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Anniversary Weekend!
Our original plan was to hangout and visit with my uncle Henry and his wife Kathy just south of Austin for a couple of days, and then stay in the city of Austin for the weekend. But plans change, and my aunt and uncle’s plans changed and didn’t allow for us to be able to stay with them. No problem we said - and got on the computer at …
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Duck tours and bats
It is Sunday morning. I've set my alarm for the obscenely early hour of 7 am because I have a task - run 8 miles!!! As part of my half-marathon training (I am hoping to complete the San Diego rock-and-roll half marathon in early June), I am building up to the 13.1-mile distance over a series of long runs, each one a couple of miles longer than the …
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Keeping Austin Weird
Keep Austin Weird. The city has truly embraced its eccentricity. This motto is plastered all over gift shops and bar walls across the city. It couldn't be more appropriate. In just two short days we saw a camel in an alley, a thonged bicyclist, bats galore, Adam West, painted steer and a lady dressed as the Statue of Liberty roaming the streets. I …
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Back to the Desert...
... after exploring the cave for a few hours we went up and looked out over the desert before going back to the cavern to see 250,000 bats fly out of there and into the dusk. It was the coolest thing. They all flew out right by our heads and right past us. ...
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Hello Austin, Hello Texas
... Warehouse, where you get a Soup, Garlic Bread and A Spaghetti for $9.29, a good deal I must say. After dinner I was told that bats live under the bridge over Colorado River and it is a site to see when they all leave the bridge at sundown. Plenty of ...
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Austin - Searching for Jesse James
... fun to watch the anticipation of others. That night our hotel was packed, with people of all ages, shapes, sizes and interests. Austin seems to be a city where people come for the weekend to hang out and get away. Day Three We took our bikes out ...
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Keep Austin Weird
... late. Also since it has been over three thousand miles since our cross country adventure began, we needed to find a place in Austin to change Ethan's oil, which took up most of the morning and early afternoon. After talking to the oil change guy about ...
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Day 5
... TX 1850 miles. dew point 49 degrees Today I slept in, said goodbye to my friends, and got on the road towards Austin. I arrived shortly into a town that seemed to be filled with many younger folks. I strolled around looking for old maritime museums ...
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The Day in Austin
... to do something everyone who goes to Austin must do....the Congress Bridge. Every dusk in Austin, under the congress bridge, one can witness thousands of bats flying out of their sleeping in a continuous stream for about 15 minutes...it was a very ...
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Prep and excitement!
... to a local orphanage § Toys & games for the kids § Sports equipment (such as tennis balls and baseball bats) § Pens & pencils, glue, chalk, rulers, compasses, art club supplies. § Text books for all ages § A4 ...
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Lone Star Bats
... -EIGHTH state. Date: December 29, 1845 State Nickname: Lone Star State Key Words: Lakes, Music, Bats, Nightlife; Hills, Johnson The site that became Austin was selected because it was on high ground, away from the fever danger of the Gulf coast. ...
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Kentucky - Whiskey Horse and baseball bats
... . We went striaght to the Louisville Slugger baseball bat factory. We toured the factory and watched as they produced normal bats (unfinished) in 30 seconds and a professional bat in 60 seconds. The bats are then stained and scorched with the makers ...
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Orientation was Great!
... morning! It will be what it will be I guess. After dinner tonight we went to watch this phenomenon in Austin with bats. Apparently they have the largest bat popluation in North America and everynight millions of them fly out from this bridge. It was ...
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