Austin fun!

This past weekend Jimmy and I had a kid free weekend in Austin with some good friends of ours.  None of us had been to Austin before and it just seemed like a good place to go and just have some away time.  We really just wanted a weekend to relax and catch up with friends.  

 Our friend Brandt had mentioned doing a Segway tour of the city.  He had heard they were fun and wanted to try it out.  Jimmy, Brandt, Denise and I were the only ones that wanted to do it.  The others thought it might be too dorky.  Lol.  So we split up Saturday morning and the four of us went on a 2 & 1/2 hour Segway tour of downtown Austin.  Yes, the helmets were pretty nerdy, but it was so much fun!  At first I was not sure what I had gotten myself into.  The segways were pretty intimidating during the training.  But after about 10 minutes into the tour we all got the hang of it and they were a blast.  We went to see the Capital, the famous bat bridge, the Briskel Hotel and several other places.  Our tour guide was great and I learned lots of interesting facts about Austin.  She kept it interesting and even took us to some places just to have fun on the segways.  Denise and I kept it pretty calm, but Jimmy and Brandt liked this part the best I think.  They could go fast and weave in and out of columns and stuff.  It was a great way to tour the city.

We went to a dueling piano bar and it was fun also.  The guys on the piano could play anything.  They took requests and made it funny.  We laughed and had a great time. 

Overall the weekend was wonderful.  The last night we ended up just sitting in the hotel lobby just talking and reminiscing until 2 in the morning.  We are lucky to have stayed friends for such a long time. We have been thru so much together.  I hope we stay friends and our children follow in our footsteps and become lifelong friends as well.