On Saturday when we got there, we went directly to Hamilton Pool.
Swimming was closed at the pool due to the flooding that they had earlier in the year. We were able to walk a trail to the Pedernales river and go swimming. The air temperature was 103 so it was refreshing even though the water temperature was ~85 degrees.
We then checked into our hotel and walked up to the Congress street bridge where millions of bats come out at sunset. Below is a picture and a video (Not sure if this made it but you can see clouds of bats in the distance). The smell as they flew by was strong.
The capital building was quite nice at night and day.
Live music for dinner. A good jazz band.
Sunday we finished off with a drink at Lake Travis. Austin is a lot more hilly than Dallas.
Hamilton pool look like a beautiful place (I saw the video on Facebook). Too bad it was closed to swimming. We used to live on Travis lake and go sailing. Too many turtles to swim. Austin was not as lively when we lived there.
ReplyDeleteLots of large houses around there now. Not a great beach where we were. They used a ladder to a dock. Lots of people swimming though. Lots of turtles in TX.
ReplyDeleteTexas is looking better and better....
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