Woke up in our  very nice hotel  right in the heart of the TAMU campus. This place is huge.. The hotel was oozing with Aggie team spirit.. the stadium was just across the street.. the wallpaper , carpet, books… everything had Aggie slogans on them.. Diane and I took a short run soaking in some of the culture. (Who the heck is the “12th man ?”)  It was fun and a little contagious.. I couldn’t help liking the optimism that I always feel around A&M students and faculty that I know. 

Around 11 we met up with Shaun and Bill y and headed out.. Our destination was the Guadalupe river in New Braunfels where Billy’s band “Disco Expressions” had a gig tonight…   Again it was so fun drivign around with Billy and Shaun. 

We stopped at a giant Texas tradition Buckee’s .. a huge rest stop / food shop frequent in these parts. .. there’s nothing like this in our part of the world

We got to New braunfels and found the venue.. It was in a camp right beside the river. We used to tube down this river as kids..  The event was an annual river festival with 3 days of camping , music, food and drink..  we met up with Billys band mateds and there family.. .. Here’s Iris. 

Billy went to work and we ehaded out to take in the festival.. It was really fun.. First was a band reenacting  “The Bands” Last Waltz concert.. The crowd was mellow and friendly.. a bunch of Texas hippies, and city folks  of mixed ages .. brought back great memories. 

Billy’s band came on about 10 and played a great gig. there are about 9 musicians..  horn section (billy on trombone).. two drummers, keyboard, guitar, bass an a fantastic lead man.. paul. He had all the disco moves and really leaned in to it in a fun and crazy way !

 

We stayed till about 1 .. then headed back to our hotel in New Braunfels. 

such a great day !

nite all., nite sam

-me