HOUSTON

7:45 – Got up, showered, saw Bonnie Ewing real quick, bye Brad’s house!

8:45 – Empire Cafe for breakfast with Brad…Omelette with bacon, onion, mozzarella, and avocado + fruit + potatoes – YUM!…BYE B-RAD!

10:15 – LBJ Space Center (NASA)

Tram tour @ 11 – saw original mission control for Apollo missions + astronaut training center (simulations for international space center, robotics) + Saturn 6 (HUGE rocket)

Large group of Asian tourists – very funny

Watched movie about history of space exploration…got to touch a sample of the moon (only 1 of 8 samples on display for people to touch throughout the world) that was 3.8 BILLION years old (Team Handsome FTW)

1:30 – BYE NASA!

KATY, TX

2:30 – Los Cucos Tex-Mex Restaurant – Fajitas a los Cucos + frozen margarita ($1.99 @ lunch) – very good, we spoke Spanish with the waiter

AUSTIN, TX

5:15 -Hey Austin! Met Dan Ecoff and his girlfriend Lauren @ Weather Up for “artisan” drinks at 5:15 – great to see Dan and meet Lauren! Hadn’t seen him since 2011, good man.

6:30 – West Lake, Mt. Bonnell – AMAZING view of Colorado River and view of super super nice mansions on the water

7:30 – Rainey…Banger’s for 104 beers on tap + 30 house made sausages…Via 313 food truck – pizza with prosciutto and arugula with a Tieton Cherry Cider – perhaps THE BEST specialty pizza (not regular slice) I’ve ever had

9:45 – BYE DAN + LAUREN!…Drove down Congress St. and saw Texas Capitol @ night

10:30 – Sarah + Andrew Beck’s house outside of main Austin. Hadn’t seen cousin Sarah since her wedding last August, which was also when I met Andrew. So great to see them in married life. We hung out at their kitchen table before we got ready for bed and had an early night (for us, late night for them)

12:00 am – GOODBYE DAY 20!!

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