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Austin Trip, Day 2
Day two did not dawn very early. Stayed up pretty late Day 1. Tired! Also had a wickedly persistent cold, damn it. It was also rainy and dreary out, so taking photos was not going to really be exciting for me. Time for a drive!
I really wanted to see longhorn cows, buffalo, and anything else particularly Texas-y, so off we went on a quest for buffalo. The buffalo were shy, however, so instead we succeeded in seeing ostriches. Not pretty birds! And up close very scary, because, hey! BIG.
We then headed over to Round Rock and saw the actual Round Rock the town is named after. It's part of the Chisholm Trail, which was pretty important in developing Texas.
Soon it was time to head back to get ready to meet up with another friend for dinner. Suddenly the weather changed from merely cloudy and rainy to smack down hard hail. It was the loudest weather event I've ever heard. BANG! BANG! BANG! I got out my camera and captured some video.
Everyone's car got beat up pretty badly, including my rental. Yay to the car rental chick who suggested getting the additional insurance "because they're predicting hail!"
Eventually we met up for dinner at Chuy's and had a good time. And hey, I really got a Texas experience!
More pictures.
Day 3 to follow!
I really wanted to see longhorn cows, buffalo, and anything else particularly Texas-y, so off we went on a quest for buffalo. The buffalo were shy, however, so instead we succeeded in seeing ostriches. Not pretty birds! And up close very scary, because, hey! BIG.
We then headed over to Round Rock and saw the actual Round Rock the town is named after. It's part of the Chisholm Trail, which was pretty important in developing Texas.
Soon it was time to head back to get ready to meet up with another friend for dinner. Suddenly the weather changed from merely cloudy and rainy to smack down hard hail. It was the loudest weather event I've ever heard. BANG! BANG! BANG! I got out my camera and captured some video.
Everyone's car got beat up pretty badly, including my rental. Yay to the car rental chick who suggested getting the additional insurance "because they're predicting hail!"
Eventually we met up for dinner at Chuy's and had a good time. And hey, I really got a Texas experience!
More pictures.
Day 3 to follow!