4 hours in Austin
Better late than never to join in! Since David Nunez says I’m not allowed simply to say “sleep” when asked the question, “What would you do with four hours free in Austin?”, here are my thoughts.
Geocaching – I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, but never gotten around to it. Looks like Austin is a real hotspot for caches, and seeing as how there’s one practically in walking distance to my house, it’s crazy that I’ve never done it.
The Capitol – I’ve never been. Can you believe it? Bad Texas. Bad, bad, no biscuit.
Revisit my past – see what’s the same and what’s different on the drag. Maybe stop at Dirty’s for a burger and some tots.
Zilker park – I’ve only ever been a few times and really enjoyed it each time.
The lake – hang out by Lake Austin or Town Lake or Lake Travis (all the same body of water, really one big river, just delineated by dams). Especially in the summer, the water temperature is really nice and much balmier than chilly (and overrated, IMO) Barton Springs’s year round 65°.
I think that the trick is to take the tourist point of view of the city in which you live. If you have four hours free, you may be tempted to take a nap, or do the laundry, or yard work, and miss out on what your city has to offer.
On a side note, it’s sleeting like mad here right now and the power keeps trying to go out. Yesterday it was in the 70s and we were all wearing shorts. Hub and I are charging up our laptops and cell phones so that our net access won’t be affected if the power goes out. Nerds!
February 24th, 2003 at 5:49 pm
If I can say drink, then I think you should be allowed to say sleep.