Trip to Austin, TX
Today we decided to take a drive to Austin. Bobby had already gone up there with Kay and Dale (in their van) earlier in the week while Shelly was working.
Our first stop was the Whole Foods Market (since Bobby said it was a "must see"). WOW! What a place. They have such a variety of items and their produce was absolutely beautiful! We didn't buy anything, but we did sample quite a bit. It was the first grocery store we've been to that had it's own underground parking garage.
From there we went a couple blocks over to "Mellow Johnny's", Lance Armstrong's bike shop. Bobby bought a T-shirt and some chain lube for his bike.
We then headed to our main destination, The Texas State Capitol.
It was built in 1888 using "sunset red" granite quarried from just 50 miles away and no one can miss it's pink appearance. The workers/builders were paid in land instead of dollars.
It's a beautiful structure with detailed hardware.
The only capitol building larger than this one is in Washington D.C.
We took a free tour of the capitol and were even able to see the underground expansion (completed in 1993) that doubled the square footage of the capitol without changing it's outside appearance. It was cleverly done, with a large glass ceiling letting in natural light as well as giving one a good view of the capitol itself.
Wow a white/yellow squirrel on the Capitol grounds! I think we've seen all the colors now!
We had plans to tour the LBJ library as well, but time got away from us. Another time maybe.
Our first stop was the Whole Foods Market (since Bobby said it was a "must see"). WOW! What a place. They have such a variety of items and their produce was absolutely beautiful! We didn't buy anything, but we did sample quite a bit. It was the first grocery store we've been to that had it's own underground parking garage.
From there we went a couple blocks over to "Mellow Johnny's", Lance Armstrong's bike shop. Bobby bought a T-shirt and some chain lube for his bike.
We then headed to our main destination, The Texas State Capitol.
It was built in 1888 using "sunset red" granite quarried from just 50 miles away and no one can miss it's pink appearance. The workers/builders were paid in land instead of dollars.
It's a beautiful structure with detailed hardware.
The only capitol building larger than this one is in Washington D.C.
We took a free tour of the capitol and were even able to see the underground expansion (completed in 1993) that doubled the square footage of the capitol without changing it's outside appearance. It was cleverly done, with a large glass ceiling letting in natural light as well as giving one a good view of the capitol itself.
Wow a white/yellow squirrel on the Capitol grounds! I think we've seen all the colors now!
We had plans to tour the LBJ library as well, but time got away from us. Another time maybe.
posted by Bobby and Shelly Evans @ 5:30 PM
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