Austin, Day 2

Today's post is dedicated to that jugernaut of a political animal among us, Chuck Duffy. I need to share a few images of places that have been influenced by "the decider" Pres. George W. Primarily the Texas State Capital in Austin, proudly hanging a picture of its prior Governator. All who enter these hallowed halls must pause, bow and pay their respects to President George W. who continues his legacy of sound politics and good governance from a new address on Pennsylvania Ave.

The Capital is full of Texas history from the days ruled by the Spanish and Mexico to its independence and finally statehood. Why is this so interesting when we haven't even visited our own capital in Salem?

Having completed our tour, with the obligatory display of reverence to Mr. Bush's picture, we visited the Senate and the House, both of which were in session.

After our brief dose of legislative whoo ha, our closest exposure to an armadillo took place; we caught a "dillo" (free bus ride) back to the hotel for a nap.

Our adventure continued that evening at two stops. First, Guero's Taco Bar. Why is this a highlight? How many restaurants have you visited lately that the police put up traffic cones and directed pedestrian traffic back and forth across the street to and from a restaurant? And, the food was good too.

Our second stop was not quite as successful. Mostly because Bill did not communicate clearly with Pam (ouch!). We were looking for a down home country and western bar for some music and entertainment to finish our Texas journey. And we found it, the Broken Spoke.

Only thing was, when we arrived they were having Texas Two Step lessons. Pam's not a dancer so I assumed we should just head on. Some time later after our departure, Pam disagreed with my assumption and said she would have liked trying a lesson but she thought I would not be interested. Damn! In any case, wandering through the Spoke was an adventure.

Click here for a few final pictures.