Karen and Rob are moving to Austin, TX this weekend, and April and Thomas are moving to Dallas, TX in approximately 6 weeks. April asked Karen and I if we would take a 2 day road trip with her to Dallas while she registered a new car tag. These are some notes I took along the trip:
- April dubbed a weirdly shaped vehicle as a “mutt car“
- Podnuh’s barbecue in Shreveport, LA has very tasty food.
- Covering 1 mile in 30 min. in stockstill traffic is fine as long as Karen double-dares you to do jumping jacks with her outside the car…which we did.
- The trip took about 12 hours to get there from H’burg to the hotel, mostly due to one-lane traffic 30 miles outside Dallas.
- A horse that has the “typical” black and white cow spots is a “how” or a “horsey-cow“
- I excitedly pointed out a pack of llama-like creatures which are called Alpaca, and Karen promptly demonstrated what she imagines they sound like.
- Pappadeaux’s for dinner Tuesday night! I had the crawfish etouffee, which was spicy heaven. Karen had gumbo with andouille sausage and shrimp, and April had a cajun tilapia dish with butternut squash.
- Wednesday morning, we sought out coffee and sustenance in a diner while April’s car was getting inspected.
- We went by April’s future apartment complex. There was a bunny rabbit outside that let us get within 10 feet of him. Cute, fluffy bunnies are good omens!
- There’s a interesting breed of crows in Texas with long, rooster tail feathers: dubbed “crowsters“ by Karen. After doing some research, I think what we saw were great-tailed grackles, which are decidedly prettier than and often mistaken for crows.
- Karen quickly hopping off a scary, bronking toy horse ride, oh my!
- Yodeling with Karen in a gas station while waiting on the never-ending single-stall bathrooms! We sang a lot on this trip.
- The ride home took about 10 hours, as we were very ready to get back and into our sleepyhead beds.
