Texas Adventure

Anyone who knows me knows I do not like change. So when my dear friend Katie told me last Fall that she and her sweet husband Billy were moving to Texas for his job I was not too happy. Katie and Billy were some of my first clients when I became a travel agent and they were my first destination wedding group I worked with. My long time friend Mari connected Katie and I because they worked together. Through the wedding planning process we began having girls nights and Mari and Katie and I became fast great friends. So the thought of them moving half way across the country was tough!

To ease the pain, Mari and I began planning our trip to Texas before they ever even left North Carolina! Our first friends vacation in Texas! Mari, Jon, and I met at the airport early Wednesday morning to fly to Austin. We connected in Atlanta and had plenty of time to have a completely unhealthy brunch at Buffalo Wild Wings of bagels, mini corn dogs, and wings. 

When we arrived in Austin we picked up our Toyota Corolla rental car and headed South to Padre Island! Katie had warned us that traffic was a little crazy and she was definitely right! We almost got pushed off the road by an 18 wheeler! People say everything is bigger in Texas and the sky really did seem bigger! Driving to Padre we passed a lot of open farm land the sky felt like a dome around us. 

Katie and Billy meet us in the driveway of their beautiful North Padre Island home. It was a shriek-filled reunion! They showed us around their home and then we loaded up to go to Scuttlebutts for dinner. We spent the night with live music, pool tables, and lots of catching up. 

Good friends are hard to find. Life may try to seperate us, but travel adventures create stronger bonds.