Congress Avenue Bridge Austin

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 …

... for a Sunday - the day we were there). - Watched the 1.5 million Mexican bats fly-out from under the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin for their nightly feeding frenzy. - Visited our first factory outlet mall in San Marcos - basically a drive through ...

... around 7.30pm, lovely.... One of the natural wonders on show in Austin is the Bat Colony.  The Congress Avenue Bridge spans Town Lake in downtown Austin and is home to the largest urban bat colony in North America.  The colony is estimated at ...

... the main streets and had a walk along by the river. Austin is renowned for having 1.5 billion Mexican bats living in the Congress Avenue Bridge. However, none of the bats were at home. Though we did manage to spot a few turtles in the water on our ...

... . I wished the Austin tour book was more picturesque; I would have found out about "the bats at the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge".  It is the largest urban colony of bats in N. America!  I'd certainly brave the 100+ degrees evening ...

... to chatting with Chris. We had considered doing one tourist item on the way to the restaurant which was going to the Congress Avenue Bridge at sunset to watch the bat colony come to life. Apparently they have 1.5 million bats that live under the bridge ...

... with our friend Stevie Ray Vaughan (well, a statue of him) at the riverfront park, and then relaxed on top of the Congress Avenue Bridge, waiting for the millions of bats to emerge from under the bridge at dusk. Alas, they never flew out en masse, but ...

... to the bridge or the "Bat Park” beside the bridge. The largest urban bat colony in North America lives under the Congress Avenue Bridge from late March till early October. How many Mexican Free Tailed bats can fit under a bridge? Only about One and ...

... nbsp; Our next stop was Hanger Lounge's rooftop bar. Once we were finished our drinks at Hanger Lounge we headed to the Congress Avenue Bridge to watch for swarms of bats. They were supposed to start flying at dusk, but they waited until it was darker ...

... in Austin, TX after a long drive from Albuquerque, NM. Dusk is fast approaching and we wants to see the bat spectacle at Congress Avenue Bridge. So we get a table at Fridays on the river across from the bridge and eat while we wait for the bats to come ...

... tacos and horchatas. After dinner we headed back into downtown Austin, to witness a spectacle unique to this city. The Congress Avenue Bridge runs over Lady Bird Lake, a damned up section of river right alongside downtown, and for some reason 1.5 ...