Exploring Aggieland

The buddies and I took a quick road trip to College Station to pick up Uncle Jeff and bring him back to Austin with us. We were thrilled at the opportunity to explore my old college town and spent the night so we'd have plenty of time. Ahh, College Station. Just driving in on Highway 6 brought back memories. For a brief moment, I even felt that exhilarating "whole life in front of me" feeling that everyone must have during their college years.

The boys were excited to see Uncle Jeff, who came to Texas for fire fighter training. We went to lunch with the crew from his brigade and then went off on our own to explore campus and Northgate. The first stop on our tour was the famous Dixie Chicken and it smelled even worse than I remember. We checked out the rattlesnake inside, bought a t-shirt, ran through Bottle Cap Alley, and then continued on our journey. Our next stop was Loupot's for a few gifts and then on to campus. The buddies enjoyed splashing in Fish Pond, checked out Sul Ross (Ben tried to swipe his pennies), walked underneath the Century Tree, and just generally ran around in the wide open spaces before the 100 degree weather pulled us back to the hotel pool.


Later, after a quick nap, we met Uncle Jeff's friends at Gattitown for a fun night of pizza and games. They were all very sweet to forgo the many better restaurants and spend an evening with our buddies. It was a fun, quick trip and now we're resting up for a full week of fun with Uncle Jeff.