Is 24 hours considered a vacation?

Okay.....I know you've all been waiting with baited breath to see our exciting Austin pictures. 

Well don't get too excited.....the whole trip was only 24 hours.  6 of those hours was driving and 6 of those hours were sleeping......so that doesn't leave much time for anything else!

We took off on Saturday afternoon around 2:30.  The first stop was to get some lunch.  But we wanted to feel like we were already gone.....so we headed about 1/2 hour out of town and found a place to grab some lunch.

After getting to Austin, we checked into our hotel and began to make plans for our evening.  Austin is known for being the live music capital.....so we were excited to find someplace to go and listen to some great live music.  We found a place that had an 80's band playing and were excited that they were actually playing early (7:30pm - 10:30pm), instead of the traditional times, 9:30pm-2am.

So we plugged the address into the GPS and we were on our way. 

The place was called The Oasis and it was on Lake Travis.  We had no idea what to expect.  When we got there (way out in the middle of nowhere it seemed).....we found a three story place that was jamming with music and lights and Mexican food.  It was beautiful. 

Here's what it looks like in the day time (not my picture)......it was a gorgeous place!

The band was on the top floor and all of one side had large garage doors that were wide open and overlooked the lake.

The music was great and we spent a couple of hours drinking some Cerveza and dancing up a storm!

On the way out, we decided to take a couple of pictures to document our fun evening.

We wanted to get back to the hotel early enough to try and get a fair amount of sleep....since we had to get up really early the next morning to get downtown for Staci's Edge performance at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.  On our way back to the hotel we tried so hard to find a pizza place......but no luck.

So.......we stopped at a convenience store and picked up all the essentials for a romantic dinner back in the hotel room:  bologna, cheese, bread, chips, and beer!  Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

The next day started with a 6:30 wake up call (which actually came at 5:30).  We were smart enough to purchase the breakfast buffet when we booked our room so we headed to a nice little breakfast and then we were off to downtown Austin.

As we were walking to find the tent where the band was playing, it was incredible to see the amount of people that turned out for the race.  THOUSANDS!  There was an incredible spirit there and we've made the decision that we would like to participate in the race next year.  It was incredibly moving to be around these women who had survived their breast cancer......some as long as 35 years and to hear the sadness from those who had recently been diagnosed.

Staci from Staci's Edge greeted us warmly and got us wristbands into the tent area so that we could have easy access to hear her band.  WE LOVED IT!  It was so awesome to see her play in person after hearing all these songs on the CD.  The weather was perfect and we had such an awesome time.

Here's Staci's Edge #1 Fan!

After the performance we had made plans to meet up with an old PZ manager, but those plans fell through.  Just as well.....because we knew that we had to hit the road back to Houston.  We made the decision that we wanted pizza.  So after a couple of hours on the road......we did a search for a pizzeria in one of the small towns on our way home.

Here's what we found.......doesn't look like your typical pizzeria....but you gotta love those small towns.

Simple Simon's Pizza in Bellville, TX.  Pizza was not the best we've ever had.....but it certainly wasn't the worst! 

Well that pretty much sums up all the fun that we had in a 24 hour period.  Can't wait until the next vacation.....maybe we'll go all out and have a 48 hour vacation!

P.S.  Seriously, I am such a nerd.....but you know what -- I have a fun life!