Austin Texas, Oh How I Love You.

The gift of going to school in Austin has always been one of my favorite blessings. How could you not love spending every afternoon here?   Like every other TEXAS grad, Tim and I always say 'someday' Austin will be home again.

Our June trip brought back several amazing memories from college.  Usually we have 500 things to do when we are in town.  This trip we planed lake time and Urban Assault.  Much more low key than usual.  For the first time Tim and I decided to tow the boat to Austin.  We blew out a tire on the way down, (the joys of boat ownership) but other than that we made it ok.  Friday B-Ray, Armstrong, Jake, Clint, Tim and I headed out on the water.  Here is Billy showing of his rope swing skills.  (sorry I couldn't figure out how to turn it right side up)

After our evening on the lake we headed to Hula Hut.  Ah, old times.  Before we got there we had adventures of where to park the boat.  Because I am good at thinking things through, I figured we would just find some place in Tarrytown and leave it.  No big deal, right?  What I didn't think out was that Tarrytown is full of Hills.  After driving around for 30 min we found a flat surface.  Luckily it was one street over from a friend's house.  The neighbor was outside, so we just told her our friends lived across the way, but they lived on the hill... did she mind if we parked there?  She thanked us for asking and watched the boat over night.  Win. 

On our way out of our 'late night' dinner we ran into this gem:

Splatter painted inside and out.  Even the grill & rims.  Awesome. 

In college, at this point, we would have headed down to 6th.  Oh how times have changed. 

11:30 once = time to head downtown (swimsuit, cover-up, and all; why I love Austin #402). 

11:30 now = and hour and a half past my bed time. 

Saturday started with a little food trailer action.  Mighty Cone may be one of the best inventions ever!

I had Chicken and Fried Avocado, and Tim had Shrimp and Fried Avocado.  If this were in Dallas, I'm pretty sure we would stop there on the way to the lake every weekend!  Food trailers on the Boat Ramp @ Lewisville??? someone get on that.  I want 10%

We eventually made it to the water, with only a few more boat owner errors. While Tim was parking I had the joy of witnessing this. 

I knew a guy in college who worked for these Duck tours, but I never really saw one.  I have to say I started cracking up when I heard "splish splash I'm taking a bath" as this bus plows full speed into the water.  Hilarious.  The crowd on the bus was an added bonus.

The rest of our day was pretty adventurous.  Even mom surfed!

That night we FINALLY tried out Moonshine.  Check out the best appetizer ever.  Corn dog Shrimp!

After that we made the mistake of ordering our favorite entrees at Z Tejas to see how they compared.  Even though the restaurant was great, they can't touch Z's NY Strip or Mac'n Cheese.  I do however have high hopes for their brunch.  Next Trip!

Sunday we took on the Urban Assault.  Pretty much the best race ever. 

Here are some of the adventures of

Team Handshake- Cril & Jake,

The Spider Monkeys- Tim & I, and

No Fear- Dad & B-Ray

At the end of the weekend we were sad to say goodbye to Austin, but I'm sure we will see you again soon!