Welcome to Texas!

We arrived in Austin yesterday afternoon without any glitches. It was everything we'd been promised: beautiful and hot.
We dropped by the local hostel to pick up Laurel and head to the condo.
We had a relaxing night with a great home cooked pasta dinner and an awesome evening on the patio.

First thing in the AM, we headed to Mellow Johnny's (Lance's bike shop) and were in cycling heaven for about an hour. We then headed to the host hotel to register and to attend the race briefing. We were able to catch the PRO panel which is always interesting.
We headed immediately after that to transition to check in our bikes. We opted to go for about a 30 min ride...and MAN, it was a hot one. Road kill has been interesting, including a possum and armadillo!
We grabbed a quick cooling swim before heading back to the condo for a nice pasta meal and an early evening.
Tomorrow promises one thing....HEAT. We have been drinking water and Gatorade all day to ensure that hydration is not an issue.

Heather is STOKED....as the official temp for the water is.........78...which means....WETSUITS!!!!!


Heading to the patio for our supper....we will drop "y'all" a note when the day is done tomorrow.


Cheers....
Brian and Heather