A view of downtown Austin,
taken by the riverbanks.
Sorry, its from a postcard.

And of course, a sample of the Texas Bluebonnet flower!

I moved there for a brief but wonderful time in 1994. For more pictures about this beautiful city go to my web page about it. 

There is an artist community about an hour's drive from Austin. A friend of mine drove my girls and myself there and we spent a couple of hours browsing the stores and taking pictures. We were parked near a horse hitching post and there was actually a horse there.

A friend who is an artist, had a studio there. There are lots of studios, lots of art, ranging from canvases, to beautiful T Shirts. Serena is standing on a street with various shops on the right, and a restaurant on the left.

Just outside of Wimberley there is a hill with steps carved into it. I can't remember the story, something about ancient Indians used to use the hill for something. I have several pictures of this on another web page too. This one is a view of the steps going up.

Corpus Christe

Ever hear of Corpus Christe? Its a frequent destination of college students on Spring Break. We went there at a different time and stayed in a hotel that had a kitchenette and a little sitting room. The porch was the best part though, the view was nice and the sea gulls had learned to come up to the porches to beg for food. Our room had bunk beds for my girls and a separate bedroom for my husband and myself. The sitting room also had a sofa that could open up for two more people if needed. 

The view from our room looked out to the Gulf of Mexico.

One disadvantage to going off season was it was a bit cool and dreary. We went to the beach but it was too cold to go swimming although the girls did take off their shoes and wade in the water.

Here are the girls walking in an empty lot. You can barely make out the building behind them in the haze. That's the Gulf of Mexico just beyond them, with some of the beach visible.

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