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Convertible fever has commenced
- Thread starter eloisel
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Pandora Spox
Rude
Saturday was freezing like mad here. What else is new? I'm convinced it's never going to get warm and dry! Anyway, sitting at a stop sign enjoying the heated seats in the car, some guy drives by in a convertible, all windows down and was wearing a light jacket. I thought of this thread when I saw him.
eloisel
Forever Empress E
I hear you. It is still wet and cold here. There is still some snow on the roof of my house and in the shady parts of my yard. Saw people wearing shorts and a light jacket walking around. Saw convertibles with snow on their roofs too. I almost went over to them to knock the snow off but thought the owners might wonder I was taking offense at that sacrilege. Someday soon I will retire and buy myself a convertible and get in it and drive south until I can't drive any further south and I will be warm all the time and drive around with the top down all the time and I will die old and sun burnt and damned glad about it. And, yes, I will be in shorts, a t-shirt, and flip flops because that is my kind of style.
starguard
Unluckiest Charm in the Box
When I live there back in the mid 90's, it was a very different environment from where I had come from in California. Austin only had a handful of bus routes, a fistful of buses, and the buses that they had would take you everywhere in the city.. "everywhere except where you wanted to go"....
Grand theft auto was completely rampant there. People were stealing cars like it was some type of olympic sport. I had never had a car stolen from me in my entire life. I go there and had TWO stolen from me"in the same week" My car was stolen, I got a rental, and THAT got stolen as well..
The weather there was absolutely appauling. Summertime was like living in a blast furnace for weeks without a single drop of rain. When the rains did come, they came in monsoons that drowned almost everyone and everything in sight. I dont know if someone was flying a plane around at night spraying something in the air, but I had so many issues with allergies there that to this day my nose has never completely cleared..
That city also seemed to have an epidemic with fireants that seemed to get into everything in sight. Once these things bite you, they would leave very nasty welps that would sting for days if not treated immediately
Thy also had a really big problem with drugs down there. People were freebasing rocks down there almost like it was legal. Almost every Motel 6 along I-35 had people either selling or using that stuff.
Althought I will admit that austin did have alot of VERY beautiful and open-minded women there that were easier to get along with than in most other places, austin is not a place I was in a rush to get back to anythime soon.
eloisel
Forever Empress E
Sounds like you had a terrible experience there.
I've had nothing but great times there. My favorite hotels are the Doubletrees on I-35 and the Omni downtown. I'm usually there for a conference or league meeting though. When I'm vacationing I make stops in Austin to visit the music festivals, watch the bats come out from under the bridge, eat at Kerby's, do a tour of the capital, visit the Elisabeth Ney Museum, and then go on to San Marcos for the glass bottom boats before heading to San Antonio for the Alamo, River Walk, and in general visiting the plazas to see the mariachi singers. After that I make a circuit back up through the Hill Country to the artsy towns.
I try to stay out of Austin and southern Texas after the end of May. It is hot and wet so you're always sticky and sweaty and miserable. I only go after the end of May if I win an award and my compadre is out of the country in Dubai and can't go in my stead.
My vacations off I-45 are very different. That's where I go for the rose festivals, dogwood festivals, azalea trails, mountain dulcimer festivals, indian mounds, and writing retreats. Those are the places to go in the springtime. We can get a little bit of fall color out that way sometimes which makes for a nice drive in October and November.
I love Texas though.
I've had nothing but great times there. My favorite hotels are the Doubletrees on I-35 and the Omni downtown. I'm usually there for a conference or league meeting though. When I'm vacationing I make stops in Austin to visit the music festivals, watch the bats come out from under the bridge, eat at Kerby's, do a tour of the capital, visit the Elisabeth Ney Museum, and then go on to San Marcos for the glass bottom boats before heading to San Antonio for the Alamo, River Walk, and in general visiting the plazas to see the mariachi singers. After that I make a circuit back up through the Hill Country to the artsy towns.
I try to stay out of Austin and southern Texas after the end of May. It is hot and wet so you're always sticky and sweaty and miserable. I only go after the end of May if I win an award and my compadre is out of the country in Dubai and can't go in my stead.
My vacations off I-45 are very different. That's where I go for the rose festivals, dogwood festivals, azalea trails, mountain dulcimer festivals, indian mounds, and writing retreats. Those are the places to go in the springtime. We can get a little bit of fall color out that way sometimes which makes for a nice drive in October and November.
I love Texas though.
eloisel
Forever Empress E
I want a convertible. However, I've decided to take early retirement the end of this year and travel. Going to go to Ecuador, India, Bali, Belize, Italy, and maybe Thailand. After that I want to spend a couple of years in NYC before heading back to Texas to settle into a retirement community. So, no convertible for me.