an LA Fitness. First we stop at a McDonalds for coffee and a sandwich, followed by a  good work out and nice long shower.

Then we head south towards Matt.  Lots of traffic on the main roads - back to civilization!  We have read a report that the O'bamas are planning to live in this area when his term ends!

Matt is working today so we go to Westlake Athletic & Community Center in south Austin to meet him for lunch.  We find him designing a banner, of which he has made many.

The Center is very nice - I was going to take pictures but Matt said they are all on their website: www.wacctexas.com.  He gives us the grand tour.  There is a Physical Therapy center in the building, as well as some athletic offices.  But most of the space is a huge gymnasium  which can be configured for basketball or volleyball and a large turf field for football, soccer, etc.  They have a tumbling area too as well as a fitness room and training area.  Impressive!

We meet Jamie and some of his other co-workers, then head out for lunch at Matt's Ranchero - Matt's favorite Mexican food in Austin. Tasty lunch!  We go back to WACC briefly, then bid adios and head for home.  Rainy day most all the way home.   We stop at a favorite bakery in Chapel Hill and pick up some kolaches for the neighbors who have been getting our mail and keeping an eye on things. Beth works on writing most of the way and we pull into the driveway about 5:30.  About 600 miles total.