Last Look....Goodbye Lovely Home

Leaving Austin

The kids and I finally rolled out of Austin on Friday, July 22 at about 5 pm.  After a hellish two days of overseeing the most disorganized and ineffective packers in my considerable relocation experience, we hit the road for our 12 hour drive.  Mom and Dad drove the rented minivan - loaded down with 10 cases of wine, our christmas tree, the contents of our pantry and  boxes and boxes of miscellaneous items (deemed "of concern" to Australian quarantine).  I drove the kids in our last remaining car (the acura).  We made it as far as Denton before stopping for the night.  Fortunately, we all slept well and had an uneventful drive to Kansas City.  We plan to be here until August 3, when we will head to my sister's house in Minneapolis for a few days before meeting up with the rest of my family (and andy!) to celebrate my parents' 45th anniversary at a lake house in Wisconsin.  We head to Sydney on August 12. . .