If you couldn't guess, we're in the Lone Star state right now. We arrived here yesterday after a long day of driving through the marshes of Louisiana to the flat plains of Texas and then a pit stop in Houston. Not much was happening in Houston, so we got back on the road and made it the rest of the way to Austin where we stayed the night at Beck's cousins' house. Uncle Joe (a.k.a Uncle G) made us some chili for dinner followed by some cookies, brownies and peach cobbler for dessert. Nothing like good home cooking! Preferred food choice of starving artists everywhere!
After a good night sleep, we woke up and went to a trailer park eatery to get some authentic Texas style Breakfast Burritos at Torchy's Tacos (awesome!) and then over to Barton Springs Pool. This place was amazing. It is a natural spring that is surrounded by forest and beautiful rocks, and the water contains all different types of plant life and fish. It also had a diving board, which was sorta out of place, but a lot of fun. However, Beck, Sal and I learned something about ourselves; we suck at diving. We're horrible. Especially compared to all the country boys who were showing off with their double back flips. But that's cool, because we're city boys and proud of it. NYC!
Our next stop was the Capitol building, where we took a tour and got to sit in on some actual congressional legislation. However, the bulk of all of the issues had already been settled, so it was more like a "bring-your-kid-to-work" day for the senators.
Then we met up with Uncle G, and he gave us the royal Texas treatment. First, we went to Iron Works, an authentic Texas Style BBQ joint, and we ate an enormous amount of meat and jalapeno peppers. We walked up and down Congress Ave., and hit up an awesome candy shop called Big Top, where Stags bought enough candy to feed the Chinese Army. From there, G took us to a bridge that is famous for having bats live in it, and at sunset they come out in a swarm to feed. Most of the times it's pretty scattered, but we lucked out and got to see them all come out together in a huge swarm. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I can't stress how much little things like this bring a city to life and truly give it an identity.
Later on, we walked up and down 6th street where they have all the bars and live music. We saw a couple of cool bands, and went into a piano place where Beck requested "The Weight" by The Band. They knew a couple verses and played it, and also played a bunch of traveling songs for us after hearing about our trip. We made the trip back to Uncle G's place and are just about to crash for the night. Sal has been asleep for about an hour now, Beck just passed out, and I'm just putting the final touches on this post before going off to sleep. Austin is a beautiful city; definitely and environment I would love to live in. I'm excited to finally start our camping portion of the trip tomorrow.
Peace and Love,
Texas Williams
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