Blogs from Austin, Texas, United States, North America - page 30

Here is a mapped out trip route for our vacation June 21-July 13. Hope this finds everyone well! We can be reached on Olivia's cel: 512-736-7801. If we don't answer, please feel free to leave a message. We will be in and out of pocket. Love to all! http://www.travelblog.org/gmaps/map_1iS.html... read more

This morning there was a little surprise waiting for me next to the place where I currently live. A little car show seams to start here in the parking lot of Hooter's Restaurant. And this is something for my taste and of course I had to take some pictures. Apparently it was also something like a contest because later in the afternoon they announced the winners of the various categories. Every winner was called and posed with two Hooters' Girls for a picture and received some insignia they can pin up to a wall. According to the different categories and the few cars, I have to assume that everyone was a winner today. And they all lived happily every after! Click picture for full image! Some old Ford modells from the... read more

As already mentioned in my last entry, “First Impressions”, Texas has some special roads named Farm-to-Market or Ranch-to-Market, many of these roads are signed just "Farm Road" or "Ranch Road" though. You may look this up in Wiki and find out more about it. There is also a good description and all route numbers as well at Texas Highway Routes, an unofficial site for information about Texas Highways. So today I am driving a little bit around (as almost every day) and I show you a few impressions. I take you West of US-183 to Ranch-to-Market road 620, or R.M.620 for short. It begins (or ends???) in Round Rock and crosses Austin's North at US-183. Click on picture for full image! img=ht... read more

Well, I'm in Austin, TX now since almost one week. And of course I haven't seen enough yet to give all kinds of information or make up a full relocation guide. Nevertheless, here are my first impressions. You may be surprised to learn that I have never been to Texas before. First of all, for those of you who know nothing about Texas like me, Austin is the capital of the state of Texas. It is in the southern half of Texas but it's normally revered to as Central Texas. The whole area is home to an estimated population of about 1,4 million, half of them living within Austin city limits. If traveling by car you find Austin on the Interstate Highway 35 with Dallas to the north and San Antonio to the south. Older maps ... read more

I organized a potluck/kayak outing with my vegetarian group. The moon was supposed to be full and beautiful. There is a regular full moon kayak organized by the local rowing club that is supposed to go from the city dock on Town Lake. I showed up at 7:10 pm and I didn't see any of my friends on the dock. I thought for sure this would be a popular event. It was a perfect night, perfect weather to howl at the moon a few times. I was feeling rather dejected that no one showed up, but then I wound up on a totally different adventure in true Austin style. I was sitting on the dock with my Thai rice noodles and feeling rather discouraged by the veg group when a woman came up to me and ... read more