Days 35 and 36: College Station, Texas

The Dineens

After a morning of looking around at some of Austin’s famous vintage clothing shops and excellent record stores, we took off for the relatively quick drive to College Station, home of Texas A & M as well as John and Katie Dineen, Corey’s uncle and cousin (they live in Bryan, right next to College Station).  We arrived in time for a delicious home cooked dinner, slaved over by Katie and her friend and one of our other hosts, Megan Duffy.  In addition to the fact that this was our first home cooked meal since we’d left Lynbrook, NY, it was really quite good, and it was great to have a roof over our heads and a house to stay in.  We took it pretty easy that night, hanging out with the Dineens and just enjoying the comfort of domestic living.  

Us and Trevor at the Dry Bean Saloon...what a place

The next morning we decided to explore College Station, starting with a lunch stop at Fuzzy’s Tacos, a recommendation from Chris, another one of our excellent hosts.  After an excellent lunch we wandered around College Station, seeing everything from restaurants and bars to A & M specialty shops to cowboy shops and everything in between.  We had a great time exploring before we got back to the Dineen residence and were informed that we’d be hitting the town that night (we put up a big fight against that one).

Showing off our RTD (Road Trip Dance)

After a quick pregame we hit the town with our hosts Katie, Chris, and Megan and their friend Trevor, who seemed to know every bartender and bouncer in College Station, and who successfully got us into every  place we went to for free on a busy Thursday night.  It was a lot of fun to be back out in a college town.  We finished the night with a trip to the famous Whataburger, where Katie ordered a whole bunch of “honey butter chicken biscuits” for us—apparently this is their specialty.  Sure enough we weren’t disappointed, and they were delicious.  

Us and our hosts...Megan, Uncle John, Katie and Chris. Thanks again!

The next morning we woke up bright and early and drove the quick drive to Houston so that we could each catch our flights to our respective destinations on the east coast.  Corey took off for Newark to spend the weekend in Boston at an alumni event, and I flew into Raleigh-Durham, NC to spend the weekend with college friends, since I’d be missing alumni weekend while on the road.  

We’d like to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH to Uncle John, Katie, Chris, the Duff, and Trevor for treating us so well and showing us a great time in Bryan and College Station.