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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Kayaking

Yesterday was the perfect day to do some kayaking--it was overcast, breezy, and not too hot. Damon and I headed to Town Lake yesterday to try our hand at kayaking. We had a great time. It was so amazing to be kayaking in such a serene location, yet, if you looked up, you would see the skyline of the city. Hopefully this is something we will do again!

Here are a few pictures of our adventure:





Saturday, July 30, 2011

Round Rock Express

Last night we decided to go to a Round Rock Express game at the Dell Diamond. It was a little over cast with a strong wind, so the temperatures were almost perfect. There is just something about the atmosphere at a baseball game that is amazing, there is no other feeling like it.

The stadium was pretty cool, but I obviously didn't go to watch the game. I prefer to spend my time gorging myself on food and people watching. There was plenty of both of these things going on last night. This stadium had philly cheese steaks and funnel cakes-WOW!! I think it is pretty obvious what my food choices from last night were...

Anyway, feel free to check out some of our pictures from the game.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Barton Creek Greenbelt

Yesterday Damon & I decided to go hiking on the Barton Greek Greenbelt. There are almost 8 miles of hiking/biking trails and the entire area spans over 800 acres. We only hiked about 2 miles in, but we definitely are going to go back!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

SURPRiSE!

Last weekend I made a surprise trip to Indiana to help celebrate my brother (25) & dad's (50) birthdays. There was a country/cowboy theme to the party, and it was so adorable. Check out some of the pictures...

Sunday, July 17, 2011

lions and tigers and bats, oh my!

So far Damon & I are loving living in Austin. We have been exploring this new city of ours taking on all the touristy activities. A few weekends ago we decided to head over to the Congress Avenue bridge to see these famous bats. Since the bats don't come out until sunset, we thought we'd head down early to check out some of the food trailers and sights in SoCo...

Shaved Ice! Delicious!
BEST cupcakes ever (and I know cupcakes!)
Waiting for a cupcake

its so dry & hot here even the cacti are dying...

loved this sign outside Freebirds
Full of shaved ice and cupcakes, we head over to the bridge to check out these bats. There are reports that up to 1.5 million bats live under the bridge, making it the largest bat colony in North America. Every night around sunset, the bats emerge to feed. The sight of these bats was amazing, but the noise... not so much! Click below to check out some pictures.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Barton Creek Farmers Market

We've officially been in Austin for almost three weeks and part of me still feels like we are on vacation! While living in an apartment has it downfalls, there is definitely something we are taking advantage of, all of the extra time on our hands. Back in Indy, we always spent our weekends cutting the grass, planting flowers or fixing something that was broken... now, we don't have to worry about any of that! We are taking advantage of our extra time and trying to see everything that Austin has to offer.