we arrived in texas safely today.\u00a0 there were birds flying around inside the detroit airport where we had a few hours layover.\u00a0 i tried to get some photos, but they flew away too quickly.\u00a0 we were able to rent a prius (and had a little bit of trouble figuring out the whole push-button ignition thing, but eventually got it) even though the rental agent wasn’t sure if they had any left and told us something like, “Well, you know, with hybrids there aren’t a lot of options.\u00a0 Really only Priuses.\u00a0 Would you rather have another mid-size car?”\u00a0 Um, no, we’d like to save money on gas and be nicer to the environment, if possible.\u00a0 We’re not driving the Prius for the flashy styling.\u00a0 Oddly enough, we saw NO other Priuses on the road between Austin and San Antonio, so…. maybe Priuses have a stigma here?\u00a0 whatever.\u00a0 we liked it.<\/p>\n
we arrived at the hotel (after some frustrating Garmin-related getting lostedness) around 4:45 and the group wasn’t meeting until 6:45.\u00a0 Jay and I checked in, brought our luggage into the room, and then discovered that we were both pretty hungry and didnt’ want to wait 2 hours for food…. so…. we went to Las Palapas.\u00a0 yum.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
We met the other 11 couples and had an evening gathering where we got to know everyone.\u00a0 There were lots of laughs.\u00a0 I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s full schedule, but I’m also really tired.\u00a0 G’night everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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