After rising at 6 and heading out early (stopping only to make a pb&j courtesy of the Holiday Inn and for the ladies at the front desk to say goodbye to Lester), we headed for Texas. Hope isn't too far from the border, so before long we were passing through Texarkana, a dual municipality of Arkansas and Texas. To our disappointment, there was no "Welcome to Texas" sign (an omen?) because of major highway construction, but we did get a picture of the Ark-Tex water tower.
We saw a lot of ranches along the side of the road and some serious cattle. Otherwise, it was an uneventful trip into Austin. We rolled in right on time to the house, where Glenn, our real estate agent, was meeting us with our keys. We took Lester right into the backyard to play ball and get acclimated. We even met a neighbor named Emily who lives next door with an 8 month old Golden Retriever who looks like dear departed George.
We've already started spending money on the house - our first purchase was a new refrigerator - and we've already got a major list going. Now the movers are here, and it's time to build a box mountain.
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