Blogs from Austin, Texas, United States, North America - page 32

Happy Labor Day to everyone... I, myself, had a wonderfully relaxing weekend that consisted of a little bit of wakeboarding and a lot of reading and relaxing. My parents are best friends with a couple that has a lake house on Canyon Lake, about 15 miles outside of Austin. They have been going to this place for a couple years, and I have been fortunate enough to tag along quite a bit. It is so relaxing up there...2 big hammocks, a great big deck over a huge lake, all the beer you can think about drinking, and a good book that doesn't make you think more than you need to.... With this hurricane aftermath, it was very difficult to appreciate it as much as normal though. I was constantly checking every 10 minutes on the updates ... read more

Can you believe that this trip is only just half over? The first half went very slowly and it has taken me some time to adjust to the life of travel, but I am sure you all believe me, when I say that it is not all that hard. With a little bit of time and money I could really achieve anything I wanted here. There is still a full month left, but I already feel like time is running out. Things are moving much faster now and over the next few weeks I will be going to Boston, Toronto and San Francisco (at the very least). For those that have noted that my original intention was to spend a large amount of time in Toronto and the wilderness of Canada, this is still my intention. ... read more

So we caught a plane from New Orleans to Austin, TX which went via Houston. Our 28 minute flight from Houston to Austin was VERY bumpy, like being on a rollercoaster! We were both quite glad when we were bak on terra ferme. Austin is a fantastic place, really laid back and quite different to anywhere we've been to so far. Found a fantastic vegetarian restaurant called Veggie Heaven - Rachel enjoyed her favourite meal of our trip so far! (Guy was reasonably impressed by his tofu dish - good job they had some chili sauce!) Austin is home to the University of Texas which is the largest Uni in the US. There are loads of good bars and cheap eats here, and planty of live music to boot. Austin has the self-proclaimed title 'Live Music ... read more

Everything Is Bigger In Texas Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand welcome to the weekly-ish update of Tris's American Antics, taking you behind the scenes of the most audacious world trip ever!! I'll refrain from using big claims to make myself sound more impressive starting........now. Last week found us in Page, Arizona, so we'll kick it off from there. Fresh from a good night's sleep and a load of washing courtesy of Mrs Burke, we set out on the afternoon of the 18th on the way to Phoenix, by way of a hole in the ground made famous by the fact that it is, in fact, a FUCK-OFF hole: The Grand Canyon. Much of which can be said about this natural icon has already been said, but a few things must be pointed out, in order to give those who have ... read more

Love the weather there in the Summer. Cold enough in the Winter though to freeze a witch's ****. They're called Blue Northers. Here in Virginia they call them Nor'easters. See that wooden fence post to the left of the pic? That's the gate I built to keep GRETCHEN in the yard. Would ride my bike to the store because it wasn't very far, and I would turn around about halfway there because I heard something behind me, and what was it....Gretchen at full gallop. ... read more