Trip to Austin

Last week I was in Austin for the annual ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine) Health and Fitness Summit. My friend Megan came with me, and good golly it was so nice to have some leisure time. We had ample free time every night after sessions ended, and we skipped out a little bit early on Friday to play ;) We stayed with a great old friend of mine, visited some great local places, and had a blast in the beautiful Austin weather! The only thing that could've made this trip more perfect was having Jeremy there too.


Here's some pictures of our lovely adventure:

Sarah, Megan and I at the Bat bridge at sunset - 

over a million bats live under the bridge and come rushing out at dusk, so people 

always gather to watch!

Sunset walk around Town Lake

Downtown Austin

Ladies and gentlemen - The Cathedral of Junk

The story of the cathedral

This one was probably not such a good idea - 

The whole ground is covered in broken glass, so my booty and ankles were hurting!

Wildflowers were EVERYWHERE at Town Lake

My Vibrams went to Austin!

This right here was enough to make me ask Jer if we could move to Austin. 

To my surprise, he didn't object. Sarah, maybe one day we'll join you down there ;)

Sigh, just what the Dr ordered. A fun trip with no work, no email, no class and LOTS of outdoor fun, amazing lectures (including one by the president of the American Heart Association), and great friends!

So sad to be back to the daily grind!