After a brief stop in Dallas we headed to Austin, TX. Jamie works at Austin City Limits every year. This years headliners were Outkast, Pearl Jam, Calvin Harris, Eminem, and Lorde to name a few. We always have a great time at this festival and really enjoy the city of Austin.
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| The boys playing drums in Austin Kiddie Limits |
We stay at Zilker Park which has a lot of great activities within the park. There is a natural swimming pool that is filled from an underground spring. Its average yearly temp is 68 degrees. Across from the swimming area is a train that takes you on a ride throughout the park. Miles loves to ride every year several times. Its 2.00 a ride. If you choose to get some exercise you can walk/run the running path that surrounds the Colorado River. There are all kinds of kayaks, canoes, and stand up paddle boarders in the river.
Our favorite Park activity was to walk to the Nature preserve. It is free to enter and right now they are featuring the Robot Zoo. There are robotic bug and animals that you can interact with. You are able to see how a frog can shoot its tongue to catch to catch a bug, or climb a wall and see literally what it is like to be a fly on the wall. After leaving the Robot Zoo we headed back to the dinosaur fossil dig. There are 4 large sand pits with dinosaur fossils and all the tools you need to uncover them.
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| Miles digging for fossils at the Nature Preserve. |
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| Riding the train through Zilker Park |
This year while Jamie was loading out my parents came to visit. We took them to a lot of our favorite places to eat and this year we tried something new. We went to
Jack Allen's. It is a farm to table restaurants and it is amazing. We decided to just order several appetizers because we wanted to try several things. We loved everything! Here are some must haves: House Made Pimiento cheese, BLT Sliders (with pork belly), Smashed Guacamole with pumpkin seeds, and Smoked Beef Rib Quesadilla.
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| Avacado Margarita |
We also had a great day at the Thinkery which is Austin's Children's Museum. Its one of the best that I've been too. They have an entire water room that they provide each child with a smock and a pair of crocks, a kitchen area to shop and weigh food, an area just for infants in the theme of a spring garden, and a room where you can build your own airplane and then launch it with an air compressor. There was so much more but those were a few of our highlights.
Austin is up there as one of my favorite US cities. There is so much to do with or without kids. If you like the outdoors, Tex Mex and music then Austin is a city you should check out. I don't think you will be disappointed.
Here are a few more pictures of our
stay in Austin:
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| The Golden Potty (only 6 people get to use it at the festival) |
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| Miles in front of one of Jamie's stages |
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Jonah Bear outside of the camper backstage
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| Miles at the Austin Zoo |
