On the Road to the bottom of the state

My apologies but this is personal, and where do I begin?

Last Saturday in Austin at some fine joint where they held this big induction ceremony, I'd rather had just gone down with a few of my pals.

But my kids were having nothing to do with that.

A week ago Friday morning, Autumn made the decision to skip the event, and I supported her. It's a long three days.

Just the night before, Carla Olsen had insisted that Autumn must be there and Autumn had agreed. By the next morning, she had second thoughts about going.

"You better call Gump," I said. He wasn't in the area as he was working for the DN...