Picking a hotel in Austin TX. Do I fork out the extra $50 a night or go cheap and use the money for food?

Spend the extra and panhandle for food money.

find one with free breakfast and save some for dinner

Just you? Get a cheap hotel room.
If you're going on business, discount your rate if they'll let you stay in theirs after.

Thinking I may camp fri night and get a room sat.

You could always turn tricks again and stay at the hotel you are working... worked in Moab.

alanzona wrote:You could always turn tricks again and stay at the hotel you are working... worked in Moab.

Kinda what I was getting at ;)
In Moab I found out about Bob's friends fly for free policy

Sounded more like the "friends RIDE for free" program from my side of the campground. Hard to tell, though, with Chris always in the way trying to sneak a peak. 8)

It was weird, Chris always standing at the window.

About his noise curiosity thing:
I'm thinking something horrible happened with him coming home from school early one day, his parents told him it was just wrestling, and you know he just started clapping for more... I mean who in the 80's didn't like wrestling?