[LM_NET] Travel: Quick Austin (TX) travel challenge

[DAVID DENNING <cynden744@VERIZON.NET>]

Dear Wise Ones,
   
  I have a real challenge for you this morning!  Our Collinsville HS Lady Pirates 
will be playing in the IA state final softball game tomorrow morning at 8, at the 
UT softball field.  We want to go, but don't want to get up at 3 am!  So our 
challenge is to find a decent, inexpensive (must be under $50) place to stay 
TONIGHT in a city full up for a biker rally!  We will be driving from the north on 
I-35.  
   
  We don't need many amenities, because our plan is to arrive in the Austin area 
after dinner, crash, go to the game, and come back home after lunch.  Just hot 
water, bug-free, and nothing next door I'm going to have to explain to my 
8-year-old daughter before I'm ready!  So, Austinites, what's your advice?  Do we 
need to stay in Georgetown or someplace else north of Austin?  Is there any place 
you recommend?  Perhaps more importantly, is there any place we should AVOID?  
   
  I have a very short time frame to plan this, because we need to leave by two to 
three at the latest to have a nice, leisurely drive and still get to bed at a 
reasonable hour.  (As opposed to yesterday, when we drove both ways in one day and 
were grateful for the small rain delay in the first game so we didn't miss anything 
in ours.)
   
  Humorous note:  Our Collinsville Lady Pirates are playing the Eula Lady Pirates.  
Our colors are maroon and gold, theirs are maroon and white!  So the Texas IA 
softball champ is guaranteed to be the Lady Pirates, wearing maroon!
   
  TIA,
   
  Cindy Denning
  once and future librarian
  Collinsville, TX
  cynden744@verizon.net
   

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