Well – we have spent the last week enjoying old friends!
After Fredericksburg we headed to Austin and more GREEN. We checked out the famous/infamous Oasis for dinner and the sunset, wandered South congress and drove through the University of Texas campus.
We had company (the Maisels)
over to Magic for brunch – then played a round of golf with Chris on a beautiful course (Barton Creek – Canyons) followed up
with a lovely dinner with incredible views at the Maisel home:-) It is the ‘catching up with old friends’ part that really makes our day.
Beautiful day of golf with Chris.
Then it was time to head on down the road to Houston – and the Lane’s ‘ranch’. What a treat to stay on such a beautiful, green, wooded piece of property:-) Although, I must say, poor Bill did not know what he was in for when he said “come on down and park next to my fifth wheel”. I think we used every 2×12 that he had on the property to try and level Old Magic – only ‘punching’ one major hole in his driveway while doing it. Then we really tested Bill’s electrical skills in trying to get everything working in Old Magic. In the end – everything was in working order and we didn’t lean to one side while walking from front to back of the bus:-)
Looks like we are ready to go airborne here
Now it was time to really enjoy the angora goats, the beauty – and, oh yes, Bill and Louise. We spent a lot of time on their back porch just visiting and watching the 20 goats, 3 guard donkeys, 2 cats and 1 dog eat, sleep, play and ‘check us out’. We even had more old friends – Dale & Judi Stephenson – drive down from Dallas to visit for an afternoon – which required more sitting on the porch:-) AND the sitting on the porch also required a lot of eating, drinking, visiting, bond fires, etc., etc., etc.! What more could one ask for?!?!
A BIG THANK YOU TO BARBARA & CHRIS, JUDI & DALE and LOUISE & BILL for making our stay in Austin and Houston a wonderful couple of days!!!! We hope to see all y’all again SOON.
Now we are making a frantic dash to Cape Canaveral, as we just learned there is a shuttle launch Monday morning at 6:15AM. Will give you that update after the week end.
We hope that you all have a wonderful week end and a VERY HAPPY EASTER:-)
Elizabeth & Gary (and Magic)
Elizabeth & Gary's Magic Bus Tour 
G&E – Happy Easter to you guys too! Saw Chris and Dale in Denver last Saturday, but relaxing in Texas sounds much better. We're up at the Lake with Mom & Dad, heading down to Linda's family for Easter, and if the rain lets up, we'll sneak in a round of golf this afternoon (played three times in Scottsdale). Looking forward already to seeing you in PC in July – less than 3 months work left for me!!
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