Grand cultural buffet: Austin, TX

Though it’s a short-ish hop from Dallas to Austin–only 195 miles or so–the cultural landscape undergoes a light-year’s worth of change.

Major upgrades

Updating our AC, roof vents, water filtration and tires.

Various changing states

We returned from Chicago to find that the Incorrigible’s house batteries were dead. The refrigerator had defrosted, probably a day or so into our trip, so the leftovers and perishables had to be tossed.