Austin, TX - Freaking Cool!

We made it! We stayed a few nights at this cool RV park (Pecan Grove) right near the mix of things and hit the town on our scoots cruising away.

Day 1: Thursday, March 11th...We checked out the Drag, which is this cool, college strip across from UT (University of Texas, not Tampa). We walked around, checked out some eclectic lil shops and enjoyed the beautiful weather.

Day 2: Friday, March 12th....Woke up early and did an awesome workout at the riverside park which offered an awesome view of the Austin skyline. We walked/jogged through this leash-free dog park and ran the stairs up to the bridge over downtown. Later that night, we went to the premiere screening of "Cyrus", this dark comedy starring John C. Reily, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei. We couldn't believe that we actually got in, since there was a red carpet and all, with the leading stars. We stood on the sidewalk waiting in line, gawking at them and trying to take pictures without getting caught. 92 minutes later, after cracking our butts off, we hit 6th St. for the nightlife and well..the rest os just a haze of drunken fun.

Day 3: Saturday, March 13th.....Woke up super early, felt crappy and went to Waterloo Records to stand in line for the SXSW Festival tickets. After that, hit up this fantastic city-wide garage sale at the Palmer Events Center, where we found awesome antiques, sweet vintage gear and plenty of cool housewares. Sadly, we left empty-handed. We decided we needed some rest, so we took a lil cat nap. We arose and hit the Barton Springs Pool up on our scoots. The pool, is this awesome natural spring that they kind-of made into a public pool. There were tons of people there, kids, tweens, young adults, families and all. On the other side of the fence, we even caught some hippy chicks swimming and sunbathing topless. This I thought was weird considering that there were young children around, but no one seemed to surprised by the whole thing, so I guess, it happens alot and people just accept it. Hey..to each its own and Ryan and I got a kick out of it! ;)