Austin - June 26-28, 2009:

Day 1

We met up with Stephanie's friend Julie and her husband Chris for a weekend in Austin.  We had a very good time and will be planning another trip with them soon.

We arrived in Austin on Friday and got checked in....after a quick room switch we ended up with a nice view of Lake Ladybird.

 

That evening, we went to the Oasis for drinks and dinner which is also a great place to watch the sunset.

 

Day 2

We did the Austin Duck tour to start the day and take a look around Austin.

 

After the duck tour, we made our way over to the SRV statue.  There was no way I would miss paying tribute to the legend.

 

That evening we went to watch the bats...

There are supposedly nearly 2 million mexican bats that live under the bridge by our Hotel.  They fly out at dusk every night through the summer.  They consume 30,000 pounds of insects around the area.

I have a 30 second movie of the bats flying.  right click and save.  Here.

We went that evening to dinner and to dueling pete's piano bar to finish up the evening.

A few views of the skyline at night from our room.

Day 3

We had a late breakfast and said our goodbyes today...headed back to Houston to prepare for the new week...well not Stephanie.  She is on vacation this week so only I have to get ready for the work week.

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