Austin Update

We have been in Austin for a few short hours and I can already say - come visit Austin! I've been to San Antonio, Houston and Dallas and for the most part enjoyed them all for different reasons but Austin is like an oasis in the state of Texas! It feels like a pocket of liberals from throughout the state that have found each other! Much different feel than the other Texas cities I've visited.



The Capitol campus is beautiful as is the Capitol building.



The campus of the University of Texas is pictured above with the Longhorns football stadium in the background.




In case you can't tell, I've got hold of this Texas Longhorn by his ear! Some of you will understand why - I'll leave it at that!



The bats flying out from under the Congress Ave. Bridge was amazing! Never seen anything like it. 1.5M bats suddenly emerge as the sun sets. It's hard to tell from this picture but they are flying out in the lower right corner and in the distance you can see a swarm of them in the sky just above the tree line. You have got to see it to believe it! Kent and I were lucky and had a great viewing point right where one of the streams of bats emerged.

That's all for our first afternoon. We had a great Mexican dinner and have a full day planned for tomorrow. I'll keep you posted.

Later-

Jim
Posted on the run from my iPhone.