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East Texas and Hill Country Camping
(Jun '04)
"We had a run-in with some pesky racoons, but the jackrabbits, hawks and butterflies helped make up for it."
Got here 4th of July weekend 1999. The first place I went that weekend was to the Stevie Ray memorial, then into Barton Springs to cool off.
Man, what a time. Nearly 7 years. Good ...
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Susan says:
We arrived in Austin on Wednesday night just after the "cold front" blew in. To the locals, that means the temperature was comfortably sitting at 90 F/35 C. We enjoyed ...
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The most common question we get is "Where will you stay?" We get that question far more than "Why?" - "How?" - or even "Where are you going?"
As you can imagine, it's taken quite a bit of planning ...
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Barack Obama Rally
(Feb 23 '07)
"real diversity (as opposed to staged diversity) at a political rally"
I drove to Austin to see Barack Obama's rally. Now the city is on my shrinking to-do list. After a quick disappointment when the ...
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Austin Day 2: Plenty To Do, As It Turns Out
(Mar 09 '08)
"Since I'm the one telling the story, I proclaim proud victory for me. Me!"
We woke up at 9:30 on Sunday and headed over to Central Market for breakfast. Kim had told us about it in Houston, so we were ...
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Austin Day 1: A Slower Pace...We Tried, Anyway
(Mar 08 '08)
"He finished the song by playing the piano with his FEET."
We checked out of the hotel and packed our 2 big suitcases, 1 little suitcase, 3 tote bags, 2 purses, case of bottled water, and golf bag along ...
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So we leave for Europe in four weeks and I'm excited and anxious at the same time. I'm hoping to be prepared/packed in the next two weeks so that we are not scrambling at the last minute. I know I ...
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A capitol city!
(Nov '95)
Just batty
(Apr 26 '06)
We'd heard great things about Austin but they weren't obvious from first impressions. Famed for its live music scene, we think it must come alive at night. The city is also known for something else ...
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Recent Blogs for Austin
How can we not be wonderfully reminiscent when we think of our visit in DFW? Two big towns in Texas grew together and formed this huge metroplex (big as all outdoors). ...
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Me and My kids first road trip/vacation
(Aug '03)
This was the first time me and my kids went on a real trip by ourselves. It was awesome! WE started out to stayin in San Antionio but i didnt like the streets so we headed on down to corpus christie ...
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