Austin is Awesome

Isn’t that a great picture? And I just snapped it fast with my cell phone while stopped for a second on a bike ride.

Like, I could have stood there and taken the same awesome picture all day long.

But actually, instead I took about a million pictures of trees.

Here I’m pretending to take pictures of the skyline, but I’m actually taking pictures of trees.

Oh, ok, here’s more of the skyline.

My guidebook, when recommending what season to go, says “Sept-Nov: You won’t see any fall foliage, but temperatures will have cooled by now.” I don’t know what they mean by “won’t see any fall foliage,” but obviously they weren’t writing for tourists from the high desert.

All I did was take pictures of trees.

Oh, and the obligatory selfie:

And the obligatory portrait in the portrait spot, where everyone was politely taking turns and offering to take pictures of each other like in Japan. The lighting wasn’t good, but this was apparently THE place to get the picture.

Next we went to the botanical gardens and I took more pictures of trees.

You probably think this is the entrance to the botanical garden, but I’m actually taking a picture of that tree.

Look, even the parking lot has excellent trees.

More trees

OK, not a tree.

Trees

Trees

Trees

Trees (with skyline in background)

Trees!!! (Oh, yeah, and my husband)

Trees!!!

Little tree

What does the guidebook mean, no fall foliage?

Bamboo for Laura:

Fish for John:

Trees!!!

You might think I’m taking a picture of a pond, but it’s actually of trees.

Ok, it’s not a tree. It’s a cat with a leaf on it.

Now it looks like I’m taking pictures of a red blacksmith’s shop, but actually it just happens to be in the trees.

And a cabin.

These next two were taken through the cabin windows, which is why you see trees reflecting at the top of the photos.

Trees!