Sunday, March 23, 2008
The Texas Trek 2008
Put another one in the books, fellas. This was my 8th trip in 10 years time. Pics to follow
Day 0
Neifert, Bej and I meet in Kansas City to spend the night prior to an early morning departure to AUS. Dinner at the Jumpin Catfish. Catfish, quail, cole slaw, hush puppies... yum-o.
Day 1
Checking out airport talent at the MCI and boarding non-stop flight to AUS. Flight time: 1:50... solid.
Jay drives down from Rockwall to pick us up at the airport and spirit us away to the first course of the trip: Cat Hollow Park in Round Rock. A new course for us and a nice choice for a starting round. Searight-esque in length and a few fewer cedar trees to lose our frisbees.
Drive to Williamson County Park which is also new to us. Unfortunately, the course was closed due to recent rains. Maybe next year. Jay also develops car trouble and we have to detour to a shop in Round Rock where we drop it off and rent a car to continue. A couple of hours wasted there.
Drive rental car to Pease Park and partake in the "Pay Toll by Mail" lanes on the Route 1 tollway. Apparently, they take a photo of your license plate and send you a bill later. It will be interesting to see if we see a bill from having been in a rental. Pease was fairly busy to start, as the weather was purt-near perfect. Traffic let up as we went along and we didn't have to play through or have anyone play through us after the first 6 holes.
To be continued...
Day 0
Neifert, Bej and I meet in Kansas City to spend the night prior to an early morning departure to AUS. Dinner at the Jumpin Catfish. Catfish, quail, cole slaw, hush puppies... yum-o.
Day 1
Checking out airport talent at the MCI and boarding non-stop flight to AUS. Flight time: 1:50... solid.
Jay drives down from Rockwall to pick us up at the airport and spirit us away to the first course of the trip: Cat Hollow Park in Round Rock. A new course for us and a nice choice for a starting round. Searight-esque in length and a few fewer cedar trees to lose our frisbees.
Drive to Williamson County Park which is also new to us. Unfortunately, the course was closed due to recent rains. Maybe next year. Jay also develops car trouble and we have to detour to a shop in Round Rock where we drop it off and rent a car to continue. A couple of hours wasted there.
Drive rental car to Pease Park and partake in the "Pay Toll by Mail" lanes on the Route 1 tollway. Apparently, they take a photo of your license plate and send you a bill later. It will be interesting to see if we see a bill from having been in a rental. Pease was fairly busy to start, as the weather was purt-near perfect. Traffic let up as we went along and we didn't have to play through or have anyone play through us after the first 6 holes.
To be continued...
