Day Two in Austin, TX

Howdy everyone: Another beautiful day in Austin...it's hot but there's a nice breeze and the sun is shining. After a great breakfast at the HUGE Texas sized breakfast buffett (please note I ordered an egg-white omlett with veggies, perhaps due to the "sort-of guilt" I felt over last night's multiple offerings of hot off the fire S'Mores...) we jumped in the car to do a little local sight-seeing.

On the day's agenda we had planned on going to the world famous Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, but alas due to the lack of rain we were told the gardens were brown-brown-brown...but to please come back in the spring. So we drove 6 miles (only getting lost 2 times) to Historic Downtown Bastrop whose Main Street is lined with buildings dating from just after the Civil War. We ladies went antiquing, and Willie zeroed in on an ice cream shop nearby to hang out in. Located front & center in Bastrop is a hopping salon called "Cindy's Gone Hog Wild"which features live music, karaoke, and Texas Hold 'Em. Hmmm...maybe tonight?

We returned to Hyatt Lost Pines for an afternoon of lazy tubing down the swimming pool's winding river, and chatting with the floaters-by. People from all over come to this resort - we logged in Denmark, Arkansas, Redondo Beach-CA, and Iowa.

Tomorrow, Labor Day weekend, the lady at the front desk whispered to Kim that 350 guests will be checking in! The pool will be packed! Tonight Willie and Katherine were scheduled for a rafting ride on the "right in our backyard" Colorado River, but alas the river is flat as can be and they were short 1 person. So we are heading back to Bastrop where we've been told there's a movie complex, putt putt golf, an arcade, and some Texas BBQ. There is also a Pizza Hut in town, but the ever-industrious Willie Simon already arranged delivery from there today for his lunch (the rest of us had salads and veggie burritos at the cafe). For sure we will be at the S'Mores firepit at 7pm. Stay tuned!!

Did you know:
* Some celebs born & raised in Austin TX include Lance Armstrong, Matthew McConaughey, Andy Roddick, and Sandra Bullock
* The movies Spy Kids, Dazed and Confused, and Miss Congeniality were filmed in Austin..
* Whole Foods was founded and is based in Austin.
* Austin is the only major Texas city that has NO ordinance against women appearing topless in public.
* Austin is the largest city in the U.S. without a franchise in a major professional sports league- thus the people in this city are crazy about the UT Longhorn football team