Austin

Thursday, April 5th-We drove to Austin today to have a picnic lunch with Clayton, a Eurobrass friend.  Clayton carved time out of his work day to drive an hour south to meet us.  We all enjoyed reconnecting with him and his joyful spirit.  He kept us all laughing and we all loved his car!  It was a scorcher day and we tried to stay cool in the shade.  Time flew quickly and Clayton had to leave shortly after lunch to get back to work.  We rode our bikes along the Austin bike trail that runs along Lady Bird Johnson Lake.  It gave us a flavor of the people of Austin, very energetic and active.  We got a view of the capital and enjoyed the beautiful trail but it was sooo  hot that we just wanted to get home.  We headed back to Cannon Lake in time to have a swim before dinner.  Later in the evening Mark’s former trpt. student, David Martinez and his mom Katherine and brother drove up from Austin on the spur of the moment to see us.  We had a nice campfire along the water underneath a full moon, serenaded by trumpet Adam Routine exercises.