Day 3 Baytown to Austin

 Monday June 13th

Let's start with Big Dave's lessons learned on this Power Tour
1. David doesn't need to drive in big city traffic; it doesn't bring out the best in him
2. Take plenty of cash.  Repairs are not cheap and not everyone takes credit/debit cards
3. Law enforcement officers can be really cool and helpful
4. Bring a low profile jack
5. Bring hand cleaner
6. Bring Teflon tape
7. Bring jack stands
8. Persevere.   Never give up ... never surrender

I'm sure that more will be added to this list as the week goes on. 

Today has been a good day with no major problems and no rain ... finally.  We needed a good day!

We planned to get a little later start this morning but were still up by 6:30.  We took our time getting ready and after a quick fuel stop got on the road a little before 9.  It took us right at an hour to get from Baytown all the way through Houston.  This is where we learned that David isn't at his best in big city traffic.  Most of the time the traffic wasn't that bad.  The few times that people cut us off or wouldn't stay in their lane or were more interested in their phone than the road, yeah, those times keeps it interesting.

We were able to run the route today.  The car did well.  The air bag was leaking down but would air right back up so it was all good.  We love rolling down the back roads with all of the other Power Tour cars.  There were several places where people on the side of the road waving and cheering as we all drove by.  That makes it really fun!

Here are a few pictures from a pit stop in La Grange, TX.  There was so many Power Tour cars pulling in and out it was it's own car show.

  We went thru a town, Round Top TX, that looks like a great area to come back and visit.  It was full of cute old homes and antique stores.  If we come back we may need to have a trailer, I could probably find a few things that I need.

Todays run was only about 175 miles so we made it to the venue, Circuit of the America's Raceway in Austin Tx  a little before 1 PM.  We checked in and visited a few venders and decided it was entirely too hot and humid so we headed to the hotel around 2 - 2:30.  The set up and at this venue was not the best.  The vendors were pretty far from where they made us park, there wasn't a good way to get everyone to and from the vendor area.  So it got really congested.  Anyway, we made it and had a good day.

This is the line of cars behind us waiting to get in

This is pulling into Circuit of the America's. 

Notice the temp and it was only around  PM

This is looking down the race track

Our hotel was only about 15 minutes from the venue.  It is a Holiday Inn Express.  It is an older hotel but has been recently updated, not bad.  We relaxed and cooled off for a little while then David went to fix the problem with the air bag leaking down.  It is holding air just fine now, YEAH!!

David's cousin, Dawn that met up with us in Baytown yesterday, was in Austin today for work.  We were able to meet up for dinner, that worked out great and enjoyed getting to visit. 

Here are a few shots of some of the vehicles in tonight's hotel parking lot.

This is one of David's favorite cars on the tour

Tomorrow we are headed to the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex.