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About the game.

I posted this picture when we went to the game, but didn't tell you about the trip. It's November now, so I'm remembering back, but what a fun time! Hard to think back now to the amazing game and team we had at this game! 

It was the weekend after Labor Day, so we'd just traveled to Colorado for my family's Powderhorn vacation. It was a quick turnaround but we didn't care. We got to Austin on Thursday and we ate at this really great restaurant... can't remember the name now. But it was so good we ate there twice. We were there the perfect time of year to go see the amazing bats at the Congress Ave Bridge. We drove downtown, parked about two blocks away and walked over to the bridge, where there are tons of people but still plenty of room to see. We waited about five minutes and they started flying. It really is a strangely beautiful thing to see. They just pour out from under the bridge, black smoke streams that spin along for miles. 

The next day we went to lunch at Iron Works, which I thought was overrated. Sorry, not sorry. It was fine, but seemed like every other BBQ place I've had. Bam Bams in Provo is way better. Haha and the Texans are so mad right now. 

That night we met up with Eric's sister Erin's family at the Salt Lick, well we met up with them and every other BYU family that was in town for the game, including Jimmer and Whitney Fredette. I think everyone in the restaurant was from BYU. The BBQ there was much better than Ironworks, so glad we went, and the atmosphere definitely added to the experience. It reminded me of eating at the Bar J in Jackson Hole, WY, but a little less authentic, more modern. 

I was just so happy to have some QT with Erin's family. We went back to the hotel and swam, then Eric and I stayed up and talked with E and R, so nice. 

Next day was game day! We got ready and went to UT, and parked about 16 miles away then trekked in. We may have parked a little farther away than we needed to. Oh well, all part of the experience. IT WAS HOT. Oh my word, so hot. It was my first time experiencing that kind of humid hot. We had the humidity when we lived in Virginia Beach, but TX is much, much warmer. 

Campus is fantastic, and the baseball stadium seemed as big as the football stadiums at many other schools. I guess it's true that everything is bigger in Texas. I loved the sense of pride they all had at the game, it was bizarre and awesome that they sang some weird Texas state song after the national anthem and before the fight song, I guess they have their priorities and they want you to know it. 

We were so nervous about the game, but so were the Texas fans. People around were cordial, but hesitant and you could tell it was because of last year and their anxiety for this game. Which was not in vain! 

Great game to attend, great trip. 


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