Blogs from Austin, Texas, United States, North America - page 26

My agenda: 6/19/07 Leave US 6/20/07 Arrive London Then: London to Oxford Oxford to York York to Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh to Scottish Highlands Scottish Highlands to Glasgow Glasgow to Liverpool Liverpool to Dublin Dublin to Galway Galway Galway to Killarney Killarney to Cork Cork to Kilkenny Kilkenny to Dublin Dublin to London Then the official tour ends and I spend a few days in London, followed by a fews days in Scotland, followed by a few days back in London, then my triumphant return home. ... read more

greetings sportsfans, i'm testing the digital waters, preparing to inform our loving friends and family as ladye and i explore the asian frontiers. ladye leaves in 3 days for bangkok, hong kong and further chinese locations yet to be determined. i will follow in about 3 weeks, although i will spend a week alone in thailand as ladye says her goodbyes to china. we rendezvous in bangkok and then head to india for the main course of our 4 month excursion. our itinerary is intentionally ambiguous to allow maximum agility. we will certainly spend time in northern india, perhaps venturing south if climate and intuition call. or, we may visit the highest nation in the world, nepal. or perhaps both. we return through thailand, and will probably give ourselves several weeks on the west coast ... read more

School Field Trip Time! We always take our kids to the Memorial Museum to look at the fossils. The Memorial Museum is free and located on the University of Texas campus. Its two grown jewels are the Quetzalcoatlus and the Onion Creek Mosasaur. Both are HUGE fossils of ancient dinosaurs. The Quezalcoatlus dominates the Great Hall as you walk in. It is suspended from the ceiling and you can imagine it swooping down to snatch your pets and children for a mid-afternoon snack. The wingspan of the pterosaur is HUGE. It was discovered in the Big Bend area of Texas. So I guess the old adage of everything being bigger in Texas is true. The Onion Creek Mosasaur was found here in the Austin area at Onion Creek. It looks like a cross between an alligator ... read more

FEBRUARY 2007 PRESIDENT'S WEEKEND Since running is my favorite sport and traveling my most treasured pastime, why not combine the 2? So off to Texas I go! It is high time to introduce my best pal Janis, to road racing. Any experienced running aficionado knows, the first stop before the race is the Running Expo. All signed up for the Austin Half Marathon, we explored the isles of run socks, clothes and sports food energy bars.... read more

It was a great day for feeling artsy. So Rob and I headed out to the Blanton Museum at the UT campus for a stroll. I hadn't been to the museum since it reopened after some architectural fiasco. I really didn't see what the big deal was. Some people complain too much. The first floor had an exhibit on modern/abstract art from South America. The rest of the floors housed the permanent collection which consisted of reproductions of Greek sculpture and some more abstract art and sculpture. My favorite was a giant pit filled with billions upon billions of shiny copper pennies. I wanted to roll around them, dig my hands deep into them, and put them in my mouth to remind me of the coppery-metallic taste I used to love as a child (Yeah, I ... read more