Saturday, August 29, 2009

Weekend in Austin

Our family traveled to our old hometown, Austin, last weekend. It was a pleasure to see friends and visit some of our favorite Austin sites. For lunch, we stopped by a quirky Austin restaurant called Shady Grove--one of our favorite eating destinations. Patrons eat outside under large trees and enjoy live music while eating their uniquely Austin-ish food.

Brian devoured the famous Tortilla Fried Queso Catfish and I enjoyed beef brisket tacos. The food was amazing!

We then headed to Town Lake (not really a lake--it's a widening of the Colorado River just south of downtown) for kayaking. Maren and I paddled one kayak while Brian, Nathan and Caroline paddled the other. We had fun chasing turtles and enjoyed the company of two large swans that decided to follow us around. When Nathan grew tired of paddling, he jumped into the lake and held onto the back of the kayak while Brian paddled. He thought this kind of "body surfing" was a lot of fun.
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Maren preferred jumping off the dock.
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Saturday evening we reunited with some of our good friends and enjoyed dinner together. Austin will always hold such special memories for our family. What a fun place to live!

2 comments:

Sheralie said...

That looks delightful. There is something special about visiting cities we used to call home. The boating pictures look so warm and pleasant.

Sara said...

Oh that lake looks like I just want to jump in through the picture. The local restaurants are the best finds. Thanks for adding another place to visit to the list.