State Capital - Austin TX

Austin is the State Capital of Texas. We are parked up at the Oak Forest RV Park about 10 miles from the center of Austin. The RV park here (obviously not a State Park) is very well equipped - including a spa, a gym and a swimming pool! And we have used all of them every day over the 3 days we have been camped up here.

Not as spacious as a State Park - but very handy to the City Centre

So over the last few days we have been enjoying (maybe "suffering" is a better word) an average afternoon high temperature of 104f (that's 40c for you  kiwis). Now that is hot hot hot!

I like to sit outside in the late afternoon and enjoy a gin and tonic. But the ice melts in about ten seconds! And I start melting ten seconds after that! So we hide inside the coach with both air cons running almost non-stop to keep the temperature close to 70f.

We have traveled into Austin, using our trusty scooter, to see the city highlights. Aside from riding around the city and soaking up the atmos - we have visited the Capitol building, the Texas History Museum, several coffee shops, a boot store, and lots of arty shops in the SoCo (South Congress) area of Austin. A nice city. Lots to see and do. Some great restaurants too!

Here are some pics......

A sky-blue backdrop to the tall buildings in Austin downtown

The Capitol building - this is Texas - so it's big (1.2 million square feet I am told by the tour guide)!

Brenda posing outside the Texas History Museum - well worth a visit

Couldn't resist taking a pic of this coffee stop - we have a "Cafe Medici" in Martinborough NZ too!

Inside the famous "Allen's Boot Store" in the SoCo area. An expensive stop!

Where Brenda couldn't resist adding this cute ankle-high pair to her collection!

Our dining experiences here in Austin were good too. We had two lunches out - one at a great seafood restaurant called "Perla's" and the other at the iconic "Moonshine Patio Bar" where they serve southern style food. At the seafood restaurant we enjoyed spicy oysters, super tender Octopus, and some yummy Atlantic Cod. The "southern food" included jalapeno spiced mac'n'cheese and a pulled pork sub. From the sublime to the ridiculous?

What was really ridiculous was a menu item listing meatloaf made from Wagyu beef! Really?

Only in Texas! (I think I might have said that before) 😄