We were happy to host Donna and Mariah, neither of whom had ever been to Austin. Touring the city quickly turned to an eating tour of the city, as we had our fill of Hula Hut, Gourdough's, Rudy's, Torchy's, Salt Lick and Tex-Mex. We took them to most of the usual spots: Mt. Bonnell, hiking at Mayflower Preserve & Hamilton Pool (where Mariah encountered a snake in her face!), a day in San Antonio, shopping on S. Congress and the mall (even found a Homecoming dress for Mariah!) and a movie at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. We were even able to catch some live music at Salt Lick, where they played "Ring of Fire" for Mariah : ) At night, we exercised our Bananagram muscles. Donna and I will get our revenge on Ed at the beach house I suppose! One evening, we rented a boat for a sunset tour of Lady Bird Lake, culminating in a view of the bats emerging from Congress Bridge. The boys loved having their cousin Mariah around to play with. Mariah loved all the old trucks here -- she would like right at home driving hers around town here : ) We had a great time and so glad you guys came out to visit. Now we just need to get Marc and Luke to come!
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| Mt. Bonnell |
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| your welcome |
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| wiping off Peacock poop |
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| at Salt Lick |
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dancing to the music at Salt Lick. reminds me of
that photo of Marc holding Mariah at my wedding : ) |
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| Hamilton Pool |
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| feeding the turtles |
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| Ed driving our boat through the muck |
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| the navigator |
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| here come the bats! |
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| Dean turned Donna's eye mask into a bikini top |
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