Well just got back from a wedding in Austin. Been to Texas once before just not alot of sight seeing time. This was also a whirlwind in and out trip.
Got into the Dallas Ft Worth Airport, small compared to Hartsfield, but pretty well layed out and easy to negotiate around. My wife had told me it was a 2 hour drive to Austin from Dallas and like a dumb ass I believed her. Found out it was more like 4 hour drive.
Grab the shuttle bus to get the Rental Car. Drive about 8 minutes and in and out of Hertz, in no time. Got a Grand Marquis with a neverlost system.
After some harsh words with the wife about setting up the neverlost address to Austin we head out. Get on I -35 and traffic was crowded but moving. A few traffic tie ups and jams but overall about 3.5 hours not too bad. Get on 620 a local street and that goes forever with many stop lights to Austin.
Wedding rehersal and all that , then next day the wedding day, the groom, best man , few friends decide to go golfing. I told them , look I hadnt been golfing of any kind in about 3 years. They say dont worry about it come on. So tee time is 0800. Place was packed. I had to rent clubs. There are six of us.
I got a flask with me of hennesy cognac so I am ready. I jump in the cart and this guy gets in with me , He is from Ohio and is brother of the bride.
Little did he know he was taking his life out of his own hands. I once drove a cart off a hil doing about 25 mphl, rolled it , and it almost rolled on top of me, then into a pond.
Golf course was nice and high end homes all around.
Anyway. Long story short, I am pretty much all over the course. Alot of nice riding in the cart finding my golf balls.I think I lost 10 balls.
So we get up to the 12th tee I think it is. I decide I am going to really smash one. Get everything I got behind it and just mash it.
Well turns out to be a really hard hook to the right. We hear a thump and a crash like a long ways away. One of the guys says , I think that got window.
Didnt think too much about it and I just hit another ball.
So then as we are going to the 13th hole this guy shows up. A field marshall I think they call them. He wants to know everyones name in the party. I am standing there by myself, and I ask him why .
He says rudely just give me the names of everyone. Well I am from out of town, and I dont even know the last names of 3 of the guys.
Now if he says to me, look you guys busted a window. I pull out 3 or 4 hundred and give it to him. He says nothing.
And he already knew our names the rat bastid.
So I says to him, you havn't seen a brand new spalding ball anywhere have you ?
So he leaves me alone and goes to hassle the others in the group. So after that the sum bitch shows up about every other hole watching us. Talk about rude.
Then when we are done and loading up our clubs, another guy ( one of the Pros ) drives down in a cart to talk to us. So I just ignore the guy totally and act like he is air. I think he was upset about a few other things we were doing on the course, but its a wedding party right.
Hey and if a homeownder reported a window, I say, if you build a house on the golf course , expect a little trouble once in awhile .
I thought thats what hook em horns was all about.
Geez Louise.
So wedding is over and all have a good time. We get back on that I-35. Plane leaving at 2:30 pm
and we head out at 9:30 am . Now I am not one to complain but that piece of crap I-35. There are two lanes only. The trucks stay in the left lane half the time and you can go no faster than 60-70 mph following these fools. It took us about 4.5 hours and we end up missing the flight.
Ate at Dickyes BBQ in the airport and it wasnt half bad. BBQ probably a little too peppery for yyz's taste though.
The neverlost system in a new city is a godsend. Its nice to be able to just get in and drive without worrying about maps and all that. It does have some problems though. When it gets close to a turn, it says turn in .5 miles. Only trouble with that is there can be another right street just before you get there to the .5 and you can easy make a mistake. If you do get turned around or get off the road due to traffic etc, it will not give you another route. It trys to take you back exactly the way you just came.
Also bought a straw cowboy hat that looked like it had been worn for two years by field workers. Not sure how they did that.
Hook em Horns !
Got into the Dallas Ft Worth Airport, small compared to Hartsfield, but pretty well layed out and easy to negotiate around. My wife had told me it was a 2 hour drive to Austin from Dallas and like a dumb ass I believed her. Found out it was more like 4 hour drive.
Grab the shuttle bus to get the Rental Car. Drive about 8 minutes and in and out of Hertz, in no time. Got a Grand Marquis with a neverlost system.
After some harsh words with the wife about setting up the neverlost address to Austin we head out. Get on I -35 and traffic was crowded but moving. A few traffic tie ups and jams but overall about 3.5 hours not too bad. Get on 620 a local street and that goes forever with many stop lights to Austin.
Wedding rehersal and all that , then next day the wedding day, the groom, best man , few friends decide to go golfing. I told them , look I hadnt been golfing of any kind in about 3 years. They say dont worry about it come on. So tee time is 0800. Place was packed. I had to rent clubs. There are six of us.
I got a flask with me of hennesy cognac so I am ready. I jump in the cart and this guy gets in with me , He is from Ohio and is brother of the bride.
Little did he know he was taking his life out of his own hands. I once drove a cart off a hil doing about 25 mphl, rolled it , and it almost rolled on top of me, then into a pond.
Golf course was nice and high end homes all around.
Anyway. Long story short, I am pretty much all over the course. Alot of nice riding in the cart finding my golf balls.I think I lost 10 balls.
So we get up to the 12th tee I think it is. I decide I am going to really smash one. Get everything I got behind it and just mash it.
Well turns out to be a really hard hook to the right. We hear a thump and a crash like a long ways away. One of the guys says , I think that got window.
Didnt think too much about it and I just hit another ball.
So then as we are going to the 13th hole this guy shows up. A field marshall I think they call them. He wants to know everyones name in the party. I am standing there by myself, and I ask him why .
He says rudely just give me the names of everyone. Well I am from out of town, and I dont even know the last names of 3 of the guys.
Now if he says to me, look you guys busted a window. I pull out 3 or 4 hundred and give it to him. He says nothing.
And he already knew our names the rat bastid.
So I says to him, you havn't seen a brand new spalding ball anywhere have you ?
So he leaves me alone and goes to hassle the others in the group. So after that the sum bitch shows up about every other hole watching us. Talk about rude.
Then when we are done and loading up our clubs, another guy ( one of the Pros ) drives down in a cart to talk to us. So I just ignore the guy totally and act like he is air. I think he was upset about a few other things we were doing on the course, but its a wedding party right.
Hey and if a homeownder reported a window, I say, if you build a house on the golf course , expect a little trouble once in awhile .
I thought thats what hook em horns was all about.
Geez Louise.
So wedding is over and all have a good time. We get back on that I-35. Plane leaving at 2:30 pm
and we head out at 9:30 am . Now I am not one to complain but that piece of crap I-35. There are two lanes only. The trucks stay in the left lane half the time and you can go no faster than 60-70 mph following these fools. It took us about 4.5 hours and we end up missing the flight.
Ate at Dickyes BBQ in the airport and it wasnt half bad. BBQ probably a little too peppery for yyz's taste though.
The neverlost system in a new city is a godsend. Its nice to be able to just get in and drive without worrying about maps and all that. It does have some problems though. When it gets close to a turn, it says turn in .5 miles. Only trouble with that is there can be another right street just before you get there to the .5 and you can easy make a mistake. If you do get turned around or get off the road due to traffic etc, it will not give you another route. It trys to take you back exactly the way you just came.
Also bought a straw cowboy hat that looked like it had been worn for two years by field workers. Not sure how they did that.
Hook em Horns !
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