Picnics are something we enjoy especially on a cool spring day. So when Mike and Heidi said park and picnic, we said let’s go!
The park was the Zilker Botanical Gardens and the picnic, well that was not what we expected. Actually it was more than we expected; it was food truck heaven. Continue reading
Zilker Park consists of 351 acres of enjoyment for locals and tourist alike. There are trails for running, jogging, and biking as well as waterways for swimming and kayaking. Besides the trails, among the acres are volleyball courts, natural springs, and gardens. Continue reading
Heading to the Pecan Street Festival on 6th Street in downtown Austin…
Why is this festival on 6th Street yet called Pecan Street Festival? We found our answer in the history of Austin. In 1839 Edwin Waller laid out the Austin streets in a fourteen block grid plan with the north-south streets given Texas River names and the east-west streets given Texas Tree names – hence Pecan Street. The tree names were changed in the late 1800s. Continue reading
Beautiful day, blue sky, warming temperatures…time for a road trip. We have been staying in Georgetown, TX and today was the day for a tour of Austin. Our friend, Mike, is a native Texan and has been an Austinite since the late 1950s and he was itching to give us a tour. Continue reading
The Texas Congress was in recess and a group of ladies and gentlemen ventured to Mount Bonnell to enjoy nature and the pure air of the country as was reported in the Austin Bulletin December 13, 1841. Continue reading
Three friends at Barton Springs.
The early afternoon was sunny and hot but that did not matter to the three friends. They were meeting on their rock at Barton Springs in Austin, TX. No one knows exactly what the discussion was but it was informal and intense. They were authors and professors, but most importantly friends who met and discussed each day beginning in the early 1900s. One of the friends dubbed their meeting place as Philosopher’s Rock. Continue reading
