A Family trip to Austin, Texas

September 25–30, 2019


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  1. DSI_3800.NEF — Texas is very proud of itself.
  2. DSI_3812.NEF — The view from our hotel window at night
  3. DSI_3141.NEF — Tex Mex for our first meal at Pelons.
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  5. DSI_3140.NEF — Art in Pelons
  6. DSI_3144.NEF — An interpretation of Frida Kahlo
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  8. DSI_3138.NEF — People lined up to eat at Stubb’s, a popular barbecue place.
  9. DSI_3139.NEF — Not a place we want to visit, but the storefront was colorful.
  10. DSI_3221.NEF — Our first sight was visiting the state capitol building.
  11. DSI_3160.NEF — A Grackle
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  13. DSI_3167.NEF — Nicholas, Barbara, Carla
  14. DSI_3170.NEF — Our tourguide of the capitol building
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  17. DSI_3194.NEF — The House of Representatives
  18. DSI_3164.NEF — Davy Crockett, a Texas icon
  19. DSI_3189.NEF — Fighting Santa Ana
  20. DSI_3191.NEF — Barbara in front of Lyndon Johnson’s portrait
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  24. DSI_3217.NEF — El Mercado, a very Mexican Tex Mex place
  25. DSI_3214.NEF — We’re not quite sure of the tale behind this one.
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  27. DSI_3224.NEF — Arc lights on top of these towers were the street lights of the 1910s.
  28. DSI_3258.NEF — Cooper’s was our favorite barbecue spot.
  29. DSI_3229.NEF — Dawn & Barbara
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  33. DSI_3265.NEF — Walking down to the riverfront to see the bats emerge.
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  37. DSI_3302.NEF — The bats emerged from the far end of the bridge. We promised to come back another night.
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  39. DSI_3338.NEF — Uber and Lyft scooters were lined up everwhere.
  40. DSI_3336.NEF — The Texas equivalent of “Fearless Girl”
  41. DSI_3367.NEF — The next day we visited the Blanton Museum of Art.
  42. DSI_3384.NEF — The out building featured contemporary stained glass windows.
  43. DSI_3386.NEF — Dawn, Barbara, Carla
  44. DSI_3396.NEF — The main gallery with Sea Blue glass walls
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  46. DSI_3418.NEF — Dawn
  47. DSI_3420.NEF — Barbara
  48. DSI_3458.NEF — Barbara & Carla
  49. DSI_3423.NEF — Sweeping scene of armed ranchers, by Frederic Remington
  50. DSI_3407.NEF — From the European collection
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  53. DSI_3424.NEF — Mid-century rural scenes
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  56. DSI_3433.NEF — Contemporary coyote
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  58. DSI_3479.NEF — Contemporary Native American weaving
  59. DSI_3469.NEF — Dawn relaxing after the museum visit
  60. DSI_3484.NEF — Next was Stubb’s for lunch, when we could get in.
  61. DSI_3483.NEF — It is a popular night spot to see top performers.
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  63. DSI_3491.NEF — The Lyndon Johnson Library was a highlight of the trip.
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  65. DSI_3496.NEF — Johnson’s limo—post presidency
  66. DSI_3502.NEF — Signing the Equal Rights Amendment
  67. DSI_3531.NEF — Our second visit to see the bats.
  68. DSI_3517.NEF — The bats were very tiny.
  69. DSI_3544.NEF — At this spot the locals brought their families.
  70. DSI_3535.NEF — The bats were a blur.
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  72. DSI_3693.NEF — We visited the Austin Nature & Science Center until it got too hot.
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  74. DSI_3685.NEF — Audubon’s Caracara, one tough looking bird—a Falcon.
  75. DSI_3796.NEF — A visit to the Bullock Texas State History Museum was another highlight.
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  79. DSI_3729.NEF — Life size Bison in bronze
  80. DSI_3704.NEF — Texas had a big role in the Apollo space program and other Nasa programs. This is the Mars Curiosity Rover.
  81. DSI_3778.NEF — A console from late 60s Cape Kennedy
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  83. DSI_3786.NEF — A late 60s 4K memory board, a billionth of what would go on a similar board today.
  84. DSI_3734.NEF — Texas style romanticism.
  85. DSI_3736.NEF — Stephen F. Austin
  86. DSI_3715.NEF — Spanish Coin
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  88. DSI_3746.NEF — Texas secedes from the Union as part of the Civil War.
  89. DSI_3749.NEF — Some liberal causes in Texas
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  93. DSI_3758.NEF — Texas in the movies
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  95. DSI_3771.NEF — Grumman trainers built just before WWII
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  98. DSI_3774.NEF — A Texas native
  99. DSI_3358.tif — The stars of Texas and of Communist China. The Texas star came first. The wreaths are flipped.
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  101. DSI_3775.NEF — Hurray for Texas!