A Visit with Mary & Marcus in Austin, Tx

Jane's college roomate (Mary Eckert) and her husband Marcus Felson have recently moved to a suburb of Austin Texas.  Here are some photos of Mary's house.  Note the longhorn emblem on the curb's street address.  Yes, Austin is the home of the Texas Longhorns. 

     
                             

On Saturday April 7th, Mary and Marcus picked us up at our campground and we headed out for a day of touring Austin. After a short drive, we ended up at the Whole Foods Market flagship store. We were able to sample some wine there and had a delicious lunch.

After lunch, we drove down 6th street - which has the largest conglomeration of bars and interesting watering holes in Austin. We stopped at the historic Driskill hotel and wandered through the lobby.
    
       

After visiting some eclectic neighborhoods, we drove to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower center. Check out the photo of the field full of Texas blue bonnets.  What a display of color.

            

On Easter Sunday, we started the day at the Cathedral for the 9:30 am mass.  We hooked up with Mary after the service, since we had been relegated to the cheap seats in the overflow area.  After mass we headed over to Mary's house for a brunch treat of soup with matzo balls (cooked by chef Marcus) and a lovely blueberry coffee cake.

       

After lunch while Mary cooked the lamb, Marcus drove us out to McKinney Falls State Park.  We toured the campsites and determined we could use this park for our fifth wheel.  We walked out to the river's edge and watched the locals swim in the currents.
  
       

Dinner at Mary's and Marcus' was outstanding.  After a leisurely dinner we bid our hosts a farewell and headed back to our campground to begin preparing for the next leg of our journey.

Monday morning we began our journey before 8am. The weather was perfect and the driving was good.  So 15 hours and 707 miles later we pulled into Hollywood casino in Tunica, Ms.  Since it was late at night, we pulled behind the casino hotel, extended our slides and called it a night.  Tuesday morning we registered at the RV park and here is a photo of our home for the next three nights.