Texas

Well, Lance had to go to Texas again for work, but guess what!!! This time I got to go with!!! His office is in Austin, so that's where we stayed. Austin is a pretty cool city. I got to drive around a lot. It was hard to find a parking spot that didn't cost a fortune to park, so driving around was mostly what I did. However, I found a couple places to stop.

Lance showed me the bridge that has the world's largest bat colony in it. However, since it's January, the bats decided to migrate south for the winter. There were still a few left, though. I know most of you are thinking, "ewe! Gross!! Bats!!" But the only gross thing about it was the smell. The bats don't attack, so it's fine.

Me in front of the bat bridge, letting you know it's stinky.

While Lance was at work, I drove around a bit. I stopped at a series of boutiques. I didn't want to buy anything there, not because I'm cheap, but because it wasn't really something I would buy, but it was fun to look. There was this antique store with a bunch of cool things. There was also this blown glass boutique that had cool stuff, but they wouldn't really fit in with my decor.

Austin buildings. Look at the swan paddle boats!!! SWEET!!!

Austin city skyline at night

When Lance was off of work, we drove around a little further, in the outskirts of Austin. There was this hill area that was awesome! It had huge houses. Apparently a few famous people live around there, so maybe we drove past their houses.

Our hotel had free breakfast. Lance's waffle was shaped like the state of Texas. I laughed about this the whole day.

The day we came home, we had a long time before we needed to be at the airport, so we drove to San Antonio and saw the Alamo. It was awesome!!! There is a lot of old architecture and pretty plants, and we learned a lot about Texas history. We also walked around the streets of San Antonio. There is a river walk there that was absolutely stunning! I wished that we'd had another day to stay there, because it was really beautiful, plus, there were lights on the trees that would have looked pretty amazing at nighttime. We also saw the San Antonio temple, and Lance showed me the resort he stayed at a long time ago (amazing, by the way!)

The resort Lance stayed at in October. HUGE!!! And very beautiful!

Plants inside the Alamo

The River Walk

The Alamo

San Antonio Temple

We had a great week together, and I hope we can visit Texas again some day.